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Healing Touch Therapy

What is Healing Touch?
Healing Touch is a complementary (or integrative) energy therapy that can be used in conjunction with traditional therapies or as a stand-alone treatment.
Your 1st session with a Healing Touch Therapist lasts approximately 1 1/2 hrs. Typically, 1-2 additional sessions may be suggested.

Healing Touch Benefits that have been documented in at least one research study:

• Pain relief or decrease in pain level
• Acceleration of Post-operative recovery
• Symptom relief during or after chemotherapy
• Development or deepening of a spiritual connection
• Decreased agitation in those with dementia [calming of those with dementia]
• Decrease depression
• Decrease anxiety
• Improved quality of life
• Assistance with the dying process (relaxation, peace, acceptance)
• Improved mood
• Decreased stress
• Improved mobility after surgery
• Decreased use of pain medications post-operatively
• Decreasd negative effects of trauma/chronic pain/ and post traumatic stress
• Improved symptoms in auto-immune disorders
• Support for withdrawal from substance abuse
• Immune system strengthening and support

How does Healing Touch work?
Practitioners use their hands with light or near-body touch to help clear, balance and energize the human energy system, thus promoting healing for the mind, body and/or spirit.

How effective is Healing Touch?
Because of the effective results seen over recent years, Healing Touch is now part of patient care systems in more than 25 hospitals in the United States. Healing Touch skills are becoming increasingly validated in health care systems around the country. Hospitals that support the practice of Healing Touch as part of their integrative health care system have found that it facilitates the return of compassion to the forefront of patient care.

Hospitals, nursing and medical schools, and allied health professions throughout the world are increasingly embracing Integrative Medicine as consumer demand multiplies and as research supports its use. Healing Touch has had an active research program for over 10 years and more than 50 Healing Touch studies have been completed at universities, medical centers and in other settings.