Instruct a Healing Touch Level 1 Class, Columbia MO
Reach Out Initiative Recipient: Rosann Geiser, RN, MSM, HTCP/I
Date: November 2019
Amount: $500

Rosann taught a Healing Touch Level 1 class to an underserved community at Harry S Truman Memorial Hospital in Columbia MO. The class had 18 students, 12 were veterans, 3 veteran family members and 3 staff members whom all would not have been able to take this class without the initiative of Rosann and the hospital.

A Healing Touch (HT) Level 1 class was held for veterans, their family members, and staff associated with Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital November 15-16, 2019. There were a total of 21 people in attendance: 18 students (12 veterans, 3 family members, and 3 staff members); a coordinator who is a member of the Whole Health Program staff and a Level 1 Healing Touch student; and 2 helpers who have been in my previous Level 1 and 2 classes.

Interest in this class was obtained through an Introduction to Healing Touch class held the month before the class. Other means of promoting the class included a large poster on display at the facility entrance, flyers, brochures, and announcements in all of integrative health classes, and electronic publications through the facility's systems for veterans and staff.

This VA Facility already has an active Whole Health Program. The administration supported making this class available because they saw this as an additional tool available for the veterans' self care and for family and staff who participated in the class to use HT for relief of pain, stress, anxiety which is so prevalent in this population.

The experiences of the participants were amazing. Even with a broad range of experience with energy medicine among the group, there was eager participation in practicing the techniques. They described deep healing and understanding during the group sharing. Here is a sampling of comments from their evaluation forms:

• Awesome class and very well taught! Excellent experience!
• I want to integrate HT into my current practice and am interested in pursuing to Level 5
• I will share with my veteran husband & son and hoping to help them with their pain issues.
• The instructor allowed me to come to a more meaningful understanding & appreciation for what HT can do for self as well as how I can positively affect others through its use.
• I hope to use these techniques for myself and my family. I also hope to continue on the path of learning more about energy healing and other complimentary modalities.
• I plan to use the techniques with friends and family and use the in-depth knowledge I gained about chakras in my Reiki practice. The class was wonderful, healing & challenging.
• Can't wait to try on spouse and myself.
• I want more instruction. Loved the course!

After the class, one of the participants shared that he had been doing the Mind Clearing on himself and it was helping him cope with PTSD. We have plans to survey the students in 3 months to obtain additional follow-up.

We are making arrangements for a monthly HT practice group at this VA facility. When confidence has increased these VA HT students and other HT students in the Columbia area will be invited to help at a HT clinic and offer HT during various Veteran events.

Instruct a Healing Touch Level 1 classes in Benton Harbor, MI
Reach Out Initiative Recipient: Barbara Starke, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, HTCP/I
Date: August 2018
Amount: $500

Barbara taught the first Reach Out Initiative grant to an underserved population that would not have otherwise been able to take a Level 1 class. Barbara taught 10 students of the Safe Shelter for Domestic Violence in Benton Harbor Michigan. Please read Barb’s final report to hear the rich and beneficial experience for all the women… and for some life-changing.

Report to Healing Touch Program and Worldwide Foundation
on Level 1 for Underserved Population

This is a report of my experience initiating a Level 1 Healing Touch Program class for persons of the Safe Shelter, Benton Harbor, MI. My inquiry began in the late spring of 2018. I telephoned the administrative offices of the Safe Shelter and talked to the Director about Healing Touch. She was receptive and curious, having never heard of Healing Touch. I followed up with email and we set up a date to do an Introduction to Healing Touch for the Case Workers, Director, and Support Service workers. From the very first, the group was receptive and excited about the possibilities of bringing HT to the clientele of Safe Shelter.

The above was the ideal.

The reality was that I had intended to include in this grant the group PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly). I met with the PACE Medical Director, RN Director, & staff numerous times to inform and introduce them to HTP. The Medical Director and RN Director as well as one of their Occupational Therapists were very excited and expectant of doing the Level 1. (The OT is a Level 4 student from 2008 and was planning to use this to “come back” to her journey toward Certification) I did an Introduction to HT at PACE in the spring and received a very cool reception from the staff. Administration wanted to forge ahead anyway and we planned to hold the Level 1 July 2018. They expected to do more Intros and increase the receptivity—then their accreditation site visit became Priority #1—staff scheduling became a burden—they couldn’t release people to attend a 2-day workshop—and Lakeland Foundation had to have the grant accomplished by the end of summer 2018—PACE asked to drop this venture and hopes it will come up again in the near future. The staff had a difficult time forming a vision of HT with their clients and those who care for them. I was continually reminded to “follow the energy”...and when it’s not aligned with my vision or intentions, Love them, Bless them, and move on.

I decided to continue with the plan since I still had the cooperation of Lakeland Foundation for grant monies and classroom space. Lakeland Foundation had been most supportive of me in the past because one important advocate on the Foundation is the nursing director for the Marie Yeager Cancer Center. This woman is also a HTP Level 3 student and has given me free use of the Cancer Center for my donation-only community clinic for the last 5 years. She believes in Healing Touch. She also felt the Safe Shelter was a most appropriate use of the grant and encouraged me to forge forward.

Then, I lost our “free” space due to construction of our new regional hospital. This was a major set-back (I thought). So I hustled on the phone looking for another space to hold a Level 1. I called numerous non-profit facilities telling them about the grant and its purpose. I was amazed at the receptivity I was given! I had 3 sites agree to give us the space in less than 1 hour! The sites were all in the white middle class town of St. Joseph, MI. They were elegant and comfortable—and a Universe away from the clients of Safe Shelter. So I decided—if I’m going to do this healing work with a high risk/underserved population—why not find a truly Healing Place, allowing Nature to co-facilitate our effort?

I remembered the Ronora Lodge & Retreat Center I had used in the past for a HT event with a holistic MD from Arizona. I called and explained the grant. The manager loved the possibility of bringing us to their location. Ronora had somewhat “lost” touch with their vision/mission of connecting people to Nature and the Healing Arts and gone into the Wedding/Family Event venue—it paid the bills! Now they were excited to be a part of this initiative to “come back home” to what they originally intended the land to be used for.

A whole cadre of people were willing and eager to help this endeavor be successful. Everyone was willing to be somewhat flexible with dates; the Safe Shelter was willing to provide transportation; Ronora Lodge & Retreat was onboard to give us an incredibly close connection to Nature and her Michigan beauty in August—complete with horses, wild turkeys, lake, boats, cabins and more. There was a deep sense of caring and Intention to bring healing to each of those coming to the workshop. From a beginning of small frustrations, our adventure was becoming a dear blessing to me and the women of Safe Shelter.

