Therapeutic Touch: A Practical Guide [Paperback]

Janet Macrae (Author), Michael Sellon (Illustrator)

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Publication Date: January 12, 1988

A comprehensive instruction guide to the gentle, powerful, non-invasive healing technique being used increasingly both inside and outside the medical profession. Available to anyone searching to help others in pain.

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From Publishers Weekly

This is a clear and concise introduction to therapeutic touch, a healing art based on the ancient practice of lying on hands. Although still considered experimental, therapeutic touch is used in many hospitals alongside more conventional medicine to alleviate a variety of injuries and illnesses. Macrae, who taught nursing at New York University, gives a balanced presentation of theory and practice. The theory is based on the concept of an energy field surrounding the bodymuch as a gravitational field surrounds objects. When a person is ill, the flow of energy around his body is congested or obstructed. A trained practitioner can feel these blockages and use his hands to help clear them and to redirect the patient's energy flow to a more healthy pattern. Readers are encourage to try to cure their friends' headaches; helpful illustrations are included.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Healing by physical contact has been part of medical practice throughout history. Macrae, a registered nurse who has instructed health professionals and laypersons in the art of therapeutic touch, describes methods for assessing the client and using the universal life force in everyone to initiate healing. The concept of wholeness is important in this therapy, and these noninvasive treatments make them a reassuring adjunct to traditional medicine for disorders, chronic diseases, and wounds and injuries. Low-key in approach, this book is recommended for libraries with collections in holistic medicine. Karen McNally Bensing, Metropolitan General Hospital Lib., Cleveland
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; 1St Edition edition (January 12, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 039475588X
• ISBN-13: 978-0394755885
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.3 x 7.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #235,511 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Therapeutic Touch is an energy therapy modality that is little understood in the mainstream healthcare communities. This book is pretty straight forward as it tries to put to words something that requires the going into the realm of intuition and sensitivity where words kind of fall short. So the author does a pretty good job I think. This is an experiential artform or therapy practice so a retreat or "hands on" (no pun or irony intended) training is really necessary.