• I've had reports from all over the world of enhanced results by blending EFT with Hypnotherapy, Therapeutic Touch, EMDR, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Reiki, Talk Therapy, Focusing, NLP, Systematic Desensitization, Imaging and just about every other technique you can name. (emofree.com)
  • Unlike Reiki, the therapist doesn't touch you. (webmd.com)
  • This article will be of interest to clients seeking healing through touch, and to practitioners who may wish to enhance their work with healing through Therapeutic Touch, Reiki, Shi. (positivehealth.com)
  • There are numerous energy therapy approaches like Reiki, qigong, Therapeutic Touch, color and sound, Quantum Touch and others. (dailyherald.com)
  • Although all of the participants had asserted that they would be able to do this, the actual results did not support therapeutic touch's fundamental claim. (wikipedia.org)
  • The practice sees therapeutic touch as the way to restore the unity of body, mind, and spirit. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • This study explores the addition of Therapeutic Touch treatments to a CBT chronic pain management program, which included daily practice, readings and exercise. (bctherapeutictouch.com)
  • Nonetheless, while it is not common practice in mainstream medicine to list preferred individual practitioners, it is common practice in the literature on unconventional treatments to list individual practitioners as resources. (commonweal.org)
  • A colleague encouraged me to explore alternative therapies to support my nursing practice and I discovered therapeutic touch. (excelsior.edu)
  • While my initial intention for pursuing therapeutic touch certification was to create a more holistic nursing care for my patients, I have discovered an unexpected self-fulfillment in its practice. (excelsior.edu)
  • My practice in therapeutic touch has also reinforced the need for self-care in nursing. (excelsior.edu)
  • I am enjoying this new avenue of professional learning as I progress with the practice of therapeutic touch. (excelsior.edu)
  • Further exploring the therapeutic touch can yield fascinating insights into the healing wonders of this traditional practice. (manaela.org)
  • A deeper understanding and open-minded approach towards this practice can help demystify these misconceptions, enabling individuals to fully experience and appreciate the benefits that therapeutic touch brings. (manaela.org)
  • Therapeutic Touch, a descendant of the ancient practice of the laying on of hands, is an alternative method of healing without actually touching. (stepbystep.com)
  • Heart Touch's professionally trained volunteers, working in coordination with the Hospice Team, provide much-needed comfort and compassionate touch to the hospice patient through therapeutic massage. (guidestar.org)
  • Examining its history reveals therapeutic touch's roots in ancient cultures, where healing was often associated with spiritual practices and energy manipulation. (manaela.org)
  • A 2016 study in Cancer Nursing compared the effects of healing touch and relaxation therapy on people undergoing stem cell transplants. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • The authors conclude that the participants tolerated healing touch better than relaxation therapy. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Research has shown that Therapeutic Touch is useful in reducing pain, improving wound healing, aiding relaxation, and easing the dying process. (massageliabilityinsurancegroup.com)
  • Because of the large amount of evidence that supports a relaxation response and stimulation of the body's immune response in recipients of therapeutic touch, I decided to pursue certification as a qualified therapeutic touch practitioner. (excelsior.edu)
  • A Medical Health Professional specializing in Integrative Medicine notes that the gentle, nurturing contact involved in therapeutic touch can aid in reducing stress levels by instigating the body's relaxation response, thereby favorably impacting one's overall mental health and fortitude. (manaela.org)
  • Experts have shown that Therapeutic Touch indeed produces a measurable relaxation response. (stepbystep.com)
  • Research on each of these modalities continues, but they are all united by a longstanding variable, the concept of touch. (medscape.com)
  • Because physiatry has embraced the "team approach" since its inception, combining the administration of a thorough physical examination with the use of a variety of practitioners, modalities, and treatments is not a new concept, and the strategy tends to be well-accepted. (medscape.com)
  • Practitioners use varying levels of pressure with their thumbs or fingers on or around tissue abnormalities, while clients perform actions and movements (specific to myofascial release) as instructed by the practitioner. (nhpcanada.org)
  • Therapeutic touch massage is a type of complementary and alternative energy therapy. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Dora Kunz, a theosophy promoter and one-time president (1975-1987) of the Theosophical Society in America, and Dolores Krieger, now Professor Emerita of Nursing Science, New York University, developed therapeutic touch in the 1970s. (wikipedia.org)
  • According to Krieger, therapeutic touch has roots in ancient healing practices, such as the laying on of hands, although it has no connection with religion or with faith healing. (wikipedia.org)
  • Therapeutic Touch is a contemporary healing modality drawn from ancient practices and developed by Dora Kunz and Dolores Krieger. (massageliabilityinsurancegroup.com)
  • Established in the late 1970s by Dolores Krieger, PhD, RN, and the late Dora Kunz, therapeutic touch promotes many aspects of healing for individuals. (excelsior.edu)
  • Kunz and Krieger additionally defined and taught the principles behind the related concepts of healing touch and therapeutic touch in the 1970s. (medscape.com)
