WARSON WOODS — A decades-old message therapy training school abruptly closed Friday afternoon.

The Healing Arts Center, which has a storefront in a small strip mall along Manchester Road in Warson Woods, posted the news on its website and social media accounts.

“We understand this news is deeply disappointing,” Tom Tessereau, owner of The Healing Arts Center, wrote in a letter. “For over 30 years, HAC has been more than a school, it has been a community of students, faculty, clients and friends dedicated to healing and growth.”

Tessereau wrote that the business is working with appropriate agencies so that student records are preserved and talking with other institutions to assist students.

For those about to graduate, the the center will help students find a pathway to certification an

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