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Healing Touch Course 1: Foundations of Healing Touch (Lake Charles LA)

17oct(oct 17)8:00 am18(oct 18)5:30 pmHealing Touch Course 1: Foundations of Healing Touch (Lake Charles LA)

Event Details

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Course Description:

The theoretical concepts which underlie holistic healthcare practices are explored along with how they relate to the core values which guide the practice of Healing Touch. Healing Touch techniques used in the etheric field are acquired along with an understanding of how they interface with the human biofield.

Course Objectives:

The learner will be able to:
1. Explore qualities and self-care needs of a Healing Touch Practitioner.
2. Discuss the facets of Healing Touch and correlate techniques that support physical, mental, emotional, and/or spiritual healing.
3. Demonstrate Healing Presence: the ability to remain grounded, present, and heart-centered.
4. Describe personal perceptions of subtle energy/heart-centeredness.
5. Apply the Healing Touch Framework to a variety of energy interventions.
6. Evaluate the seven energy centers (chakras) and related energy layers that surround the body.
7. Describe rationale with use of specific Healing Touch techniques.
8. Discuss the Healing Beyond Borders Code of Ethics, Standards of Practice and Scope of Practice required of a beginning Healing Touch student.

Continuing Education CEs:

  • Louisiana and Mississippi Massage Therapists: 17 hours
  • Nurses: 18 Continuing Education Contact Hours – This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the American Holistic Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
  • Chaplains – The provider of this educational event has designed the program so that it may be considered by participants for use as continuing education to enhance the professional knowledge and pastoral competency of chaplains certified through the Board of Chaplaincy Certification Inc.® an affiliate of the Association of Professional Chaplains®.

FAQ

Is Healing Touch for me?

Intended Audience Includes:
• Registered Nurses
• Health Care Professionals & Chaplains
• Body-oriented Therapists
• Psychotherapists and Chaplains
• Licensed Health Care Professionals
• Those who desire to study energy therapy with a commitment to help others

Everyone is Welcome!

Where is Healing Touch used?

Healing Touch is used in a wide variety of settings including hospitals, long-term care facilities, private practices, hospices, and spas. Healing Touch was founded in 1989 as a continuing education program for nurses, massage therapists, other health care professionals, and lay persons. Today, Healing Touch is taught in universities, medical and nursing schools, and other settings around the world.

Organizer

Mary Frost, RN, BSN, MS, CHTP, CHTI, HNB-BC, Ret.

Mary has been a Healing Touch Instructor since 1993, and incorporated HT into her nursing and Independent Practice. She has traveled extensively nationally and internationally to teach...
Mary has been a Healing Touch Instructor since 1993, and incorporated HT into her nursing and Independent Practice. She has traveled extensively nationally and internationally to teach classes and give lectures. Utilizing Body-Mind-Spirit therapies with individuals of all ages and conditions, she has seen that compassionate touch and therapeutic presence bring hope, peace and a pathway to transformation. As a Holistic Nurse, she has advocated for Holistic Integrative Medicine in health care. It is her passion to share HT with community service organizations and orphan care centers in South Africa.

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Location: Lafayette, LA

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