We recognized and applaud you and your outstanding effort!

Barbara Bourque, Bonnie Bailey, Candy Lockeby, Christine Antenbring, Christine DiPaolo, Claire Nelligan, Debra Skatchke, Denise Hulst, Denise Leeds, Diane Taminelli, Doris Thomasson, Ellie Stewart, Frances Malone, Janice Kobarda, Jennifer Fournier, Jennifer Ondo, Jill Joevenazzo, Jill Connolly, Judi Gustafson, Karolyn Howard, Kathryn Hamilton Wang, Kathryn Ksander, Kathy Briner, Katy Reynolds-Boyce, Kay Garkusha, Lana Covey, Laurie Bell, Linda Tsampis, Margaret Lee, Marlene Burke, Martha Nichols-Ketchum, Mary Miller, Mary Wine, Mia Mueller-Lavictoire, Patricia Miller-Grosz, Patti Savage, Peggy Butler, Ron Harris, Ruth Hoffman, Shannon Hake, Sheila Rice, Stephen Sutton, Sylvia Lippmann

Get a FREE Healing Touch 2013 Calendar, A Year of Imagination, with orders of $25 or more!  

A great product in the HT store is a new Door Hanger, for a gentle way of reminding others that a "Session is in Progress".  Packages of 10 for $10. 

There are many items in the HT Store that make great gifts for those special people on your holiday gift list.  

Click here to visit the HT Store and shop now!   

ANCC has an updated Conflict of Interest form for 2013. All Instructors and Instructors In Training are required to submit the new form by November 1, 2012. An email was sent out on October 2nd. If you did not receive it please email Sue Walker at sue@healingtouchprogram.com to request the form.

Thank you to everyone who has already submitted the form! 

Prerequisite: Healing Touch Certified Practitioner
Cost: $475
CE contact hours: 27 CE

SPECIAL NOTE: Registration for this class has been extended until Thursday, October 18.  Click here to register.    

Click here to view the course outline. 

In August there was a major problem with the website where all of the full length HT Community News articles were kept. This required the articles to be re-posted. It is anticipated that this will be completed by November 1st and the "Read More" feature in the archived April - August issues of Community News will again work. We apologize for this inconvenience.   

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 9pm - 10:15pm Eastern

With Lynn Placek, MA, HTCP/I

The Children's Healing Touch Class through Healing Touch Program based on the book My Helpful Healing Touch: A Guide for Empowering Children has been available for over three years but few of us are taking advantage of using it to expand our practice and/or contribute to our Professional Development. When you hear the rewards Lynn Placek has experienced you too will want to add this training to your Tool Kit.

There's probably no one who would deny that very young children are intuitive naturals and have an acute awareness of energy, so it's pretty much a given that teaching them about wellness and healing using energetic tools is easy and FUN for them and you. In addition it validates their inner wisdom which in turn creates empowerment. But there's much more to gain from adding this training to your offerings.

Lynn's background in education makes her a perfect trainer for bringing this information to us but she says that anyone can learn this simple way of teaching children. Besides the many benefits it offers including the potential to bring you additional income, it also gives everyone a way to fulfill Janet Mentgen's Vision of bringing Healing Touch into every school and home. There are no HT pre-requisites to take the Children's Class Training.

During this Interview we will receive an update on the Healing Touch Teen Program too which is slated to be launched in the new year. Don't miss this opportunity to hear stories of how children respond to learning about energy and Healing Touch.    

We invite you to join us for an informative, FUN interview!   

Click here to register.   

By Ann Cathcart,  BA, BSN, HTCP, HNB-BC, LUT

On October 15, 2012, NBC Nightly News included a feature about consumer's increased use of alternative medicine, now commonly known as complementary or integrative medicine.  They referenced hypnosis, acupuncture, yoga, tai chi and massage.  Unfortunately, Healing Touch, nor any other biofield modality was mentioned.  Healing Touch is becoming more readily available in hospitals and from practitioners in independent practice. The featured news report ended with a rallying cry for insurance companies to catch up to consumer demand and offer reimbursement, intimating that this is the future trend toward preventing disease and reducing pain, empowering people to take charge of their own well-being and ultimately cutting medical costs.  

