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THERAPEUTIC TOUCH
Therapeutic Touch is a modern interpretation of the ancient art
of energetic healing. Developed in the early 1970's by Dolores
Krieger Ph.D., NYU Professor Emerita and Dora Kunz, it was first
taught as a graduate course in New York University's School of
Nursing. Now it is taught in over 80 universities and colleges
in North America and in over 60 countries in the world.
A growing formal research base indicates that TT induces a very
rapid relaxation response, reduces pain, speeds healing, supports
the immune system, and reduces stress.
A Therapeutic Touch treatment lasts between 5 and 20 minutes. The
practitioner works in a deeply centered (peaceful, meditative) state
and uses his/her hands to assess the energy field of the recipient.
Gentle passes with the hands few inches above the receiver's body
helps to modulate and support a normal flow of energy through the
field. Very little actual touch is involved. The receiver remains
clothed and may either sit or lie down for the treatment. A 20 minute
rest period after the treatment helps the field to process the work.
THERAPEUTIC TOUCH FOR ANIMALS: Animal owners may refer
to "A Short-course on Therapeutic Touch for Animal Owners" for simple
instructions on using TT with their pets.
PERMISSION TO USE: Therapeutic
Touch Teachers and Practitioners Recognized by Nurse Healers-Professional
Associates International, any of the Canadian Therapeutic Touch
Networks, or any other national or state Therapeutic Touch (Krieger-Kunz
Method) organization have my permission to copy and use as class
or presentation handouts any of the articles listed below. In doing
so, I should be identified as the author and the journal where the
article was first published should be noted.
- "Horses Respond to Therapeutic Touch Too!", The Ontario Therapeutic Touch Newsletter, Vol. II, no. 1, Autumn 1990
- "What the Animals Tell Us", Proceedings of the North American Nurse-Healers Annual Conference, Toronto, ON Autumn, 1990
- "Emotional Communication and Therapeutic Touch", Species Link, Issue 5, October 1991
- "Lesson in Awareness", The Ontario Therapeutic Touch Newsletter, Vol IV, No.1, June 1992
- "On the Infinity of Being and Thought as a Creative Tool", unpublished, July 28, 1992
- "Therapeutic Touch Support Groups Cooperate", In Touch, The Therapeutic Touch Network (Ontario), Vol. 5, No.1, March 1993
- "Therapeutic Touch for Animals", In Touch, The Therapeutic Touch Network (Ontario), Vol. V, No. 1, March 1993
- "A Raccoon Responds to Therapeutic Touch", In Touch, The Therapeutic Touch Network (Ontario), Vol. V, No. 2, June 1993
- "Trees Heal", unpublished, September 1993
- "Jake's Gift", In Touch, The Therapeutic Touch Network (Ontario), Vol. V, No. # & 4, December 1993
- "Working With
Distant Edges", Excerpt from letter on working with the
emotional field, unpublished, March 1994
- "Treating a Broken Wrist", In Touch, The Therapeutic Touch Network (Ontario), Vol. VI, No. 1, March 1994
- "Recommended Books", In Touch, The Therapeutic Touch Network (Ontario), Vol. VI, No. 1, March 1994
- "Tools to Empower Therapeutic Touch Recipients", In Touch, The Therapeutic Touch Network (Ontario), Vol. VI, No. 2, June, 1994
- "Note on Being a Designated Patient", In Touch, The Therapeutic Touch Network (Ontario), Vol. VI, No. 2, June, 1994
- "Detachment from Outcome", In Touch, The Therapeutic Touch Network (Ontario), Vol. VI, No.4, December 1994
- "Focusing with Donna Logan Van Vliet", In Touch, The Therapeutic Touch Network (Ontario), Vol. VII, No. 1, March 1995
- "Books, Books, Books...", In Touch, Vol. VII, No. 2, June 1995
- "Scanning a Four-Legged's Field", In Touch, The Therapeutic Touch Network (Ontario),Vol. VII, No. 3, September, 1995
- "Finding Edges Within the Emotional Field: Applications of Evelyn MacKay's Work", unpublished, January 1996
- "Brian's Team", In Touch, The Therapeutic Touch Network (Ontario), Vol. VIII, No. 1, March, 1996
- "Chakras as Centres of Consciousness",unpublished, January 1995 revised May 1996
- "Working With the Edge: Scanning and Unruffling", In Touch, The Therapeutic Touch Network (Ontario), Vol. VIII, No. 2, June, 1996
- "Centering", Cooperative Connection, Newsletter of the Nurse Healers-Professional Associates Inc., Vol. XVII, No. 3, Summer 1996