Now on to the event!

Day 1

I started out expecting to follow the class schedule for a “typical Level 1” class....by 10:00am I knew the curriculum would need to be modified to fit the needs of this group. The staff had as much stress and strain in their lives as the clients: one woman had to leave her 16 yo son at home by himself so she could attend—he had surgery yesterday and was home sleeping, in pain. She felt heart-broken and couldn’t contain she guilt/grief—it exploded in our opening circle. Another was 13 wks pregnant, nauseated, cold, and preoccupied with her own concerns. We often think “high risk persons” are the ones who need our services—forgetting that those who do the work supporting others are often just as much in need of support and caring. I was witnessing the stresses and strains of ALL women—It felt like we were holding Circle for Women everywhere—wherever they’re expected to give more than they get in return; wherever they’re expected to sacrifice their children’s or family’s needs for the needs of others; wherever they’re expected to do their jobs without enough money or resources to keep on keeping on...Our opening Circle became a Sacred Space for releasing and heart-felt sharing within the first 5 minutes of our gathering. And then there were the stories of the battered souls....
The focus of our time would need to be on “trust building”—deep listening, on my part, and flexibility to follow the needs of this particular “Adult Learner”....It occurred to me many times during the class that this is a particularly unique Level 1 class. Their vulnerabilities; their tender closed hearts; their woundedness was all so evident. I continually sent my intention to our Guidance and Helpers that all would benefit, without undue emotional breakdown....and that everyone, especially me, would be able to hold sacred space with grace and ease over the course of these 2 days.....
By the end of Day 1 I was wondering if this was the best idea, doing a Level 1 for women in a safe shelter, wounds still fresh, toxic stress still evident.
I was reminded of the classes I’d done in Nepal, Peru, Romania: the gnawing problems of poverty, inequality, violence, are exactly why we need HT....and exactly why it can be such a challenge to integrate into peoples lives—while they are in the midst of their suffering.
By the end of the day, it was noticeable that their threshold for listening, attending and processing very new concepts was reached. One of the women had mild meltdowns throughout the day....every break was used to “get a smoke”—I was concerned about her making through the day and being able to show up for her group, let alone show up for Day 2. She was able to do both. The level of self-deprecation; the amount of grief and anger is palpable with women who’ve been beaten and abused...and here I was, talking, feeling, doing Healing Touch to raise their awareness of what they are (Divine Beings of Light) who they are (capable women of power) why they are here (to learn, forgive, transcend,...to shed shrouds of insufficiency for themselves, their ancestors, their children’s children’s children...) and how they can change the course of their lives, their children’s lives using shifts in perceptions and hand placements!
It was a big day for all! I went home praying they would show up tomorrow...and decided to let my ideas of “agenda” soften to stay present and attentive to their needs rather than my course schedule.

Day 2

The clients stayed at Ronora over night....It was the first time they stayed in the woods, in a cabin, in Nature. They did any and everything there was to do at Ronora: went for a paddle boat ride—of course they couldn’t swim! They did wear life vests and had fun floundering in knee deep lake water. They talked with the horses, fed them carrots; listened to coyotes at night; heard no traffic, no sirens, no violence....One women said it’s the first time in her life she slept ALL night...it was actually the first time in her life she’s slept alone—without a partner, baby or a child. The women walked and talked until dark, made a campfire and talked more. One women had a totally different experience. She stayed by herself the whole time....smoking and thinking (the way she appeared to me, she was being held hostage by her suffering. I worried about her breaking.)

We went to work, continuing to cover the contents of the Level 1 Notebook—but there was a definite shift. The group was softer. And I think the shift happened because I was compelled to share with them parts of my story, my past, that helped them appreciate we ALL are truly more similar than different—we’ve all had pain and trauma—been to the bottom of the abyss—and climbed our way out, with the grace of God or whatever Forces “out there” that help us, protect us, and keep us safe from self-destruction or continuing trauma. Anyway, after that sharing, there was a shift that allowed us to bond and respect each other. It made “doing the work” much easier....Day 2 flowed and we came to the end not wanting to end. It was a celebration for all of us.

What I noticed from this group was the high level of sensitivity and “knowing” that they have to read energy. Once we left the world of trauma, negativity, victim mentality and moved into a space of mutual respect and awareness of spiritual connection, the group changed. They were able to sense changes in each other’s fields; they became confident about sensing their own energies...and they started to understand the connection between perceptions and behaviors. (‘M reminded of the quote by Abraham Maslow, “What is necessary to change a person is to change her awareness of herself”

Thank you to Healing Touch World Wide Foundation & Lakeland Foundation for the financial support. Thank you Healing Touch Program for the Notebooks and exemption of payment for student fees.
I am deeply grateful for the help everyone contributed to make this a new beginning for many.

My hope is that the 2 Foundations and HTP can offer help to allow us to keep this journey going. It would be an exciting “experiment” in health promotion and women’s health to see this grow as an intervention for at-risk women. As an old public health nurse, I know down to my bones that it takes effort and consistent attention to make positive lifestyle changes durable.

Too often in our country our government or private organizations “seed” projects, then walk away, expecting the seed to grow or thrive into blossom. I will stay in touch with this group of Safe Shelter. I look forward to discussing this project with HTWF, LF and HTP.

Please reach out to me if you have questions or ideas about this project.
Namaste,

Barbara Starke, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, HTCP/I

2018 – Instruct a Healing Touch Level 1 classes Fort Carson, CO
Reach Out Initiative Recipient: Kim Kuppenheimer, PA-C, HTCP/I
Date: October 2018
Amount: $500

Kimberly Kuppenheimer was awarded our second ever Reach Out Initiative grant to support her in teaching a Level 1 class for an underserved community of military veterans and dependents at Fort Carson in Colorado. She has been dedicated to this community for several years, and the Foundation is pleased to announce the successful completion of her class. One participant had this to say of the experience: “This class made me remember love is everything. With love toward any human being, all things are possible.” To hear more about her experience, we encourage you to read the beautiful article written about the class, attached below.