The medical profession and insurance companies have forever belittled alternative medicine, and energy medicine in particular.  One way to step up credibility is to have more peer reviewed research on the subject, published in prestigious journals and popular magazines.  Research costs money and that is where the Healing Touch Worldwide Foundation can advance this cause. This was Janet Mentgen's purpose for establishing the Foundation with the intent to receive and distribute funds to assist, encourage and advance the philosophy, objectives and techniques of Healing Touch therapy. This is primarily accomplished through funding of grants for research and humanitarian projects around the world. Because the Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, donations are tax deductible.

The recent West Coast Regional Healing Touch Program conference in San Diego was a fabulous success. Not only was the program informative, enlightening and fun, the Foundation raffle brought in over $3,100! Thank you to the vendors for their generous donations to the raffle, and to all the participants for their generous hearts. This was the most successful regional fundraiser to date!

If you have a brilliant fundraising activity please let a Foundation Board member know your idea(s).  Contacts are listed on the website htwfoundation.org .  You will see that there are many ways one can be involved in getting the word out about Healing Touch, the complementary modality we love to practice and share. Someday, Healing Touch will be THE feature on a network news program. Let's all support Healing Touch research and make it happen soon.

Mind-Body Miracles Revealed: Using Guided Imagery for Surgical Support

A Comprehensive Guide for Nurses, Massage Therapists, Doctors, Energy Workers, and Anyone Who Believes in Our Healing Potential

Developed and presented by Debra Basham, HTCP and Joel P. Bowman, PhD., of SCS Matters, LLC.  

This one day workshop is $150 and provides 8 CE contact hours.

This workshop is for you if you want to use your brain to meet the challenges of life for yourself and others. Participants in the workshop will learn appropriate use of simple, yet profound, communication strategies that will not only help your patients and clients be relaxed and confident about their medical procedure, but also may change their outlook on life so that they can enjoy a greater sense of health and well-being in body, mind, and spirit. Although, some participants will be taking this workshop primarily for self healing and inner work, you will be learning a comprehensive tool appropriate for nurses, doctors, massage therapists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, social workers, and others in the health care or helping profession.   

Cick here to preview the Using Guided Imagery for Surgical Support comprehensive guide. 

To bring this program to your location, call Debra at  (269) 921-2217 or email debra@scs-matters.com.   

Click here for more information about Imagine Healing for patients and clients.  

"Current research suggests that the speed of this natural recovery could be impeded or hastened by the state of the patient's mind. If the patient is under emotional stress, believes that recovery is unlikely, or is otherwise in the grip of negative emotions, healing can be delayed or blocked. In contrast, if the patient enjoys a calm and positive mental state, natural recovery might take place more quickly."

Relaxation REVOLUTION: Enhancing Your Personal Health

Through the Science and Genetics of Mind Body Healing

Jointly sponsored by Scripps Hospital Center for Integrative Medicine in

La Jolla, CA and the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine  

Oct. 28 - Nov. 1, 2012

Overview

This is a unique educational experience for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, nurse mid-wives and other health professionals who want to expand their clinical competencies to include a mind-body-spirit approach to healing. Faculty are renowned experts in integrative medicine who will provide the latest evidence-based information about nutritional medicine, men's and women's health, cancer care, heart disease, auto-immune disorders, ecological medicine, functional medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, chronic pain, psychiatry and much more!

Target Audience

This educational course is for health care professionals who are seeking to expand their clinical competencies to include a mind-body-spirit approach to healing.

Click here for the Conference brochure

Click here to visit the Conference website  

All great masters are constantly learning and adding to their knowledge. They never tire of learning more about their subject; this is why they are the masters. HTP continuously offers the opportunity to increase your knowledge of Healing Touch.

Date: November 9 - 11  

Location: San Diego, CA 

Instructor: Cynthia Hutchison

Qualifications:

     1. HTCI in activite status

     2. Completion of 10 successful HT Level 2 classes