- "Preparing the Field for Assessment", In Touch, The Therapeutic Touch Network (Ontario), Vol. VIII, No. 3., September 1996
- "Going Deeper", unpublished, October 1996
- "Animals Show the Way", Vision and Reality Conference Papers, London, ON (November 9, 1996)
- "Living the Therapeutic Touch", In Touch, The Therapeutic Touch Network (Ontario), Vol. VIII, No. 4, December 1996
- "Thoughts on Therapeutic Touch and Chronic Pain", In Touch, Vol. IX, No. 1, March 1997
- "Thoughts on Non-Linear Therapeutic Touch", In Touch, The Therapeutic Touch Network (Ontario), Vol. IX, No.2, June 1997
- "On Teaching Therapeutic Touch", unpublished, Summer 1997
- "I Went for a Walk", unpublished, Summer 1997
- "On Grounding Visualizations", In Touch, Vol. IX, No. 4, November 1997
- "Observations on Unruffling Animals." Conference Papers, Vision & Reality 1997 (November)
- "Teaching Therapeutic Touch Over Time", Presented to the TTNO Teachers' Cooperative, Toronto, October 31, 1997
- E-mail on healing relationships, unpublished, December 31, 1997
- Letter to Jan Dixson in Tasmania, unpublished, 1997
- "On Wholeness", In Touch, Vol., X, No.1, February 1998
- "Book Review of Coyote Medicine" by Lewis Mehl-Madrona MD, In Touch, Vol., X, No.1, February 1998
- Letter on working with animals, unpublished, February 1, 1998
- "London Therapeutic Touch Hospital Team", In Touch, Vol. X, No.1, February 1998
- "Notes for the London TT Hospital Team", presented to TTNO Practitioners' Day, Markham, ON, May 9, 1998
- "The Role of Visualization in Therapeutic Touch", In Touch, Vol. X, No. 2, May, 1998
- "The Field Leads the Dance", In Touch, Vol. X, No. 4, November 1998
- "Therapeutic
Touch: Complementary Procedure for Very Ill Companion Animals", Vision & Reality 1998 Conference Papers (November
1998)
- "Touching Infinity", In Touch, Vol. XI, No. 1, February 1999
- "Energizing the Field", In Touch, Vol. XI, No. 2, May 1999
- "Letter about the belief in separation", unpublished, March 1999
- "Summer Project", In Touch, Vol. XI, No. 2, May 1999
- "So Many Books...Tuesdays With Morrie" In Touch, Vol. XI, No. 2, May 1999
- "Open to a Miracle", In Touch, Vol. XI, No. 3, September 1999
- "Additional Ways of doing Long-Distance Therapeutic Touch", In Touch, Vol. XI, No. 4, November 1999
- "Clearing Space", Unpublished, June 1999
- "Some Insights on Therapeutic Touch", Southwestern Ontario TT Conference Papers, April 28-30, 2000, Waterloo, ON
- "Death’" Unpublished, January 2000
- "The Effects of Unruffling", In Touch, Vol. XII, No. 2,May, 2000
- "A Proposal to the Therapeutic Touch Networks", In Touch, Vol. XII, No. 2, May, 2000
- "Developing Centering Exercises and Meditations for TT", Connection, The TTNO Teacher’s Collective Newsletter, May 1, 2000
- "Heart Support", In Touch, Vol. XII, No. 3, August, 2000.
- "Therapeutic Touch - Affecting the Field: An Experiential Session", Vision & Reality 2000 Conference Papers, Markham, ON (November 4 & 5, 2000) (reprint of "Some Insights on Therapeutic Touch", Southwestern Ontario TT Conference Papers, Waterloo, ON April 28-30, 2000)
- "Letter to TTNO Teachers’ Collective", Cooperative Connection, (December 2000)
- "A Therapeutic Touch Treatment on Houdini, The Cat", In Touch, Vol. XII, No. 4, November 2000
- "Honouring the Receiver", In Touch, Vol. XIII, No. 1, February, 2001
- Response about TT and Epilepsy in "Questions and Answers About Therapeutic Touch," In Touch, Vol. XIII, No. 1, February, 2001
- "Embodiment of Spirit," Southwestern Ontario TT Gathering Conference Papers, April 27-29, 2001, St. Jerome's College, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
- "Exploring the Beta Quadrant,"
Report on the SW Ontario TT Gathering 2001, In Touch, Vol
XIII, No. 2, Summer 2001
- A section on the London TT Hospital
Team in "Our Therapeutic Touch Experiences", In Touch,
Vol. XIII, No. 2, Summer 2001
- A section on Working with pregnant women in "Questions and Answers About Therapeutic Touch", In Touch, Vol. XIII, No. 2, Summer 2001
- "Unruffling Action", In Touch, Vol. XIII, No. 3, Autumn 2001
- A section on TT in Hospice in "Questions and Answers About Therapeutic Touch", In Touch, Vol. XIII, No. 3, Autumn, 2001
- "A section on "TT and Pain", "Questions
