Therapists

We have multiple licensed massage therapists at The Healing Space. Read more about each one below and then contact us with any questions or schedule your appointment today!
Debra Carberry, LMT
Debra Carberry, LMT
Debra Carberry, LMT
860-235-5706
dlc8870@gmail.com
Contact Debra at The Healing Space
CT DPH# 4253
Debra Carberry, owner of The Healing Space LLC,  has been actively working as a Licensed Massage Therapist since her graduation from Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy in May 2005. Her background includes a Bachelors in Social Work and over 25 years experience in the human service field. This combination of skills and experience allows her to create a safe and supportive healing environment for her clients.

​Debra is an Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapist (barefoot massage), Reiki practitioner, and has training in Body-Mind Therapy, Cranio-Sacral Therapy and Advanced Myoskeletal Techniques as well. Debra enjoys working with those seeking to overcome emotional pain, as well as physical.
She has volunteered her time as a course assistant at CCMT, helping to teach future LMTs. Debra is a strong advocate for self-care and encourages every client to be an active participant in their healing and wellness. 

Debra is recently retired from teaching children's yoga after ten year, but she is always available to consult and offer guidance to parents seeking alternative therapies for their child.
Laurie Steiger
Laurie Steiger, LMT
Laurie Steiger, LMT
Contact Laurie at The Healing Space
CT DPH# 1705
Upon graduating from Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy in 1997, Laurie became Nationally Certified and Licensed in Connecticut. During her 16 years of practice, she has had the honor of volunteering for patients and staff at Hospice care of Southeastern CT, working at the Norwich Inn and Spa and offering quality service to her private clientele. 

Laurie is committed to keeping up to date on new techniques and has earned over 200 CEU Hours (Continuing Education Units); 75 CEU's in CranioSacral Therapy. As important as technique, Laurie brings a heart centered approach into every session so that every client receives the care and attention that they deserve.

Jennifer Latham, LMT
Basilia Montesanto, LMT
Basilia Montesanto, LMT
Therapeutic Massage For Your Mind, Body & Spirit
Contact Basilia at The Healing Space
CT DPH# 5932
Basilia Montesanto is a CT Licensed Massage Therapist, who has been in practice since she graduated from Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy in Groton, in 2009. After graduation, she has furthered her knowledge and skill by completing several professional, massage therapy training courses.

Oncology Massage Therapy:
Caring for Clients with Cancer, by the researcher and writer Tracy Walton, is a professional course completed by Basilia in 2011. Basilia fully believes in the benefits that massage therapy can offer this specific group of people, from reducing
anxiety/depression, enhancing body image to reducing pain/suffering just to name a few. She has the training to offer therapeutic massage during the diagnostic process, while in cancer treatment, for survivors and for people who are living at the end of life. She also has the training to adapt the session to specific medication and current/past medical conditions.

Basilia also completed Pregnancy Massage: Advance Technique and Training offered by Connecticut’s AMTA Chapter in 2011 and Mother Massage®: Massage During Pregnancy in 2013, which was taught by one of the earliest pioneers of prenatal massage and developer of the Mother Massage® professional course, Elaine Stillerman. 
With the knowledge gained from these two
courses, Basilia knows when it is appropriate for an expecting mother to receive massage therapy and how to safely adapt her touch to address
physiological/emotional changes throughout all three trimester and also after labor. 

Hot Stone Massage, Rain Drop Technique,
Athletic Massage and Traditional Swedish and Deep Tissue Massage are other massage modalities Basilia has been trained in and offers at The Healing Space.

Her favorite style of massage therapy is a gentle, nurturing approach. She loves to incorporate heated stones, cool stones, essential oils, heat packs and/or certain combination of sounds and music when applicable in a session, to help get her clients settled into a safe place so their mind, body and spirit can heal.

When not practicing massage, Basilia love to express her creativeness by playing the guitar, drawing, sculpturing and painting. Daily meditation is a routine she incorporated to help keep her centered and grounded. And spending time with her friends, family and her cat Bobo is something she values and tries to make time for daily, as well.