A First! Healing Touch level 1 Class, Evans Hospital, Fort Carson, CO

It is with gratitude and honor that I present the first Healing Touch class held at Evans Army Community Hospital, Fort Carson, Colorado Springs, Colorado. On October 19-20, 2018, eleven students completed this 18 CE Level 1 class. There were 3 Helpers: Priscilla Atchison, HT Level 3 Student (Army dependent wife); Jacquie Ostrom, HT Level 1 student (Red Cross Volunteer, her last level 1 was taken in 1996!) and Kaley Roberts, HT Level 1 Student (Army dependent wife). The student demographics included: four hospital staffers, Angela Williams (Credentialing), Linda Richardson (Administration), Rhonda Burton (RN, Family Medicine) and Marie Williams (RN, Labor & Delivery); five Army dependent wives: Donna Bennett, Elvia Shapiro Leon, Christa Bills, Angel Eltagonde, and Taschika Fairgood; and retired Army Veteran, Jimmy Bills.

Healing Touch Class of 2018: (L to R)
Angela Williams; Rena Forcum (representing Red Cross Volunteer Office); Priscilla Atchison (Helper, HT Level 3 Student);Clara Huff (Lead Red Cross Volunteer Coordinator); Kimberly Kuppenheimer, PA-C, HTCP/I; Jacquie Ostrom (Helper, HT Level 1 Student); Jimmy Bills; Kaley Roberts (Helper, HT Level 1 Student); Donna Bennett; Linda Richardson; Elvia Shapiro Leon; Laura Deneen; Rhonda Burton; Christa Bills; Marie Williams; Angel Eltagonde; Taschika Fairgood

Nearly three years ago, in December 2015, Kimberly Kuppenheimer, PA-C, HTCP/I, joined the Red Cross Volunteer program at Fort Carson Army post motivated to give back to our servicemen and women. She approached staff at Evans Army Community Hospital on post with the idea of offering free Healing Touch treatment sessions to soldiers, dependents and staff. Kimberly worked closely with the Red Cross Volunteer Lead, Clara Huff, RN, Retired Colonel and Dr. Michelle Wine, Behavioral Psychologist to implement this ground-breaking initiative. After eighteen months of numerous meetings culminating with Kimberly pitching the benefits of opening a Healing Touch clinic before the Credentialing Committee, an intimidating board of Army Byrd Colonels and Generals, Fort Carson approved a free Healing Touch Clinic. Kimberly offered opportunities for patients to receive free HT treatments on a weekly basis at the Ironhorse Family Medical Center within the hospital. Immediately, active duty soldiers reported they were finding successful outcomes with this new energy medicine offering. In December 2016, the Healing Touch Clinic was moved within the Hospital to Warrior Family Medical Center with the focus of expanding treatment to include Dependents and Retired Veterans. During this transition, Kimberly also began volunteering her services as a Family Medicine Physician Assistant with the hope of bringing an Integrative Medicine approach to patient diagnosis and treatment within the Family Medical Center. Another positive addition to the HT clinic was bringing Priscilla Atchison, HT Level 3 Student on board. Priscilla expanded HT clinic offerings to a second day per week. Her gentle, caring demeanor, accurate intuition and skillful HT technique has tremendously enhanced the clinic’s appeal to patients seeking a compassionate, complementary approach to their health plan.

Today, nearly three years have passed since introducing the idea of bringing Healing Touch into Fort Carson. Both hospital staff and patients absolutely rave about the Healing Touch clinic’s efficacy in treating the most extreme PTSD, major depression, refractory pain and helping to reverse some disease processes. Patients are also reporting that they are able to reduce or eliminate their pharmacology treatments once they have received HT therapies. At the clinic, we record patient’s initial pain scale pre-treatment and then record post HT session pain scale. The goal is to use this qualitative data for future HT research proving how effective HT is with this patient population.

What is the forward for Healing Touch at Fort Carson? This first class of 11 pioneering students are interested in forming a monthly practice group, and some wish to become Red Cross Volunteers and to join the Healing Touch clinic as Student HT practitioners offering free sessions to hospital patients and staff.

All students except one had received a prior treatment at the HT hospital clinic so the class was well versed in receiving HT. However, learning the science of and practicing attuning with the Human Energy System over the eighteen hour Level 1, gave the students a very different vantage point. Some comments from student evaluations speak of this different giving HT experience: “Absolutely incredible and enlightening two days!” “Enjoyed the class. I would take it again!” “A life changing experience.” And one of the most beautifully reflective comments: “This class made me remember love is everything. With love toward any human being, all things are possible.”

I hope this small account may inspire you, the reader to consider approaching your local hospital or medical clinic about offering Healing Touch sessions. Marvel as you witness your patients progress from dis-ease to natural health whether it is of mind, body or spirit. By your trained touch, watch as they become believers in the powerful healing energy of HT and in turn, receive the benefit of maturing into a confident heart-inspired Student, Practitioner or Instructor.

Together, we can achieve Janet Mentgen’s dream of spreading Healing Touch from household to household. It is a dream that can be realized by the simple and earnest offering of “a Healing Touch” to those in need. By that extension, we are presenting not just an energetic cleanse, we are in fact, healing hearts.

Sincere gratitude to Janet Mentgen and to all the Healing Touch Elders who have diligently illuminated the pathway, teaching the rest of us how to be pioneers in this highest of callings. Even today, Janet’s Healing Touch continues to prove that nothing can dim the light that burns brightly within.

-Kimberly Kuppenheimer, PA-C, HTCP/I

More class photos below.....

Helper, Jacquie Ostrom HT Level 1 student, sharing some thoughts about her experience with the Human Energy System.

Learning how to Hand Scan the biofield.

Practicing assessing chakras with the pendulum.

Kimberly teaching about table safety.

Heart to Heart Meditation

Linda Richardson, enjoying the class.

Christa Bills, HT Level 1 Student and Priscilla Atchison, HT Level 3 Student, Class Helper

2022 – Level 4/5 German Material Translation
Grantee: Ines Hoster
Country: Germany
Date: June 2022
Amount: $1,637

Ines Hoster started teaching Healing Touch Program Level 1-6 since 1998, with her efforts she has grown two local instructors who teach Level 1-3. Ines has had the burden of responsibility for translation as the director of Healing Touch Deutschland and has paid for material translations and translation updates as the HTP notebook were updated.

HTWF has awarded this International Education grant for translating Level 4 and 5 materials into German. Use of these materials by Ines and others as they teach these levels in Germany will help strengthen the vibrant program (Healing Touch Deutschland) that has developed there and lead to development of additional German Instructors.

