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Healing touch : a guidebook for practitioners / Dorothea Hover-Kramer, with contributing authors Janet Mentgen ... [and others].

Holman Biotech Commons RZ999 .H67 2002
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hover-Kramer, Dorothea.
Contributor:
Mentgen, Janet.
Series:
Nurse as healer series
Healer series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Touch--Therapeutic use.
Touch.
Therapeutic Touch.
Medical Subjects:
Touch.
Therapeutic Touch.
Physical Description:
xviii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Edition:
Second edition.
Place of Publication:
Albany : Delmar Thomson Learning, [2002]
Summary:
Healing Touch is an energetic approach to healing and works in conjunction with other methods of treating the body/mind interconnection. This new edition offers the care-giver a basic introduction to Healing Touch, including detailed information on the Healing Touch Certification program and suggestions on how to apply Healing Touch across various health care settings and within the traditional medical model.
Contents:
Section I History, Research, and Background of Healing Touch
Chapter 1 The Development of Healing Touch as a Major Force in Energy-Oriented Healing Practices / Janet Mentgen, BS, RN, Dorothea Hover-Kramer, EdD, RN 3
Ten Year Celebration: Healing Touch International Conference, 2000 3
Beginnings of HT and Differentiation from Other Energy Healing Modalities 4
Evolution of the HT Course 4
Evolution of HT Organization and Certification 5
Emphasis on Practitioner Development 6
Chapter 2 Concepts of Healing in Human History / Sharon Scandrett-Hibdon, PhD, RN, Dorothea Hover-Kramer, EdD, RN 8
Definitions of Healing 8
Differentiation between Healing and Curing 9
Documentations of Energy Healing 10
Beliefs About Illness and Healing 12
The Use of Electromagnetics 14
Energy Utilization in Medicine 16
The Endogenous Healing Process: A Model of Healing 17
Endogenous Healing Compared with Established Symptom Response Patterns 20
Chapter 3 Research Related to Healing Touch (HT) / Norma Geddes, PhD, RN 24
Limitations of Quantitative Data 25
Healing Touch International, Inc. (HTI) 26
Overview of HT Research Topics 29
Implications of HT Research 33
Need for Ongoing Research 36
Section II The Human Energy System
Chapter 4 Toward an Understanding of the Scientific Bases of Healing Touch / Victoria E. Slater, PhD, RN, CHTP/I, HNC 43
The Mechanisms of Healing Touch: What is Surmised 44
The Power Behind Healing Touch: Consciousness 54
Chapter 5 Identified Aspects of the Human Energy System 63
Scientific Developments 63
The Chakras 65
The Meridians 66
The Biofield 67
Practical Applications 70
Chapter 6 The Chakras and Their Functions 76
Relationship of the Chakras to the Biofield 83
Chakra Meditation 89
Chapter 7 Assessing and Identifying Patterns in the Biofield and Chakras 92
Identifying Patterns in the Biofield 92
Assessing the Biofield and Chakras 94
Physical Problems as Patterns in the Biofield 95
Emotional Issues in the Biofield 99
Chapter 8 Basic Applications for Healing Interventions 104
Therapeutic Touch 104
Section III Healing Touch Interventions
Chapter 9 Full Body Techniques / Janet Mentgen, BSN, RN 119
Full Body Techniques 119
Chapter 10 Localized and Specific Techniques / Janet Mentgen, BSN, RN 135
Specific Techniques 135
Chapter 11 Specific Interventions for Identified Problems / Janet Mentgen, BSN, RN 151
Techniques for Identified Problems 151
Pre- and Postoperative Techniques 159
Medical Procedures 160
Chapter 12 The Clinical Practice of Healing Touch / Janet Mentgen, BSN, RN 162
The Healer 163
Creating a Healing Environment 165
Healing Touch Sessions 165
The Healing Touch Practitioner 169
Section IV Healing Touch Practice as a Complement to other Helping Modalities
Chapter 13 Bridges with Medical and Clinical Settings 173
Toward and Integrative Medicine 174
Healing Touch as a Complementary Approach 175
Documentation 182
Chapter 14 Interfaces with Somatic Therapies 184
Body-Related Therapies 184
Healing Touch as a Complement to Somatic Therapies 185
Chapter 15 Interrelationships with Psychotherapy 191
Healing Touch and Psychotherapy 192
Healing Touch as a Complement to Psychotherapy 193
Implications for Family Therapy 198
The Advent of Comprehensive Energy Psychology 199
Section V Self-Care of the Practitioner
Chapter 16 New Developments in Healing Touch: Expansion of Resources for Practitioners / Sharon Scandrett-Hibdon, PhD, RN 205
Advanced Energetic Interventions 206
Building Communication Skills 206
Enhancing Practitioner Resources 208
Healing Touch for Animals 209
Healing Touch Spiritual Ministry Program 211
Chapter 17 Healing Touch for the Caregiver 213
The Need for Self-Care 213
Essentials of Energy-Oriented Self-Care 214
Healing Touch for Self-Care 215
Limitations of Self-Healing 221
Chapter 18 Self-Development of the Healing Touch Practitioner 223
The Inner Journey to Becoming a Healing Touch Practitioner 223
Personal Development Techniques 225
Opening to the Transpersonal Perspective 230
Chapter 19 Conclusion-Opening to the Next Decade of Headling Touch 234
Continuing Expansion of Complementary Modalities 234
Increasing Studies of Consciousness and Energy 235
Acceptance of Spirituality as Central to Healing 236.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0766825191
OCLC:
49011989

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