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Article: "Therapeutic Touch": a critique.
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- Catholic Insight
- Article date:
- November 1, 1999
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In recent years a large number of so-called 'alternative healing' techniques have been made available to the Canadian public. One of these is called Therapeutic Touch (TT). Other techniques include Reiki (use of 'universal life force'), Turaya Touch, Rolfing, Shamanism, Shiatsu, Yoga, and Polarity Therapy. Many are based on the theory of an energy force, which is said to suffuse and surround the body. [1] This force has also been called 'prana', also, 'vitalforce', and 'human energy field' (HEF).
Therapeutic Touch was introduced to North America by Delores Krieger, Ph.D., R.N., a faculty member of New York University, Division of Nursing, in 1972. Its use has ...