2018 – Instructor Training Level 6 in Boulder, CO, USA
Recipient: Gillian Robertson HTCP
Date: September 2018
Amount: $2,700

Final Grant Report

International Instructor Training in Boulder, Colorado, USA, September 2018

The completion of this training would address the critical need for an instructor to continue teaching the Healing Touch Program within Western Australia as the current Instructor, Barbara Rogers, is close to retirement from teaching. Monica Nebauer is the only other Instructor within Australia, and lives on the Eastern seaboard in Queensland. I have worked closely with both of these Instructors and look forward to their mentorship in the future.

I believe the outcome of this course was very successful, and I am proud to share with anyone who listens  that I am currently an Instructor in Training and look forward to experience teaching Australian classes in 2019.

The course itself was amazing to attend, the opportunity to network was enormous, and the value of being able to attend a course in the USA should not be underestimated. The true experience of sharing our work with each other and having an instant rapport with a great group of fellow practitioners soon to be instructors was so very powerful for me. I arrived timid and came out confident. I felt comfortable having found the same rapport with course participants in my Level 5 in 2012 at the Black Rock Retreat in Philadelphia – we remain friends and still network together to this day.

Networking, valued learning, peer support, laughter, life-long friends, all of these were enjoyed, savored and salted away for when needed from this course. My fellow participants in this course were Dawn, Higgins, Jerri-Anne McDermith, Kim McKibben, Elaine Lang, Karen Hoskyn, Susan Holtorf, Stacy Noel, Jaclyn Chisholm, Nicole Cichocki and Crystal Perry. I was totally “blown away” by this group’s abilities and the wholesome learning we achieved both from our Instructor Cynthia Hutchison and by sharing our experiences and views within the group.

We were given fantastic opportunities for questions and guidance F2F in ‘virtual’ online meetings with Lisa Mentgen-Gordon, Amelia Vogler of HTPA and Christina and Jennifer of the HTP Office. Janna Moll also joined us for one day, sharing her views and concepts. It was such a wonderful experience.

Our instructor, Cynthia Hutchison, was truly polished in how she developed the class, enabling us to relax and to enjoy the anecdotes we shared, plus advice and guidance for scenarios within the teaching arena. She built the group steadily towards gaining the extra knowledge and awareness we needed to achieve within the class and to complete the requirements for certification. I also feel truly blessed that Cynthia welcomed me into her home for a couple of days after the class, enabling me to cement in a few extra concepts, personal guidance and to be confident in my journey going forward.

The preparation work and networking continue as all of the 11 participants in this course strive to complete the certification pack. I look forward to the first Level 1 workshop in 2019 when I will participate as Instructor in Training – I am so excited!!

Please accept my humble thanks to the Chair and HTWF Committee for enabling me to participate in this important course to encourage and nurture Healing Touch Program’s future within Australia and in support of the worldwide Healing Touch Program community.

Many blessings

G Robertson

Gillian Robertson, HTCP, HTI

2018 – Instruct a Healing Touch Level 1 & 2 classes in Uganda
Instructor: Victoria Stewart, HTCP/I
Date: June 2018
Amount: $2,500

Final Report

Victoria made a second trip to teach a Heling Touch Level 1 & 2 classes to 49 students at the Biggi Family Project (BFP) center in Kampala, Uganda, in June 2018. She was also able to hold a Healing Touch for Children class for several youth who really enjoyed the experience.

Victoria has made some great contacts who are excited about continuing to grow the use of Healing Touch there, and potentially in neighboring countries. With so many successful classes and excited students, the Foundation is in discussion about the potential to send a level 3/4 instructor to Uganda for further instruction.

The BFP Center is a Ugandan based Non-Governmental organization offering a wide range of research, training and social transformation opportunities to less privileged communities across Uganda. BFP was conceived in 2002 with the passion of enabling communities to access nature friendly herbal medicine and healthier foods so that those who are chronically sick and those who want organic foods access it and live healthier lives. The community there has been highly enthusiastic in learning and using Healing Touch.

Thank you to Victoria for her willingness to travel so far to "Advance Healing Touch Worldwide"!

2018 – Instruct a Healing Touch Level 1 & 2 classes in Uganda
Instructor: Victoria Stewart, HTCP/I
Amount: $1,350

Victoria taught 24 students both Healing Touch level 1 & 2 classes in March 2018 with the help of an interpreter. The students were amazed to feel energy and are eager to use their new skills for family and much needed community work. The classes were very successful in introducing the community to Healing Touch that they are already hoping to hold more classes soon, including a Level 3. In addition, Victoria has identified 2 students as potential future Healing Touch instructors given their enthusiasm - which would truly help fulfill Janet's intention to "advance Healing Touch Worldwide"! Read the final report.

Final Report

My trip to Uganda to teach Healing Touch Levels 1 and 2.March 13-14, 2018 and March 15 and 17, 2018

This was one of the most profound experiences I have ever had. As a white instructor in a black culture there was trust, love, compassion and acceptance.

The 24 students were eager to learn Healing Touch. I was blessed with having an interpreter and a reader for Healing Touch to be relayed to the students.

Healing Touch Level 1 started on Monday and ended on Tuesday evening. Healing Touch Level 2 started on Wednesday. We skipped Thursday to work at the clinic and I helped the staff who were in class with working two on one. Reminding the students of hand placements. The staff that I worked with also help decide what techniques to use that they had learned. The clients at the clinic were amazed with Healing Touch. Many of them cryed when they were out of pain.

Many of the students were so surprised they could feel energy. When we practiced rubbing their hands together, then pulled them apart, and feeling someone else’s hands on the second day of level 1. They really were surprised.at their growth with feeling energy on the second day so much more than the first day.

On Friday morning 2 gentlemen from the Drug Administration joined the class to see what Healing Touch was about. The students really stepped up and gave amazing testimonies. I did a short exercise with one of the gentlemen. I asked him to see if he could feel me in his energy field and he DID! They were intrigued with Healing Touch. They said “Healing Touch could be everywhere in Uganda”. Hellen Nyilak was extremely delighted by their response. “That is a BIG deal” Hellen said.

There are two women that I would recommend to become Instructors. Hellen Nyilak and Anne Kibirige

I believe that it would be for the highest good for Uganda to continue Healing Touch in their country. Their medical care is beyond dismal. The biggest complaint by the Ugandans are lower back issues and ulcers. Their roads are horrible and they worry because there are no jobs.

With working together as a Healing Touch team and continued support from HTWF for funding travel expenses and funding under privileged areas with Healing Touch workbooks and HTP abating their fees...this could be possible.

