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See Available Therapeutic Touch Schools
Therapeutic Touch is a recent form of
therapy developed by Dolores Krieger, PhD, RN, and Dora
Kunz in the early 1970s, and provided the basis for
its derivative, Healing Touch, developed in the eighties
by Janet Mentgen, RN, BSN. Therapeutic Touch is a form
of therapy that takes an energy-based approach to health
and healing. Practitioners move their hands back and
forth above the body to influence the energy field surrounding
the body, responding to cues such as heat, cold, and
static. Using Therapeutic Touch, the practitioner can
clear, energize, and balance the body’s energy
and therefore affect the client’s physical, emotional,
mental and spiritual health. The goal of Therapeutic
Touch 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.
Therapeutic 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.
Training and certification for this type
of healing therapy is available in several states across
America, as well as in Canada. In fact, it is quite
popular in Canada, and is beginning to be recognized
as an effective treatment modality, with some hospitals
teaching it to all of their nurses. Several Orders of
Nurses have accepted it as part of their treatment as
well, including The Order of Nurses of Quebec, The Ontario
College of Nurses, and the Victorian Order of Nurses.
It is slower to gain interest and acceptance in the
United States, but is on its way along with other forms
of massage and touch therapy.
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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