A Wisdom Archive on Therapeutic Touch

Therapeutic Touch (TT, Krieger-Kunz Method of Therapeutic Touch): A derivative of the laying on of hands. Dolores Krieger, Ph.D., R.N., and Dora van Gelder Kunz, a clairvoyant born in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), initiated TT in 1972. Nursing professor emerita Dolores Krieger is the author of Accepting Your Power to Heal: The Personal Practice of Therapeutic Touch (Bear and Company, 1993), Foundations for Holistic Health Nursing Practices: The Renaissance Nurse, Living the Therapeutic Touch: Healing As a Lifestyle, The Therapeutic Touch: How to Use Your Hands to Help or to Heal (Simon & Schuster, 1992), and the Therapeutic Touch Inner Workbook: Ventures in Transpersonal Healing (Bear and Company, 1996). TT theory posits chakras and manually transmittable human energies.

 
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hand-mediated energetic healing (HMEH, HMEH approaches, HMEH traditions, hand-mediated healing modalities): Group of healing methods characterized by the principle that the practitioner's hands are agents of the transfer or interchange of energy.
 
Hand-mediated energetic healing encompasses acupressure, external qigong (Qigong therapy), Healing Touch, Jin Shin Jyutsu, Polarity (Polarity Therapy), reflexology, Reiki, shiatsu massage, Therapeutic Touch, and Touch for Health.

 
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paranormal healing: Field of metaphysical health-related practices.
 
It encompasses absent healing, Bach flower therapy, Bioplasmic healing, channeling, faith healing, the laying on of hands, LeShan psychic training, magnetic healing, psychic dentistry, psychic healing, psychic surgery, psychosynthesis, remote diagnosis, Seicho-No-Ie, self-healing, shamanism, the Simonton method, spirit healing, spirit surgery, spiritual healing, and Therapeutic Touch.

 
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Therapeutic Touch: Therapeutic Touch, a specific method of healing touch developed by Dolores Krieger, is taught in many nursing colleges throughout the United States. Used for relaxation and reducing anxiety, Therapeutic Touch is based on the assumption that a human energy field extends slightly beyond the skin.

 
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Therapeutic touch:
a healing modality that involves touching with the conscious intent to help or heal. The practitioner moves the hands through a recipient's energy field for the purpose of:
assessment and treatment of energy field imbalance.

 
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Therapeutic Touch: A specific method of healing touch developed by Dolores Krieger and practiced by registered nurses and others to relieve pain and stress. A TT practitioner attunes to the client’s energy field, finds weak or congested areas, and re-balances or refreshes them using touch techniques.

 
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therapeutic touch
To transfer healing energy from one's hands to the patient to promote normal healing more quickly

 
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Therapeutic touch (TT) is a mostly secular variant of faith healing, started by Dolores Krieger in the early 1970s. The TT practioner moves his hands over the patient’s body, specifically the affected area, without actually touching the patient. TT adherents claim that this directs the flow of chi so that the patient can heal. The practice is based on the belief that living beings have an energy field or aura which extends beyond the surface of the body that can be manipulated by the therapist. No evidence of effectiveness has been fo ...

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THERAPEUTIC TOUCH: practiced by registered nurses and others to relieve pain & stress. Practitioner assesses where a personÕs energy field is weak and congested, then uses his or her hands to direct energy into the field to balance it.

 
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THERAPEUTIC TOUCH: The underlying premise of therapeutic touch is that healing is promoted when the energy (vital life force) enveloping the body is in balance. The disease process is thought to be manifested when this energy is in a state of imbalance. By passing his hands lightly over the person's body, the healer can feel any energy imbalances. These usually show up as one of several sensations: heat, cold, tingling, pulsation, electric shock, or tightness.

 
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