I would like to continue to go to Uganda to teach adults. Walle Adams Gerdts is interested to go to Uganda in the fall to teach Healing Touch Level 3.

Hellen Nyilak is well connected to highly respected and educated people. Healing Touch can travel further in Uganda with continued support Hellen.

Below are a few e-mails that I received from one of the students about the Healing Touch work that is being done to support the Uganda people.

"Dear Victoria,

I hope you had a safe journey back to the U.S.

Thank you so much for sacrificing everything to come and train us in this wonderful kind of healing. I was personally blessed and it improved my spiritual life and ministry to a great extent!

I am practicing and reading more to understand it more.

You really sowed a seed in my life and I promise that I will keep the candle burning by teaching others about this great experience.

I hope to become an instructor in future.

Stay blessed.

Regards

Anne Kibirige.
Africa Uganda."

"Dear Victoria,

I hope all is well.

This morning I got a patient who is 6mths pregnant but she had a water discharge. When she went for a scan, the doctors said that her cervix was already open and the contractions had started. Her, the husband and the mother in law were already crying and had completely lost hope. I placed my hand at the sacral and commanded the cervix to close in Jesus name, then I advised the nurses to lay her on the hospital bed. I started with the chakra connection as she laid on her side, then therapeutic touch, then ultra sound around the sacral and finally laser around the sacral again.

By the time I finished, she was calm and even asked for something to eat. That was at midday. At the moment, the discharge has reduced and the doctors said they are taking her back to the scan tomorrow.

I kindly request for more advice in such a case.

Thanks
Regards
Anne (Uganda)"

"Dear Victoria,

Thank you for the advice concerning the cervix closure.
I went and did chakra connection on Tuesday then on Wednesday they did a scan. The cervix had closed but the fluids in the uterus had dried up so they induced her into labour and that is the day she had made 27 weeks. The baby is in the nursery and picking up well and the mother is also very fine. Its now a week. We thank God because the doctors had said that she would not hold the baby in the womb for more than an hour because the contractions had started on that Monday morning when I sent you the email and secondly, they had said that the baby would not be alive for more than 12 hours!!
Its a miracle to the health care practitioners as well!

In a second scenario, a certain patient had been on oxygen for a week due to pneumonia, I found her very weak, worried and breathing badly. She could not talk but just cry when people went to see her. I did chakra connection and immediately her breathing improved. The following day she sent a message that she was discharged! It was a miracle because she looked like someone who was dying anytime.

Another one had started feeling numb on the right hand side of his body from the head to the toe. He is on ARVs and has been down for 5mths. I massaged and chakra connection then mind cleared. The numbness instantly cleared! I will be going back tomorrow because I worked on him last Friday. I will be working on him every Friday until the end of the month.

Thanks a lot for saving God's people.

Regards
Anne
Uganda"

Thank you for the opportunity to serve this community.

Victoria Frush Stewart, HTCP/I

2017 – Instruct Healing Touch Level 1 Class in Madurai, South India
Instructor: Kimberly Kuppenheimer, MA, PA, HTCP/I
Amount: $2,180

Healing Touch Level 1 class was taught to students in Madurai, State of Tami Nadu,South India, in June 2017. These eleven students plan to use their newly acquired HT techniques in caring for the hospice patients at the Akash Home for the aged and dying, and at the nearby Padaman Village Hospital. Kim was also able to introduce HT to over a hundred primary school children in local village schools, where they practiced “Hands Still” on their fellow classmates.

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2015 – Instruct Healing Touch Level 1, 2 & 3 classes in Japan
Instructor: Rumi Hashimoto, MSN, RN,HTCP/I
Amount: $3,000

A special lecture on “Healing Touch and Integrative Medicine”, presented by Rumi Hashimoto, MSN, RN,HTCP/I at Yokohama Minami Kyousai Hospital in Yokohama, was attended by 80 participants. The University of Occupational and Environmental Health in Kitakyushu hosted “An Introduction to Healing Touch” attended by many nurses and educators. A special lecture for nursing students at Yokohama Soei University, School of Nursing, focusing on the “Integrating of Healing Touch into Nursing Practice”, was well received by both nursing students and professors in attendance. Six Healing Touch Program classes, including three Level 1, two Level 2 and one Level 3 were taught at three universities in Japan, training a total of 120 students in Healing Touch techniques. The combined attendance at the various classes and outreach events is estimated at 227 health care participants.

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2015 – Instruct a Healing Touch Level 4 Class in Nepal
Instructor: Tim McConville, HTCP/I
Amount: $2,800

Tim taught the level 4 class held in Nagarkot. Eleven students received certificates moving them closer to practitioner, 2 other students attended a portion of the class. Aparna Bhatta, coordinated the Level 4 class which provided critical professional advancement for her teaching skills and assisted her in her efforts to grow Healing Touch in Nepal.

2013- Instructor Training Level 3 in Boulder, Colorado, USA
Recipient: Aparna Bhatta, HTCP/I of Kathmandu, Nepal
Amount: $3,500

2012 - Instruct a Healing Touch Level 2 and 3 Class, & Instructor Level 2 in Nepal
Instructor: Tim McConville, HTCP/I
Amount: $3,000

Tim’s mission to Nepal was to help expand the ability to reach more students of Healing Touch. The first goal was to teach Aparna Bhatta Level 2 Instructor Training which began April 4th. Aparna has taught over 150 students in Nepal and India in her first year of teaching!

Two Level 2 classes were taught: April 5-6 in Kathmandu in the surrounding hills, 10 student participated and 9 students completed the second Level 2 held in Aparna’s office in Kathmandu April 9-10th. Many of the students have a medical, mental health or Ayuvedic background and have been actively using the level 1 techniques in their practice with good results.

A Level 3 class was held at Aparna’s office and 8 students completed the class. One of the students had waited five years to take level3! The students came from a variety of ages and backgrounds, most with higher education. This class included and Ayuvedic doctor and Ayuvedic pharmacist.

This teaching experience was a wonderful exercise in flexibility and patience. We had to adapt to very different notions of timeliness and focus more on the core techniques. Often the setting was less than ideal, with only partial access to decent treatment tables and distracting noises in the city. The students are not as likely to read the English language texts and readily gravitate to the table work. We realized the strong need to have the texts, and documentation forms all translated into their native tongue. The Nepali people have a deep spiritual base which made teaching the concepts easy. The students were a delight to be with. It is reassuring that the Healing Touch work bridges cultural differences and can be the same anywhere in the world. I think the culture they live in more readily accepts the alternative therapies such as Healing Touch. That coupled with the lack of good allopathic medical facilities creates a situation which will allow a more rapid expansion of the work and a tremendous opportunity to impact people's lives.

