James D. Lane, Ph.D.
Guided Relaxation with Touch Therapy (GRTT) is a powerful stress management technique that combines an easy-to-learn touch therapy with spoken instructions that guide progressive muscle relaxation. Jon Seskevich is an advanced practice nurse with more than 12 years of experience providing stress management to patients at Duke University Medical Center. This is the technique he has used in more than 3,000 consultations to provide patients with an experience of deep relaxation and to teach them how they can relax themselves during pain and stress. In this video, Jon teaches the viewer how to perform the technique and create a state of deep relaxation, either for patients in a health-care setting or for friends and family members at home.
The core of the video is a real-time demonstration of the complete technique. Guided Relaxation with Touch Therapy includes a series of 22 hand positions that are held for 30 to 45 seconds. The video clearly shows each position from several angles, and Jon presents the accompanying relaxation instructions in a soothing voice that is sublimely relaxing by itself. His demonstration of GRTT serves as a model for the viewer, who can learn to perform the technique on willing friends by following along with Jon and letting his words play in the background until the viewer is familiar and comfortable with the relaxation script.
Jon also offers guidelines for the proper practice of the technique, useful to amateur and professional alike, and discusses professional issues regarding the administration of GRTT within institutional settings, which will be especially important to those interested in integrating touch therapies into contemporary medical practices. GRTT should be very well suited to such settings because it is based on scientific research on the healing power of human touch and the proven effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation training. In contrast to some other popular touch therapies, it does not depend on a belief in undocumented human energy fields, although Jon acknowledges the possibility that future research might find that such energy fields play a role in the effectiveness of the technique.
The video is an excellent resource for learning Guided Relaxation with Touch Therapy, which is a simple but powerful stress management technique. Learning GRTT with this video will prove useful both to the professional care-giver who wishes to use touch-based stress management techniques in a health care setting and to everyone who simply wants to provide caring support and relaxation to friends and family.
Product Description
This videotape will provide you with all the information you need to begin guided progressive muscle relaxation with touch therapy!
* Simple, clear instructions.
* Guidance to help others with stress and pain management.
* Experience the calming and soothing quality of Jon's voice for your own relaxation and healing.
* An ongoing resource you will value for your caring practice with friends, family or clients.
* Insights for integrating touch therapies into health care agencies and institutions.
* Jon's touch therapy has been featured by NBC Evening News, and the U.S. News & World Report.
Jon Seskevich is an Advanced Practice Nurse who specializes in stress and pain management education with hospitalized patients, families and staff for the past twelve years. He is widely recognized as a leader in the education and practice of complementary therapies within mainstream health care. Last year, he received the Friends' of Nursing, "Excellence in Nursing Practice" award, and was presented with the "Alumnus of the Year" award from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Nursing, Alumni Association in 1997. Jon is a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner and is delighted to share his modification of the "full-body connection."
"Jon is truly a brilliant example of compassion in action. He not only serves his patient community, but seems tireless in his willingness to share and teach, and to explore innovative techniques for humanizing nursing for nurses and patients alike." Ram Dass
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