Healing Touch is an energy therapy in which practitioners use their hands in a heart-centered and intentional way to support and facilitate physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health and self healing. Using gentle and light touch the practitioner clears, balances, energizes and supports the human energy system to promote healing for the whole person.
Healing Touch is a complementary, integrative energy therapy that can be used in conjunction with traditional therapies.
The goal in Healing Touch is to restore harmony and balance in the human energy system thus creating an optimal environment for the body’s innate tendency for healing to occur.
Healing Touch Training
Healing Touch was founded by Janet Mentgen, RN in 1989 and is now an international program taught in a variety of settings. To become a Healing Touch Practitioner one completes a rigorous training program that consists of 5 levels. Each level in the Healing Touch Program™ includes both didactic and experiential learning in which participants practice and share experiences using energy-based healing techniques. In addition, the program encourages the developing practitioner to enhance skills and knowledge through recommended readings and practice sessions. There is also a strong commitment to personal growth and knowledge of holistic health principles.
At the completion of each official level from the Healing Touch Program™ that is taught by a Certified Healing Touch Instructor, a certificate of attendance is given. All participants who successfully complete the core curriculum through Level 5 will receive a Certificate of Completion issued by the Healing Touch Program™ Director. This recognizes the work completed in the program and the use of the designated title, Healing Touch Practitioner, HTP. The HTP is then eligible to apply for certification.
Healing Touch Certification Board administers certification through a separate review using standardized criteria. Certification acknowledges learning experiences and demonstration of competence as a Healing Touch Practitioner. The Certification Board does not license the practice of an individual nor assumes any legal responsibility for her/his practice.
In addition to the training program, Healing Touch Practitioners abide by a professional Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics.