Wellness For All

What is Healing Touch?

Healing Touch (HT) is a energy based therapy derived from the multi-cultured ancient art of hands on healing. It works with the energy of the body to induce deep relaxation and promote self-healing.

How is It Useful?

Scientific research continues to suggest that HT is helpful in promoting relaxation, reducing pain and managing stress. It can also be effective in speeding tissue and bone healing and strengthening the immune system. Many people describe an increased sense of well-being after treatment.

Healing Touch is used for surgery, pregnancy & labor, headaches, back and neck pain, bone fractures, cancer, grief, arthritis, depression, PMS, viral infections, high blood pressure, fibromyalgia, and many other situations. It is useful in combination with traditional medicine as part of an effective health care program.

After talking with you for a few minutes, the Healing Touch practitioner will ask you to lie down fully-clothed on a massage table. You are welcome to ask questions or rest during the treatment. A session lasts an hour or slightly longer. The practitioner will move his or her hands in a gentle motion around the body. Light touch may also be used if you are comfortable with this.

History of the Program

Healing Touch was developed by Janet Mentgen RN, BSN who has been practicing energy based care since 1980 in Denver, CO. The program of study was accepted as a Certificate Program of AHNA (American Holistic Nurses Association) in 1990. Since that time, the impact of Healing Touch in health care has been recognized.

In 1996 Healing Touch International Inc. became the certifying organization. Certified practitioners are helping people throughout the world.