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

a modern form of laying-on hands.

A controversial technique in which patients are treated by practitioners who never touch them. In TT, the practitioner's hands usually stay about four to six inches above the skin of the receiver, touching and manipulating the energy field, though not the body itself.

A manual therapy akin to laying-on of hands in which the practitioner's palms are held near the body to affect the energetic fields.

An energy exchange therapy during which the practitioner uses the hands as a focus to facilitate the healing process and to induce deep relaxation.

A method of healing which does not involve actual physical contact. The practictioner aligns and balances the patient's natural energy fields by moving his/her hands above the patient's body. The healer consciously attempts to focus energy to the reciever to balance and unblock energy flows.

Therapeutic Touch is a non-invasive, and in fact non-touch, system of energy work that was developed in the 1970s by Dora Kunz and Delores Krieger, Ph.D., RN. In Therapeutic Touch, energy is transferred from the practitioner to the energy field of the individual receiving treatment. As with other energy techniques, major effects include relaxation and accelerated healing. It has been found that the autonomic nervous system is quite sensitive to Therapeutic Touch, followed by the lymphatic and circulatory systems, and the musculoskeletal system.

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.

An energy technique where the hands are held up to six inches away from the body to gauge areas of imbalance and move energy to where it's needed.

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.

Therapeutic touch was developed by nurses Dolores Krieger and Dora Kunz in the early 1970s after studying the ancient practice of laying on of hands. It is based on the idea that human beings are energy in the form of a field. In health, the field flows freely, while it becomes out of balance when disease is present.3

Use of hands in diagnosing and healing energy imbalances in the body.

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.

A modern version of laying on of hands in which the practitioner seeks to rebalance "energy fields" that are postulated to exist within and around the body.

A healing approach derived from an ancient technique called laying-on of hands. It is based on the premise that it is the healing force of the therapist that affects the patient's recovery; healing is promoted when the body's energies are in balance; and, by passing their hands over the patient, healers can identify energy imbalances.

Practiced by registered nurses and others to relieve pain & stress. Practitioner assesses where a person's energy field is weak and congested, then uses his or her hands to direct energy into the field to balance it.

Hands are used to re-direct energies to help or heal someone who is ill. Touch therapists say that a client's energy field can be detected and intentionally re-focused for the promotion of health and well-being.

Therapeutic Touch (Touch Therapy) is an ancient-based energy-healing system in which practitioners consciously direct or sensitively adjust human energies to help reduce pain and decrease stress and anxiety. Therapeutic Touch has become increasingly popular among nurse practitioners and massage therapists.

A form of laying on of the hands which creates a balance by transmitting energy and releasing energy blockages. It is a method of drawing and channeling the healing forces within and around us.

Therapeutic touch (TT) is a mostly secular variant of faith healing, started by Dolores Krieger in the early 1970s. The TT practitioner moves his or her hands over the patient’s body, specifically the affected area, without actually touching the patient. The claim is that this allows the practitioner to direct the flow of chi, allowing the patient to heal.