level: Level 1
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Level 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| It is a pseudoscientific energy therapy which practitioners claim promotes healing and reduces pain and anxiety. The channeling of healing energy through the hands of a practitioner into the client’s body to restore a normal energy balance and, therefore, health. (NIH NCCAM) (Strickland and Boylan, 2010) | therapeutic touch commonly shortened to “TT” known by some as "non-contact therapeutic touch" |
| More than meets the skin Therapeutic Touch Defined First described by | Krieger & Kuntz in the 1970s |
| A meditative, noncontact healing technique | Energy medicine |
| Therapeutic Touch Sessions | 1 Centering 2 Assessment 3 Intervention 4 Evaluation/Closure |