Benefits of Healing Touch

---

WHAT IS HEALING TOUCH?

Healing Touch is a relaxing, nurturing, energy therapy. Gentle touch assists in balancing your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being. Healing Touch works with your energy field to support your natural ability to heal. It is safe for all ages and works in harmony with standard medical care.

HOW CAN YOU BENEFIT FROM HEALING TOUCH?

• Calms anxiety and depressive symptoms
• Decreases Pain
• Strengthens the immune system
• Enhances recovery from surgery
• Complements care for neck and back problems
• Deepens spiritual connection
• Supports Cancer Care
• Creates a sense of well-being
• Eases acute and chronic conditions
• Healing Touch research suggests that there are many benefits. Individual experiences will vary.

WHAT TO EXPECT IN A TYPICAL HEALING TOUCH SESSION

The session begins with you telling your health history. You and the practitioner will discuss what you would like to get out of the healing and set mutual goals for the session. You then receive the hands-on energetic healing. A session not combining bodywork is fully clothed. You lie on a massage table. Music and/or aromatherapy may be used if you would like it. The practitioner then will gently place her hands either on your body or just a few inches above the physical body and begins specific motions. These movements are designed to create balance in you energetic bio-field. Once the healing session is complete, you and the practitioner will re-assess your energetic pattern and discuss what came out of the session. Recommendations for follow up, including self-care homework or any referrals are discussed at this time. A typical session lasts between 45 and 60 minutes. Every session is unique to the individual, but many people experience profound relaxation, images and insights.

WHO ARE CERTIFIED HEALING TOUCH PRACTITIONERS?

The Certified Healing Touch Practitioner (CHTP) credential is widely recognized in energy therapy training. Look for the CHTP credential to assure the highest standards. 

All CHTPs complete a rigorous training and certification program, abide by a professional Code of Ethics, Standards of Practice, and Scope of Practice.

WHERE IS HEALING TOUCH USED?

Healing Touch is used in a wide variety of settings including hospitals, long term care facilities, private practices, hospices, and spas. A continuing education program for nurses, other health care professionals and lay persons, Healing Touch has spread through the world. It is taught in universities, medical and nursing schools, and other settings internationally. 

Healing Touch is endorsed by the American Holistic Nurses Association. Practitioners and instructors are certified through Healing Beyond Borders, supported by its research department and expertise in integrative health care. Healing Touch continues to grow rapidly, spreading healing light worldwide. 

Healing Beyond Borders is the professional, non-profit education, credentialing and membership organization for Healing Touch. Est.1996.  For more information please see their website www.HealingBeyondBorders.org