Therapeutic Touch® is a contemporary interpretation of several known ancient laying-on-of-hands healing practices. In 1970, Delores Krieger, PhD, RN, professor emeritus of Nursing at New York University, and Dora Kunz, a gifted energy healer, developed and standardized the technique. This standardization generated much interest in doing research on the effects of TT treatments.  Gradually, Therapeutic Touch® has gained recognition and is now offered in  health centres, hospitals and cancer canters in Canada, the US, and beyond.

 

Therapeutic Touch is based on the following assumptions:

• The human being is an open energy system composed of layers of energy constantly interacting with the self, others, and the environment.

• Illness is an imbalance in an individual's energy field.

• Clearing or balancing the energy field promotes health.

• All humans have natural abilities to heal and enhance the healing in others.[1]

 

Research and clinical experience have shown that Therapeutic Touch is effective in the following areas:[2][3]

• To promote relaxation

• Reduce anxiety and stress

• Managing pain

• facilitating the body’s natural processes                                        

• fostering a sense of peace and acceptance.​

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