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See Available Healing Touch Practitioner Schools
Healing Touch is a recent form of therapy
developed by Janet Mentgen, RN, BSN in the eighties.
Healing Touch is a form of therapy that takes an energy-based
approach to health and healing. By using non-invasive
touch to influence the energy system in the human body,
specifically the energy field surrounding the body,
the practitioner can clear, energize, and balance the
body’s energy and therefore affect the client’s
physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health. Healing
Touch is based on a heart-centered relationship between
practitioner and client in which they come together
to help the client’s health and healing process.
The goal of the Healing Touch method is to restore balance
and harmony in the body’s energy system, leading
the client’s body to heal itself. This method
is often used as a supplement to traditional health
care practices, as well as with other holistic methods
of healing, and is also used to treat clients who cannot
tolerate direct physical contact such as they might
receive with other forms of touch therapy, like massage.
Healing Touch practitioners work in offices,
clinics, and hospitals, as well as in schools that teach
the methods of this practice. Nurses often continue
their education in healing touch courses, as it often
counts as a continuing education requirement, as well
as providing benefits to their patients. Their hours
may vary as such, according to the capacity in which
they are employed, as does their salary. Those who incorporate
it into their nursing or massage practice will likely
earn the average salary of a registered nurse or massage
therapist, depending upon location, place of business,
and client base. The outlook for this career is as good
as with any other type of therapy, though it is perhaps
a little slower to catch on.
Training and certification for this type
of healing therapy is available in several states across
America, as well as in Canada, Mexico, Australia, New
Zealand, Europe, and South America. Currently there
is no international standard of certification for Healing
Touch, but Healing Touch International, Inc. and other
organizations are working toward such standards.
California Schools
Academy
of Professional Careers* (Boise, San Diego) - Medical Assisting, Pharmacy Technician, Holistic Health Practitioner,
Massage Therapy, Optical Technician, Administrative Medical/Dental Assistant
Golden
State College - (Bakersfield)* - Holistic Health Practitioner
Maric
College (Vista)*
- Holistic Health Practitioner
National
Holistic Institute (SF
Bay Area) - Massage Therapist and Health Educator
Silicon
Valley College* (Emeryville, Fremont, San
Jose , Walnut
Creek ) - Holistic Health Practitioner, Massage Therapy
Idaho Schools
Academy
of Professional Careers (Boise)
- Administrative Medical/Dental Assistant, Dental Assisting, Holistic Health
Practitioner, Massage Therapy, Medical Assisting, Pharmacy Technician
Oregon Schools
Ashmead
College (Tigard)
- Massage Therapy, Spa & Aromatherapy
Washington Schools
Ashmead
College* (Seattle, Fife, Vancouver , Everett)
- Fitness Trainer, Massage Therapy, Spa and Aromatherapy
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