If you or someone you know is struggling with physical or spiritual pain and wants to explore a more gentle, loving and caring approach to pain management, then Therapeutic Touch can be the right direction.
What is it?
Therapeutic Touch is a contemporary healing modality drawn from ancient practices and developed by Dora Kunz and Dolores Krieger. The practice is based on the assumption that human beings are a complex field of energy, and that the ability to enhance healing in another is a natural potential. Therapeutic Touch is used to balance and promote the flow of human energy. Research has shown that Therapeutic Touch is helpful in reducing pain, improving wound healing, aiding relaxation and easing the dying process. How Does it Work?
Therapeutic Touch uses a practice called, “laying on of hands,” to increase the flow of energy, aid relaxation, promote healing and ease the dying process. The word “touch” is misleading because physical touch is generally not involved. Instead the hands hover over the body.
How Do I Know This is Needed?
If you or someone close to you is having difficulty in the following areas and would like to address these issues using a more gentle and non-invasive approach, then Therapeutic Touch can be very beneficial….Body aches and pain, headaches, agitation, insomnia, digestive problems, terminal illness, and emotional/ spiritual pain around end of life issues.
Why medical intervention is sometimes not enough...
During the many years I worked as a massage therapist, I discovered that people never actually forget or let go of past hurts and painful memories. Rather, many store away the unresolved memories in their body. If these painful occurrences are not addressed or dealt with over the course of a lifetime, sometimes they manifest as physical pain. Nearing the end of life can heighten one’s inner struggle, and in turn create agitation and increased physical pain. Conventional medical remedies do not necessarily address the deep emotional or spiritual pain that people hold in the body. This gentle process of laying of hands on the person’s body, enables the individual to relax deeply, and release the trauma while decreasing agitation and physical pain. The result of this work is feeling more comfort and peace.
Ellie Zarrabian, PhD, CMT
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