When I read about the Mayfield-based masseur who took photos of his female clients to post in a secret Instagram group, I felt a little sick.

And I nodded in agreement when a former client of his talked about not wanting to speak up when he gave her a full body massage after requesting only a neck massage.

'It is never OK for anyone, even a health professional, to touch without consent and a plausible explanation of their request': Matt Garrett, psychologist at Relationships Australia NSW. Credit:Stocksy

She said she felt he was the expert so what he was doing must be "normal". I had the same experience several years ago when an unregistered therapist "massaged" my breasts.

I wanted him to stop but I remained silent. I was the "patient" and he was the health professional. And this wasn't the first time this had happened to me.