and Answers About Therapeutic Touch", In Touch, Vol. XIII,
No. 4, Winter 2001
- "Pausing to Deeply Center", In Touch, Vol. XIV, No.1, Spring 2002
- "A section on "TT
and Inadvertent Touch", "Questions and Answers About Therapeutic
Touch", In Touch, Vol. XIV, No. 1, Spring 2002
- "A section on "The Chemo Signature,"
"Questions and Answers About Therapeutic Touch," In
Touch, Vol. XIV, No. 2, Summer 2002
- "A section on "Closing Eyes
in Assessment", "Questions and Answers About Therapeutic Touch",
In Touch, Vol. XIV, No. 3, Fall 2002
- "The Therapeutic Touch Treatment: A Two-Way Conversation",
- "A Short-course on Therapeutic Touch for Animal Owners",
- "Approaching an Animal in the Therapeutic Touch Treatment", On BCTTN Website, Spring 2002
- A section on cancer patients doing TT, "Questions and Answers About Therapeutic Touch," In Touch, Vol.XIV, No.4, Winter (December) 2002
- A section on unruffling upwards,
"Questions and Answers About Therapeutic Touch," unpublished
- "The Major Chakras",
April 2002
- "Change Yourself, Change
Your World",, Vision & Reality Conference 2002 Papers, November
2002
- "General Guidelines for Treating Animals", British Columbia Therapeutic Touch Network Newsletter, November 2002
- "The Therapeutic Touch Treatment: An Adventure in Wholeness," In Touch, Vol. XIV, No. 4, Winter (December) 2002
- "What Does the Field Respond To?" Southwestern Ontario Therapeutic Touch Gathering Papers, St. Jerome's University, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON (April 25-27, 2003)
- "Journey Into Wholeness," Spring 2003
-"Thoughts
on Working With the Emotional Field," Autumn 2002
-"The Therapeutic Touch Partnership," Summer 2003
-"Questions & Answers: TT Helps the Whole Being," Summer 2003
-"Energy
Assessment in Therapeutic Touch," Summer 2003
- “Supporting
the Field,” “Questions and Answers About Therapeutic
Touch,” In Touch, Vol. XV, No. 4, Winter 2003
- “Comment on
Using Two Modalities and on Working in Triads,” February
2004
- “The
Spiritual Aspect in the TT Treatment,” Questions and Answers
About Therapeutic Touch, Vol.XVI, No. 1, Spring 2004
- “On Supporting
the Dying Process,” April 2004
- “What Hope Brings,”
April 2004
- “What Do We Bring
to the Therapeutic Touch Treatment?” Southwestern Ontario
Therapeutic Touch Gathering Papers, St. Jerome’s University,
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON (April 23-25, 2004)
- “Self Treatment,”
“Questions and Answers About Therapeutic Touch,” In
Touch, Vol. XVI, No.2, Summer 2004
- “From My Notes: Assessment,
Centering, Etc.,” June 2004
- “The
Fifth Annual Gathering,” In Touch, Vol. XVI, No. 3, Autumn
2004
- "Grounding
in the Therapeutic Touch Treatment," In Touch, Vol. XVI,
No. 3, Autumn 2004
- “A Practitioner’s
Journey: Increasing Subtlety in the Therapeutic Touch Treatment,”
Vision & Reality Conference 2004 Papers, November 2004
- "Working
with the Whole Field," "Questions and Answers About
Therapeutic Touch," November 2004
- “Swelling
in the Extremities,” "Questions and Answers About
Therapeutic Touch,"January 2005
- “The
Homework of Therapeutic Touch,” Ontario Therapeutic Touch
Gathering Papers, St. Jerome’s University, University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, ON, April 22-24, 2005
- “Moving
into Zeta Harmony,” May 2005
- “Attention
to the Major Chakras in the Therapeutic Touch Treatment,”
British Columbia Therapeutic Touch Network Newsletter, June 2005
- “Therapeutic
Touch: A Conversation with the Field,” July 2005
- “Trees are Healers,”
Vision & Reality 2005 Conference Paper, Markham, ON, November
5 & 6, 2005
- “Therapeutic
Touch: An Interim Summary,” Paper for the British Columbia
Therapeutic Touch Network Retreat, Vancouver, BC (April 29, 2006)
- “Strategies
for Teaching Therapeutic Touch,” Paper for the First Annual
Ontario Therapeutic Touch Teachers’ Gathering, St. Jerome’s
University, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON (May 5, 2006)
- “Therapeutic
Touch Guidelines,” Paper for the Seventh Annual Ontario
Therapeutic Touch Gathering, St. Jerome’s University, University
of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON (May 6-7, 2006)
- "Following
Energy Intuitively," April 2007
- "On
Receiving a Therapeutic Touch Treatment," May 2007
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