1st Level 2 class practicing

1st Level 2 class practicing

2nd Level 2 class picture

Level 3 class demonstration

Level 3 class students

2010 - Instructor Training Level 6 in Boulder, Colorado, USA
Recipient: Ainslie Allison HTCP of Western Australia
Amount: $3,000

2010 - Instructor Training Level 6 in Boulder, Colorado, USA
Recipient: Aparna Bhatta, HTCP of Kathmandu, Nepal
Amount: $2,936

2007 – Instruct a Healing Touch Level 1, 2 & 3 in Bucharest & Sibiu, Romania
Recipient: Cheryl Baldwin & Mary Finerty
Amount: $11,495

2006 - Instruct a Healing Touch Level 1, 2, 3 & 4 in Sibiu, Romania
Recipient: Cheryl Baldwin & Mary Finerty
Amount: $8,550

2006 - Instruct a Healing Touch Introduction and a Level 1, 2 & 3 in Peru
Recipients: Margaret Kehoe, Nina Alvarado and Carol Reamer
Amount: $4,325

2005 - Instruct a Healing Touch Level 1, 2 & 3 in Sibui, Romania
Recipient: Cheryl Baldwin & Mary Finerty
Amount: $6,250

2004 - Instruct a Healing Touch Level 1, 2, & 3 in Sibui, Romania
Recipient: Cheryl Baldwin & Mary Finerty
Amount: $5,700

2001 - Instruct a Healing Touch Level 1 & 2A in Johannesburg & Natal, South Africa
Recipient: International Alliance for Health & Healing
Amount: $1,000

Wellness Pre-Conference and Conference Speaker for the World Burn Congress 2018
Grantee: Amelia Vogler MS, HTCP/I
Country: U.S.A.
Date: September 2018
Amount: $1,203

The World Burn Congress is an event that hosts the International community of burn survivors and representatives from National Burn Centers, Burn Care / ICUs, and their associated nursing and medical staff. There are patients needing self-care; there are families needing tools to support their loved ones; there are families hurting from trauma; and there are individuals who are suffering psychological trauma around burn scaring. I cannot think of anyone who comes to this conference who hasn’t been affected by a burn injury in some way and anyone who could not benefit from knowing about Healing Touch.

I was honored to be asked to present at this year’s pre-conference workshop and presented on Energy Medicine, with Healing Touch being the method through which I am shared. I shared grounding, centering, attuning meditations and sharing Magnetic Passes Hands in Motion and Hands Still as self-care methods during this presentation, to 40 attendees. I focused on trauma held in energy system and discussed HT as a way to support, leveraged and taught pendulation (Peter Levine), seeing what you see technique - to reduce the energy field and bring in, grounding and centering, and sensation work. Very successful!!!

Record number of participants attended the Healing Touch breakout lecture. I facilitated a self-care centered Self-Chakra Connection from the HTP curriculum, these 26 attendees also did a gorgeous grounding centering attuning meditation.

Both talks had surveys that were completed by participants that measure effectiveness and impact of the presentation. I had wonderful reviews in my 2017 presentations, which is what prompted the organization to call me again for a longer and more significant sharing.
My vibrational tools table was a huge success. Healing Touch was represented as an energy modality through written description and HTP/HTWF pamphlet, 350 interested people took Healing Touch related brochures of HTP and HTWF. Vibrational tools (crystals, tuning forks, rattles) and introducing plant medicine (Sage, lavender) were a big hit!

I drummed with my native drum and had a huge success and what I loved was that out of the large group of diverse ages, ALL the children survivors fell fast asleep.

Thank you to HTWF for your support in helping me bring Healing Touch to this much needed community.
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Healing Touch Disaster Response
Grantee: Kathy Allan RN, HN-BC, HTCP/I, SEP,NARM
Country: U.S.A.
Date: January 2016
Amount: $590

The purpose of the grant was to attend the Foundations of Disaster Response, May 2016, in San Diego CA to acquire training regarding the preparation and role of Healing Touch practitioners in disaster response efforts.

Foundations of Disaster Response for Healthcare Professionals Workshop

Los Angeles, CA
May 14-15, 2016

The workshop was an extremely valuable in identifying the absolute necessity to have proper training and sponsorship in order to be allowed to offer services. The government’s response to disasters is highly sophisticated and efficient with a clear command structure. Each position carries with it specific responsibilities, allowing those in charge to act effectively in meeting the demands of the situation. Without such a structure, there would be chaos.

All disasters go through specific phases and they each have common responses. Warning Phase – Ranges from no advance notice to days or weeks’ notice. Impact Phase – Actual onset of disaster. – varies Heroic Phase – People watch out for, protect, even risk own safety to save strangers. Honeymoon Phase – People initially pitch in and collaborate for the collective good. Inventory Phase – External resources begin to be distributed. Disillusionment Phase – Resource allocation is often seen as too little, too late, poorly distributed. Reconstruction Phase – People move beyond self-interest and start to rebuild.

The workshop made it clear that a training program would need to be developed for Healing Touch practitioners who want to work in disaster situations. Students need to learn the Incident Command Structure, the disaster response culture, and the dynamics of disaster situations. Healing Touch also needs to have an officially sponsored by an officially recognized organization such as Red Cross, Salvation Army, faith based organizations, and Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT).

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Healing Touch Clinics
Instructor: Tim McConville
Country: Nepal
Date: April 2015
Amount: Combined with Teaching Level 4 Class

Major advancements toward spreading Healing Touch in Nepal were made in the spring 2015 by Tim and Pam McConville. In their partnership with Aparna Bhatta, HTCP/I, and accompanied by Ingrida Kancans-McLaughlin, HTCP, the team traveled throughout scenic Nepal offering their own time, talent and the treasure of their personal resources.

A variety of Healing Touch events, including both planned and spontaneous outreach activities were held. Three separate Introduction to Healing Touch sessions in Pokara and Katmandu where the total number of attendees surpassed one hundred people! Healing Touch sessions were offered to people in need as well as instructing and educating local health care and political communities on its benefits. A sixty minute session was given to the Deputy Prime Minister and another session was filmed for television viewing on Nepalese channels out of London. Opportunity abounded on this trip!

