About Julie

Julie Vander Ploeg, a Registered Massage Therapist in the Austin area, completed 550 hours of advanced massage and bodywork training at the Lauterstein-Conway Massage School. She offers the following types of massage therapy:

I’m good at:

• Chair Massage
• Shiatsu
• Aromatherapy
• Swedish Massage
• Sports Massage

• Therapeutic Touch
• Reflexology
• Structural Bodywork
• Deep Tissue Massage
• Hot Stone Massage

Julie is a graduate of The Lauterstein-Conway School of Massage (TLC) in Austin, Texas and the owner of StresSolutions Chair Massage (www.mystressolutions.com). Julie recognized the need for skilled Chair Massage within the Austin business community and created a business committed to reducing stress within the Austin workforce.

Julie has earned a degree in Health and Wellness Promotion with a minor in Sociology from Texas State University in San Marcos. Julie completed a 480-hour health and wellness internship at the Capital Metro bus system as part of her degree program.

Julie has been a Massage Therapist practicing for the past 21 years. She offers a unique combination of Swedish, Deep Tissue, Structural Bodywork and Zen Shiatsu massage therapy. She believes that massage therapy is the business of helping others relieve themselves of high stress levels and everyday-taxing pains.

Utopia can be achieved through Julie's well-defined massage therapy skills. As the renowned psychologist, C.G. Jung, once stated, “Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.”