Testimonials
I had never had a therapeutic massage before, and Melanie was the consummate professional. She made me feel comfortable throughout the treatments, and I felt great for days afterward. I go back regularly.
- Jim (Electrician)
Melanie Schmich took great care and time to find out about me, my life, and my needs. She then used her professional skills and varied techniques as a massage therapist to alleviate my pain. I never dreamed of the possibility of such a complete and rapid cure! She is truly amazing.
- Lucille (Secretary/Treasurer)
For me the most interesting part of a session with Melanie is psychological. After a treatment I feel centered and relaxed. As a dancer, I hold a lot of tension in my body. After my treatments with Melanie my body tension is gone and my mind is relaxed. I recommend treatments to friends and clients
- Ingrid (Professional Dancer/Personal Trainer)
After a session with Melanie, I feel like I can fly, my body always feels very balanced, in short her hands do wonders.
- Paco (Professional Musician)
Melanie is the best massage therapist in New York. Her massages are healing, definitely preventative medicine. Moreover, I notice the relaxed state that Melanie takes me to with regular treatments carries over into my singing, and I am able to perform in a more ideal body state.
- Shira (Opera Singer/Voice Teacher)
BEHAVIOR SERVICES
Melanie Schmich is a rare find. She not only has her Master's Degree in Behavior Analysis, plus years of experience; but she somehow makes her complex work look like effortless play. She reaches children who others claim are 'just in their own little world'. She helps children join the world around them.
- Margie (Speech-Language Pathologist)
Melanie Schmich is a gifted therapist and teacher. She possesses an almost uncanny gift for inviting completely new levels of development which a child will be able to achieve. And she knows how to create the many tiny steps, different for each child, which lead there.
Melanie has studied and mastered many diverse disciplines from behavior modification to hypnosis and massage, from which she has assembled the tools she uses to reach out to the person underneath the challenging exterior presented by many of her students - including my autistic son who has grown beautifully through his work with her.
- Michael (Parent)
I worked with Melanie Schmich in a 3rd and 4th grade classroom. I witnessed first hand her gifted way of working with children of special needs. Melanie is a miracle worker. Her patience and kindness and extraordinary sensitivity, combined with her skills, makes her (in my book and a lot of other parents' books as well) the hottest ticket in town.
- Mark (Playwright/Teaching Artist)
Melanie has an amazing sense of how to motivate my son. From the start it was like magic. My son hardly ever eats protein, but with Melanie he began to take small bites of turkey or spinach and broccoli on pizza; these turned into bigger bites. Using a quiet tone, she was able to get him to cooperate and respond in ways I never imagined possible.
- Lucy (Parent)