  • The Children's Program trains and manages bodywork professionals to provide compassionate, caring touch to medically fragile children, ages birth to late teens. (guidestar.org)
  • The Heart Touch International Global Outreach Program recruits bodywork professionals who spend two weeks in Southeast Asia or India to provide compassionate touch and massage to orphans, to patients in hospitals and to those impacted by HIV/AIDS. (guidestar.org)
  • Quantum-Touch is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider. (quantumtouch.com)
  • According to the principles of therapeutic touch, people with a good health status have a balanced energy field. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • anma/amma is strictly physical manipulation massage (based on ancient touch principles like acupressure, massage, and reflexology). (nhpcanada.org)
  • In essence, the principles behind the therapeutic touch revolve around the manipulation of these energy fields to promote healing and wellbeing. (manaela.org)
  • Based on the belief spiritual energy is channeled through a practitioner, this modality is said to heal the patient's spirit, which in turn heals the physical body. (the-hospitalist.org)
  • Therapeutic touch is an evidence-based healing modality that is grounded in the assumption that all humans have energy fields that extend beyond their physical body. (excelsior.edu)
  • Because therapeutic touch operates in the realm of subtle energies and the biofield, current conventional medicine tools are ill-equipped to measure or study the modality directly. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Therapeutic touch, colloquially known as biofield therapy , is a holistic treatment method that has been practiced for centuries. (manaela.org)
  • Contrary to other forms of holistic treatment methods, therapeutic touch puts a significant emphasis on the energy fields surrounding the body. (manaela.org)
  • An experienced practitioner or scholar in alternative medicine or holistic healing therapies would validate that it is a complex process requiring intensive training and a deep understanding of human energy fields. (manaela.org)
  • In conclusion, therapeutic touch is a unique treatment method, deeply rooted in the history of holistic practices. (manaela.org)
  • In the sphere of holistic wellness, therapeutic touch emerges as a noteworthy method offering an array of physiological and psychological benefits. (manaela.org)
  • Therapeutic touch is a fascinating area of holistic healing, involving practices such as reading energy fields and maintaining equilibrium through manual manipulation. (manaela.org)
  • Therapeutic Touch is a non-evasive, holistic approach to pain. (stepbystep.com)
  • Russell also practices aromatherapy using therapeutic-grade essential oils for boosting the body's immune system, reducing stress and pain, emotional clearing , releasing mental blocks, facilitating mid-life transitions ('mid-life crisis') and maintaining mental clarity. (optimumchoices.com)
  • Acupressure practitioners physically manipulate and apply direct pressure to stimulate certain acu-points along specific energy meridians to achieve either an increase or decrease of energy flow at that point. (nhpcanada.org)
  • But how can you obtain the healing powers of touch without physically touching? (stepbystep.com)
  • However, there is no real concrete evidence that energy transfer actually occurs - only that there are physiological responses to the "laying on of hands", even though the practitioner never physically touches. (stepbystep.com)
  • Therapeutic touch (commonly shortened to "TT"), known by some as "non-contact therapeutic touch" (NCTT), is a pseudoscientific energy therapy which practitioners claim promotes healing and reduces pain and anxiety. (wikipedia.org)
  • Anecdotal reports suggest that therapeutic touch may reduce anxiety. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Research shows healing touch can reduce anxiety in people who have cancers. (webmd.com)
  • Therapeutic touch has been used to lessen anxiety and improve the sense of well-being in patients with cancer. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Therapeutic touch fosters emotional well-being by helping individuals manage anxiety, depression, and other related disorders. (manaela.org)
  • The mainstay of PC is an interdisciplinary, whole-person therapeutic assessment and care plan that emphasizes physical, social, emotional, spiritual, and relational health. (ama-assn.org)
  • But in truth, Therapeutic Touch works rather well in conjunction with other treatments, such as imagery which helps direct the healing, meditation or even standard medical treatments. (stepbystep.com)
  • Rae Lord 'Ginger' Crowe, a nurse practitioner and longtime professor of nursing who became an early advocate of therapeutic touch, died Aug. 4, 2019, of complications from dementia. (newsday.com)
  • Practitioners of therapeutic touch state that by placing their hands on, or near, a patient, they are able to detect and manipulate what they say is the patient's energy field. (wikipedia.org)
  • The practitioner passes his or her hands above the patient's body in a wavelike motion to rebalance the body's energy fields. (the-hospitalist.org)
  • The Heart Touch Project is a non profit educational organization dedicated to the training and delivery of compassionate and healing touch to homebound or hospitalized, men, women and children. (guidestar.org)
  • Therapeutic touch massage (TTM) is a form of energy healing. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • During a healing touch session, a practitioner moves their hands above the recipient's body. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • In general, there is not enough conclusive, high quality evidence to confirm the efficacy of healing touch or TTM. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Energy-based healing often involves the energy practitioner laying their hands on or just above the body of the recipient. (dailyherald.com)
