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Description

Therapeutic Touch, or TT, is a non-invasive method of healing that was derived from the ancient laying-on of hands technique. ​ In TT, the practitioner alters the clients energy field through an energy transfer that originates from the universal energy, moves through the hands of the practitioner and then into the clients energy field.  TT is a conciously directed process where the practitioner uses the hands as an energy focus for facilitating the healing process.  The involvement is administered with the intention to enable people to re-pattern their energy towards wholeness and health.

TT Sessions are generaly between 20-40 minutes in length and are highly individualized.  The client remains fully clothed.  TT can be administered in a sitting or lying position.  TT is always followed by a quite time of rest.

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Research and experience has shown the effectiveness of Therapeutic Touch in:

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• Eliciting the relaxation response and reducing anxiety

• Changing the perception of pain

• Facilitating the body's natural restorative healing process

• Enhancing the rapport between a client and a practitioner, counsellor, or therapist.

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Origin: 

Therapeutic touch was developed in 1972 by Dora Kunz, a psychic healer, and Dolores Krieger, Ph.D., R.N, a nurse and professor of nursing at New York University. The year before, in 1971, when Krieger was working as a registered nurse in a hospital, she became very frustrated when one of her patients, a 30-year-old female, lay dying from a gallbladder condition. In desperation, she tried what she was learning from Kunz. Within one treatment, the patient's condition began to shift and she lived, surprising the other hospital staff. Krieger and Kunz met during the study of Oskar Estebany, a world—renowned healer. They had invited Estebany to form a study for three years, observing his work with patients. In this study, Estebany practiced laying—on of hands healing on various patients. Using her psychic and intuitive abilities, Kunz would observe and assist in the healing, while Krieger recorded the activities of the healing session and created profiles of the patients.

 

As the study progressed, Kunz began teaching Krieger how to heal, based on her perceptions of Estebany's healing techniques. During her research of ancient healing methods, Krieger concluded that the energy transfer between the healer and the healee that takes place in a TT session is prana, an Eastern Indian concept representing energy, vitality, and vigor. Krieger then combined her research with Kunz's techniques to create TT.

 

TT was initially developed for persons in the health professions, but is currently taught worldwide to anyone who is interested in learning the technique. As of 1998, an estimated 100,000 people around the world have been trained in TT; 43,000 of those persons are health care professionals, many of whom use TT in conjunction with traditional medicine, as well as osteopathic,, naturopathic, and homeopathic therapies. TT is taught in over 100 colleges, universities, and medical schools.

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