Skilled and steady
Focused therapeutic work with a pace your body can receive.
About Caitlyn
Caitlyn Nguyen, CMT
Certified Massage Therapist and Holistic Health Practitioner in Orange County.
Approach
The session starts with what you need.
Caitlyn Nguyen is a Certified Massage Therapist and Holistic Health Practitioner with training in therapeutic massage, lymphatic drainage, prenatal and postpartum massage, oncology-informed care, and restorative bodywork.
Her path into bodywork was shaped by family healers, travel, time living and working in Asia, and a steady interest in the ways people carry stress, change, grief, effort, and recovery in the body.
Clients often come to Caitlyn when they want skilled hands without feeling rushed. Her sessions are practical, intuitive, and paced around what your body can receive that day, with the simple goal of helping you soften, recover, and feel more at home in yourself.
Book with CaitlynCare for real life
Support for tension, recovery, pregnancy, postpartum changes, lymphatic needs, and fatigue.
Calm, not clinical
A grounded session that leaves room to settle before, during, and after the work.
What to expect
Attentive care without the overcomplication.
Caitlyn's approach is simple: listen first, work with intention, and adjust the session to what your body can actually receive. Pressure, pace, positioning, and focus can all change from visit to visit.
Listened to
Caitlyn starts by asking what is happening in your body and what kind of care would feel useful that day.
Never rushed
Sessions are paced with enough room to settle in, adjust pressure, and let the work land.
Care that meets the day
Some visits need focused therapeutic work. Some need gentle recovery support. The session can shift with you.
Who she works with
Support for bodies in real life.
Clients come to Caitlyn for practical, grounded bodywork: relief from tension, support through pregnancy or postpartum, lymphatic care, recovery days, and a calmer place to land when the body feels overloaded.
People carrying neck, shoulder, back, jaw, or hip tensionClients moving through stress, burnout, grief, or life transitionsPrenatal and postpartum clients who need careful positioning and steady supportLymphatic and recovery clients dealing with puffiness, swelling, heaviness, or post-surgical tendernessOncology-informed and sensitive-care clients who need thoughtful, adapted bodyworkPeople who want bodywork that feels calm, grounded, and specific without feeling clinical
Training & credentials
Specialized training behind the work.
Caitlyn's education spans massage therapy, holistic health, prenatal and postpartum support, manual lymphatic drainage, oncology-informed massage, and abdominal bodywork.
Healing Hands School of Holistic Health
Holistic health and hands-on bodywork training completed in 2023.
CAMTC Certified Massage Therapist #94253
California Massage Therapy Council certification held since 2023.
FSMTB MBLEx
Massage & Bodywork Licensing Examination completed in 2023.
Pre- and Perinatal Massage Certification
Specialized education for pregnancy, postpartum, and perinatal bodywork support completed in 2025.
MLD-PS Certification
Manual lymphatic drainage training for specialized client care completed in 2025.
Oncology Massage Certification
Oncology-informed massage training for thoughtful, adapted client support completed in 2025.
Tul'Ix Indigenous Arts Practitioner
Practitioner training supporting Womb Tending and Mayan abdominal massage-informed bodywork completed in 2025.
A personal note
Her goal is for you to leave feeling more like yourself.
Caitlyn's work is rooted in the belief that good bodywork should feel attentive, human, and useful. Whether the session is focused on pain, swelling, pregnancy, recovery, or simple rest, the hope is the same: that you leave with more ease, more breath, and a little more trust in your body.
Book with Caitlyn