  • Therapeutic touch for healing acute wounds. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Dive into the mystical world of alternative healing with an exploration of therapeutic touch, a technique that has been aiding in human health for centuries. (manaela.org)
  • On the physiological spectrum, therapeutic touch has shown to promote healing, boost immune functionality, and enhance the body's ability to recover from illnesses by helping to restore balance and energy within the body. (manaela.org)
  • Based on the theory of the "universal energy" or the life force that flows through your body, practitioners of this healing art believe that you can feel this energy (also known as your aura) without actually touching. (stepbystep.com)
  • There is a long history of touch as a natural, essential component to healing and health maintenance. (medscape.com)
  • Heart Touch volunteers provide compassionate touch to infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU), children in Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICU), Pediatric Units, a Rehabilitation Department and an outpatient Pain and Palliative Care Clinic. (guidestar.org)
  • Historically, this group of patients has been marginalized by outpatient practitioners who feel uneasy acquiescing to disease progression. (ama-assn.org)
  • Thomas Gulotta, whose personal touch with voters kept him as Nassau's county executive for 14 years before criticism over his handling of a fiscal crisis drove him from office in 2001, died Aug. 4, 2019. (newsday.com)
  • During sessions, a practitioner will place their hands on or near a person's body. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Holding their hands several inches above the person's body, the practitioner will rhythmically and symmetrically sweep them from head to toe. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Since 2008, Shelly has been a Quantum Touch® Instructor and Practitioner as well as receiving a Bachelor of Metaphysical Science from the University of Metaphysics in Sedona. (quantumtouch.com)
  • Looking to receive a Quantum Touch Session? (quantumtouch.com)
  • Wanting to learn how to use Quantum Touch for yourself, your loved ones, pets and/or clients? (quantumtouch.com)
  • During your Quantum Touch Sessions and Workshops, and/or Human Design Readings and Quantum Alignment Sessions with me, I intuitively support you, via Spirit Guidance, from a foundation of hands-on, personal experience based in what I've learned and studied over the past 30 years in order to overcome health challenges I used to struggle with for most of my life. (quantumtouch.com)
  • Quantum Touch Sessions are offered Distance only. (quantumtouch.com)
  • Feel free to contact me to schedule a Quantum Touch Session or to participate in a Quantum Touch Level 1 Workshop. (quantumtouch.com)
  • The Basic Quantum-Touch (Level I) Workshop is valued at 13 CE Hours. (quantumtouch.com)
  • The practitioners then were to say where her hand was by sensing her biofield. (wikipedia.org)
  • What alternative health practitioners might not tell you. (ebm-first.com)
  • Licensed heath care personnel are assigned to provide hotline communication between health practitioners trained in community outreach and a control room in the nearest Ministry of Health (MoH) facility, in order to decide and supervise isolation in the neighborhood and guide local non-medical volunteers. (who.int)
  • It spreads by droplets and from hotline communication between health practitioners contaminated solid surfaces. (who.int)
  • The anatomist, for example, may desire a classification based on the part of the body affected whereas the pathologist is primarily interested in the nature of the disease process, the public health practitioner in aetiology and the clinician in the particular manifestation requiring his care. (cdc.gov)
  • In patients that present with problems identified at examination that have not previously been reported to a health care practitioner the dentist can be instrumental in defining potential pathology and making the appropriate referral for additional medical evaluation. (medscape.com)
  • Furthermore, a 2022 study in Perspectives in Psychiatric Care found that therapeutic touch had a positive effect on the spiritual well-being and sleep quality of 73 people receiving palliative care in a hospital setting. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Therapeutic touch uses the body's energy shield to heal without physical contact. (epnet.com)
  • Spinal Manipulation is when practitioners use their hands or a device to put force on a joint of the spine. (epnet.com)
  • Massage is a therapeutic manipulation of the soft tissues of the body with the goal of achieving normalization of those tissues. (medscape.com)
  • The practitioners then placed their hands through holes in the screen. (wikipedia.org)
  • The practitioner will move their hands to the areas of the recipient's body that they believe need rebalancing. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • The practitioner hovers their hands over your body or places them lightly on your skin. (webmd.com)
  • According to Therapeutic Touch International Association, therapeutic touch practitioners use four phases during a session, which include centering (and setting an intention), assessment (holding hands over the recipient's body to assess the human energy field), rebalancing (moving energy through the field based off the assessment cues), and reassessment (to ensure the energy field is flowing). (excelsior.edu)
  • Therapeutic Touch practitioners believe that obstructions in the life force can be detected by placing your hands a few inches from the body. (stepbystep.com)
