Therapists

Julie Burgevin

Owner of Gainesville Massage Therapy

Julie began GMT independently in 2001, and has steadily grown to incorporate other talented massage therapists. She aspires to help therapists, by providing a professional environment. Maintaining the office and establishment licensing, the online presence, and keeping up to date with all business aspects, helps therapists focus on massage while building their own clientele.
Julie has received many massages over the years, and can personally advocate for each person who has chosen to work with her within GMT. The quality that each therapist brings to a session is superb!

Therapeutic Massage Education and Experience

Julie is a graduate of the Florida School of Massage (Spring 1990). Her work incorporates her training from massage school and her knowledge of biology from receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from Long Island University, Southampton College in New York.

Additional education and experiences include sailing on a schooner for two months (NY to Dominican Republic), advanced bodywork (sports massage, IMAP, Orthopedic, Structural Integration/Rolfing, and studies in Ortho-Bionomy, pregnancy massage). And not least, mothering her three children, now young adults.

What She offers You as a Therapeutic Massage Therapist

She has helped clients by relieving their pain and discomfort associated with chronic neuromuscular diseases and many other illnesses that affect one’s quality of life.  Clients of hers have found relief from symptoms related to job-related repetitive stress, automobile or sports injuries, and other chronic discomforts related to emotional and mental stressors. 

She has practiced in both New York and Florida in massage clinics, neurology and osteopathy medical clinics, spas, office, home and on-site corporate massage.

The following techniques and methods of massage are included in her therapy: • Swedish massage • Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT) • Connective tissue massage • Sports massage • Orthopedic Massage • Shiatsu • Structural Integration • Studies in positional release

Becky - Massage Therapy

Becky is a graduate of the Arizona School of Massage (Fall 2002). She worked for 10 years within a physical therapist’s office as a PT tech, massaging and managing. She moved to Alachua county to help run her small family farm. Since arriving, she’s worked as a rehab tech/registered chiropractic assistant at a chiropractor’s office. Becky is returning to GMT after a hiatus during the pandemic. We welcome her back! 

Her work can be deep, specific and very therapeutic using her physical therapy assistant knowledge. However, she adapts her touch to the client and the tissue beneath, so she may slow down, soften her touch and tune in with deep insight and intuition – conveying confidence and intelligence. 

Outside of work, Becky is an avid artist and crafting person extraordinaire.  Her artwork will soon be displayed in the office.  Reading fantasy series and watching B movies are some of her past times.  She also gardens and puts up many of her homegrown veggies. And that is not all, she loves her pets – cats, dogs and birds! There is not a dull moment in her days, and she brings her enthusiasm to life and living to each of her massage sessions. 

Kimberly - Massage Therapy & Reiki Healing

Kimberly is a graduate of the Florida School of Massage (Fall 1994) & University of Florida (1993).  Additionally, she is a licensed physical therapist assistant having worked in outpatient physical therapy clinics over the past 6 years. 

Her continued studies include certification as a yoga instructor, Reiki Master, & Myofascial Release (MFR Level I).  She combines all her education into her therapeutic massages.  A therapist for 27 years, she is proficient in helping people recover from chronic pain and injuries. She helps people learn to find balance through their body’s innate nature to heal when the nervous system is allowed to come to a state of deep relaxation.

Kimberly’s work is highly intuitive. Her ability to create a warm, safe and calm environment for healing to occur is par excellence. One may address specific pain or injury, or receive a calm, restorative session, or both within the same session. 

Keely - Massage Therapy

Keely is a graduate of the Florida School of Massage (Summer 2018) and a lifelong student of anatomy. He began pursuing bodywork in 2011 as a result of his personal experiences with disability, surgery, and chronic pain. He specializes in myofascial, neuromuscular, deep tissue, and structural modalities. Keely brings an ease and empathy into his sessions as he strives to offer a truly client-oriented, trauma-informed therapeutic experience.

In addition to being an LMT, Keely is an artist, and he has combined his medical and fine arts background in order to run Anatomy for Artists workshops online and at Sante Fe Community College. He has also run a community workshop series on self-massage techniques at Gainesville’s Civic Media Center.
 
His primary goals – be it in session with an individual client or in a classroom setting –are to empower individuals with the knowledge they need to manage their pain patterns, recover from and prevent new injuries, establish healthy boundaries, and befriend their bodies.