Healing Touch Clinics
Instructor: Tim McConville
Country: Nepal
Date: April 2012
Amount: Combined with Teaching Instructor Training Level 2, Level 2 and Level 3 Classes

Tim and Pam McConville in partnership with Aparna Bhatta, HTCP/I traveled throughout Nepal offering their own time, talent and their personal resources. A variety of Healing Touch events, including both planned and spontaneous outreach activities were held in conjunction with teaching Healing touch classes.

Healing for Fukushima, Help Enrich Lives by Creating Healing Touch Support in Community
Grantee: Hashiba Institute
Coordinator: Rumi Hashimoto
Date: September 2012
Amount: $3,000

With support from Fukushima University School of Nursing, Hashiba Institute staff, and volunteers provided a Healing Touch (HT) Level 1 class and Healing Touch clinic. Forty five residents of Fukushima participated in the HT Level 1 class taught in Japanese by Rumi Hashimoto MSN, RN, HTCP/I. In collaboration with the Fukushima Medical University school of Nursing, the Hashiba Institute also provided a free Healing Touch clinic to over 35 hospital staff, the first ever Healing Touch clinic in Japan. This work not only provided comfort, care, and healing to victims of the March 2011 tsunami, but also to the medical and healthcare staff who worked tirelessly caring for tsunami victims.

HT workshop attendees: 48

HT clinic attendees: 75

Staff Training for Hospice Healing Touch: A Pilot Program for Masonic Villages, Elizabethtown PA
Principal Investigator: Masonic Villages of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
Coordinator: Donna Gobbo, RN
Date: September 2012
Amount: $3,000

The purpose of this project is to develop a Healing Touch (HT) pilot program that integrates HT as part of the routine care given to hospice inpatients. The training of 24 nursing staff and volunteers were trained in HT Level 1. These students provided 260 Healing Touch sessions in the Masonic Health Care Center. The sessions lasted from 15-30 minutes conducted on massage tables, wheelchairs or Baroda chairs. In surveys conducted following the sessions, 40-50% of recipients indicated that the Healing Touch session exceeded their expectations. Healing Touch educational displays were also attended by over 250 village residents.

To Empower People to Heal Themselves and Others through Healing Touch Sessions, Healing Touch Classes
Grantee: Swan Center of the Association of the Whole Person
Country: India and Sri Lanka
Date: 2008
Amount: $2,095

To Recruit, Train, and Mobilize Volunteers to Serve in the AIDS Orphan Crisis in South Africa
Grantee: The Light Center, Baldwin, KA
Date: 2008
Amount: $5,000

To support Healing Touch Outreach
Grantee: Mary Frost
Location: Tibet, China
Date: 2007
Amount: $2,000

To provide Healing Touch Intervention for Cancer Patients
Principal Investigator: LifeSpark Cancer Resources
Co-Investigator: Sandy Priester
Date: 2006
Amount: $5,000

To provide Healing Touch with individuals with cancer. To coordinate 50 providers in the program, to attract new cancer patients to the program, and to screen, train and match new providers.

Healing Buddies matches Healing touch providers with cancer patients
Grantee: QuaLife Wellness Community
Coordinator: Sandy Priester
Location: Denver, CO
Date: 2004
Amount: $8,100

Healing Buddies matches Healing Touch and Reiki providers with cancer patients and other life-challenging illnesses. Sessions are provided for six months with an option to extension of another six months.

Healing Buddies matches Healing touch providers with cancer patients
Grantee: QuaLife Wellness Community
Coordinator: Sandy Priester
Location: Denver, CO
Date: 2002
Amount: $6,420

Healing Buddies matches Healing Touch and Reiki providers with cancer patients and other life-challenging illnesses. Sessions are provided for six months with an option to extension of another six months. Funding helped implement this program, funds were used for training of sixteen Buddies.

The Impact of Healing Touch on Oncology Patients’ Perceptions of Fatigue and Health Related Quality of Life – A Randomized Pilot Study
Affiliate: University of Maryland, St. Joseph Medical Center, Cancer Institute
Principle investigator: Rosemary Wolfe, RN, HTCP
Date: September 2017
Amount: $4,995

This study evaluated the effect of Healing Touch (HT) on Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of patients with breast cancer. It assessed and compared the effects of HT on HRQoL and stress, the incidence of radiation treatment delays, blood pressure and pulse, as well as the levels of salivary cortisol in determining stress – all on participants who received weekly HT with those who did not.

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The Effectiveness of Complimentary Therapies to Reduce Pain in Spinal Fusion Patients: A Pilot Study
Affiliate: Nemours/Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children
Principle investigator: Karen Sacks, MSN, APRN
Date: July 2017
Amount: $4,980

The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate if two CAM modalities, Hypnosis and Healing Touch provide any benefit, assessed by decrease in postoperative pain and perioperative anxiety in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis undergoing posterior spinal fusion surgery. All patients received standard pain management. Significant difference was observed in anxiety scores between the control group and HT group. No difference in cortisol levels was observed between groups in the preoperative and intraoperative periods However, the HT group demonstrated lower cortisol level on postoperative day two, which returned to the same level as the other two groups at the time of follow up visit. However, a trend towards reduction in postoperative cortisol level in the HT group on postop day-2 and reduced anxiety on follow up visit was observed.

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Magnet Field Activity during Healing Touch Interventions: A Qualitative Study
Affiliate: Indiana University School of Medicine – Terre Haute
Principal Investigator: Margaret Moga, PhD
Date: 2012
Amount: $2,000

Secrets of Energy Healing
Energy healing and biofield therapies – is there any evidence to support these therapies? Can we detect when healing is occurring? Recent evidence suggests that magnetic field activity in the healing space is a reliable measure of changes that occur during energy healing. When the healer “centers” or quiets themselves to prepare for healing, the magnetic field activity in the room becomes less “noisy”. As a healer works with a client, magnetic field oscillations in the room build in intensity and then release, which closely corresponds to the buildup and release that healers can feel and have reported. Thus, the two “secrets” of effective healing, “quieting the space” and “initiating the charge/discharge process”, can be measured scientifically with a magnetometer.

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Healing Touch and Spirituality: A Qualitative Study
Affiliate: Australian Catholic University
Principal Investigator: Dr. Monica Nebauer
Date: 2012
Amount: $5,000

The primary purpose of the study was to ascertain the experiences of spiritual development of Healing Touch practitioners/instructors and how they live their holistic philosophy and spiritual practices underpinning Healing Touch in their lives. The two phases of the study were: Phase 1 in which retreat attendees completed an emailed pre-retreat questionnaire, 3 weeks prior to the retreat. Phase 2, the retreat attendees participated in one of 6 focus groups responding to questions derived from the pre-retreat questionnaire. Two additions focus groups were in Chicago with 8 pre-questionnaire and Brisbane, Australia with 4 participants.