  • PC elevates the therapeutic alliance, compassionate witnessing, and quality of life as a care constellation. (ama-assn.org)
  • In the chapters on individual practitioners in this book, you have seen how difficult it is to evaluate fairly even a handful of the most interesting practitioners, if one moves beyond the "true believer" position. (commonweal.org)
  • At the demand of both consumers and practitioners who advocate for a preventative, whole-person approach to care, the industry has started to shift away from the traditional "sick care" model and bring integrative medicine to the general public eye. (integrativepractitioner.com)
  • Based on the science of Psychoneuroimmunology, which studies the interaction between psychological processes and the nervous and immune systems of the human body, therapeutic touch serves as a powerful tool in stress management techniques. (manaela.org)
  • They also believe that an attentive, caring practitioner can transfer his positive energy by sweeping stagnant energy down and out of the body. (stepbystep.com)
  • Repetitive rubbing, scratching, and touching (induced by a foreign body or self-induced) results in plaques or nodular lichenification and hyperkeratosis. (medscape.com)
  • Toward this end, practitioners would benefit from the delineation of a PC model distinct from curative, disease-modifying , function-centered, and harm-reduction approaches. (ama-assn.org)
  • For example, integrative medicine may be characterized by a humanistic, relationship-centered partnership approach to care, a focus on biological, psychological, social and spiritual influences to pathology, and an emphasis on providing hope, education and therapeutic approaches that match an individual's worldview [ 2 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • The practitioner will use their breath and a combination of imagery, meditation, and visualizations to find balance and stillness. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Heart Touch also provides education to the physicians,nurses and other medical staff in each of the hospital departments where they provide care. (guidestar.org)
  • For all of these reasons, I have chosen not to list mainstream physicians and other practitioners. (commonweal.org)
  • This directory includes only those Certified BodyTalk Practitioners who are in the business of providing healthcare services to clients on a professional basis and who maintain their certification through continuing education. (bodytalksystem.com)
  • and - Educate healthcare practitioners in the Heart Touch approach. (guidestar.org)
  • Energy passes through the energy system of practitioner into the energy system of the recipient. (dailyherald.com)
  • Gilda's Toronto clinical staff and volunteer team incorporated therapeutic elements, and activities focused on the family's cancer experience and psychosocial care. (gildasclubtoronto.org)
  • In addition, Dr. Zepf is a Certified Clinical Aromatherapist, a Practitioner of Therapeutic Touch, and a Certified Massage Therapist. (yorhealth.com)
  • In the US, nurses have introduced therapeutic touch into many clinical settings. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Active Release Technique practitioners use palpation to look for unevenness or unusual patterns in the texture, tightness, and movement of muscles and fascia. (nhpcanada.org)
  • Certified and licensed MassoKinesitherapists trained in over 12 therapeutic techniques. (freebizads.ca)
  • Then, therapeutic techniques such as assertiveness training help privilege their own unique identity and facilitate choices & empowerment. (juliacounseling.com)
  • We are a group of dedicated practitioners who believe strongly in the innate power of therapeutic touch and its ability to provide harmony in our lives. (schedulicity.com)
  • It is human nature to touch to provide comfort. (stepbystep.com)
  • With the help of Stephen Barrett from Quackwatch and the assistance of her mother, Linda Rosa and her step-father Larry Sarner, Emily became the youngest researcher to have a paper accepted by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), which debunked the claim of therapeutic touch practitioners can reliably sense a "Human Energy Field. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, like any other field, therapeutic touch also has its share of myths and misconceptions, often leading to skepticism. (manaela.org)
  • This photograph depicted Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS) fellow, Oren Mayer, as he was retrofitting a biocontainment box with touch-mount lights, so testing could continue at night, at the Ebola Mobile Field Diagnostic Laboratory, located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). (cdc.gov)
  • By honoring the therapeutic alliance, this model seeks to improve quality of life and, potentially, survival. (ama-assn.org)
  • Second, when good practitioners grow too busy, the quality of their service drops-often dramatically. (commonweal.org)
  • Providing therapeutic massage in these settings is a way for children to gain the benefits of massage and have a positive touch experience during their hospital stay. (guidestar.org)
  • Researchers are exploring whether therapeutic touch has any proven benefits. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • One highly cited study, designed by the then-nine-year-old Emily Rosa and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1998, found that practitioners of therapeutic touch could not detect the presence or absence of a hand placed a few inches above theirs when their vision was obstructed. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Heart Touch Children's Program is currently in place at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Mattel Children's Hospitalat UCLA and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. (guidestar.org)