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Assessment of Changes in Brainwave Patterns and Physiological Markers of Subjects Receiving Healing Touch: A Randomized Pilot Study
Principal Investigator: Denise Anthes ThD, MBA, BSN, RN, HTCP, HTCI
Date: 2012
Amount: $5,000

This study evaluated the impact upon the physiology and state of consciousness of recipients of Healing Touch offered by a certified practitioner.

In randomized controlled study of 68 subject’s, 56% of the subject’s female, 44% were male. Age 18 to 91 years of age. The study measured changes in 5 parameters: electroencephalography (EEG), skin conductivity, blood volume and pulse (BVP), respiration, and temperature. These measurements were recorded constantly during each 28 minute session. The procedure consisted of recording 2 minute baseline EEG readings: with eyes closed, then with eyes open. Control Group then relaxed for 20 minutes while the Intervention Group received a 20 minute treatment of Healing Touch. The session concluded with a repetition of the 2 minutes baseline. The Intervention Group had increased activation in all brainwaves patterns, demonstrating a statistically significant difference (p = .03) in the decrease of anxiety compared to the control group, with a CI of 95%.

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To Evaluate the Protective and Healing Effect of Healing Touch against Heat Stress Using Nerve Cell Culture Model
Affiliate: Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem NC
Principal Investigator: Dr. Rong Tang MD, Charles Tegeler MD
Date: 2008
Amount: $5,000

The department of neurology is conducting a research project aimed at the evaluation of the protective and healing effect of Healing Touch against heat stress using a nerve cell model.

To Use Healing Touch for Pain in Bilateral Knee Arthroplasty: A Nursing Study
Affiliate: The Shiley Center for Orthopaedic Research and Education Scripps Clinic
Principal Investigator: Mary E. Hardwick, MSN, RN
Date: 2007
Amount: $1,500

The primary aim of the proposed prospective randomized, experimental, single center study is to use Healing Touch in addition to standard pharmacologic intervention to improve pain management in bilateral total knee replacement patients. The secondary aims of the proposed study are to; 1 to utilize nursing expertise in initiating a nursing modality for pain control, 2 provide pain relief without pharmacologic agents, and 3 involve bed side nurses in a research project that could make a difference in the quality of patient care.

To Support Postoperative Mastectomy Patients by using Healing Touch
Affiliate: University of Oklahoma Health Science Center College of Nursing
Principal Investigator: Valerie Eschiti
Date: 2007
Amount: $850

The purpose of this qualitative research study is to describe the lived experience of woman who are receiving Healing Touch after their mastectomies.

To Use Healing Touch Intervention during Chemotherapy Infusions for Women with Breast Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Affiliate: Stanford University Medical Center
Principal Investigator: Kathy Turner, RNC, NP, CHTP
Date: 2007
Amount: $5,000

To conduct a controlled trial of Healing Touch during chemotherapy infusions for women with breast cancer at Stanford University Medical Center. The study is to determine 1) what effect, is any, Healing Touch has on their quality of life, anxiety, depression, nausea, and fatigue and 2) the feasibility of delivering Healing Touch at the bedside in the Infusion Center.

To Use Healing Touch Intervention Energy Medicine as a treatment modality addressing symptoms of mental illness and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Affiliate: Touchstone Mental Health
Principal Investigator: Kara Vangen
Date: 2006
Amount: $2,500

To measure ths impact of Healing Touch in reducing secondary symptoms of chronic stress related to mental illness and / or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. To introduce and educate therapy providers in the mental health system to Healing Touch to give them a working understanding of its benefits for referral purposes and to collaborate with them to support the therapy process.

To Gather Preliminary Data about the Outcome of Pain with Healing Touch Intervention
Affiliate: Wayne State University
Principal Investigator: Judith M. Fouladbakhsh
Date: 2004
Amount: $2,050

The purpose of this research study is to analyze data collected through a retrospective record review of client records at the Healing Touch center in Farmington Hills, MI. To gather preliminary data about the outcome of pain with Healing Touch intervention and other research.

To Study the Effect of Healing Touch Intervention on Fibromyalgia
Affiliate: Texas A & M University
Principal Investigator: Dr. Donna Crowley
Date: 2004
Amount: $2,000

The use of Healing Touch protocol techniques as viable treatment modality on fibromyalgia patients.

To Measure the Impact of Healing Touch Intervention in Treating Clients with Mental Illness
Affiliate: Community Care Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
Principal Investigator: Karen Vangen, Birgit Kelly, Helen Raleigh
Date: 2004
Amount: $5,000

To measure the impact of Healing Touch has on the reduction of secondary symptoms of mental illness, including depression, anxiety, agitation, poor sleep, etc. The project will service to introduce other service providers (in the mental health community) to Healing Touch and the benefits of integrative medicine in treating clients with mental illness.

To Analyze and Publish Data on the Relationship between Healing Touch and Mental Health
Affiliate: Way Station, Inc.
Principal Investigator: Francy Williams, RN, MS, CHTP
Date: 2002
Amount: $2,500

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Healing Touch in Reducing the Pain and Agitation associated with Heel Sticks in High-Risk Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Affiliate: Baptist Children’s Hospital, Miami, FL.
Principal Investigator: Rebecca J McPherson, M.D., Susan Golembeski Ph.D., RN, Lauralyn Bunn, M.A., CHTP, LMT
Date: 2002
Amount: $2,500

This research project to determine if a Level 1 Healing Touch protocol is significantly effective with reducing pain and stress in the care of premature infants.

Progress Update:

Eighteen nurses and one doctor took a Healing Touch Level 1 class with more wanting to take it also. Nurses practiced Healing Touch sessions on 3 non neonates and 2 neonates, these sessions were supervised. The qualitative feedback from many staff members and nurses is that they are seeing a positive affect on the babies receiving Healing Touch.

To Support Research on the Effectiveness of Healing Touch in early Recovery for Alcoholism
Affiliate: St. Mary’s Hospital, Center for Complementary Therapies
Principal Investigator: Sr. Rita Jean DuBrey, CSJ, RN, MSN, CHTO/I
Date: 2001
Amount: $3,000

Click here to read the article: "The Role of HEALING TOUCH in the Treatment of Persons in Recovery from ALCOHOLISM"