The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center created a special committee in December, 1993 to review current literature on Therapeutic Touch, review the courses offered on this subject at the School of Nursing, solicit input from both supporters and critics of the technique and to observe the therapy in action. Their report was issued on June 6, 1994 in which they concluded on the efficacy of TT that "There is disagreement about whether TT is effective. To date, there is not a sufficient body of data, both in quantity and quality, to establish TT as a unique healing modality....Qualitative judgments and evaluation are not sufficient to document and establish TT as an efficacious therapeutic or healing modality...It is not adequate to state that TT involves mechanisms which exist beyond the five senses and which therefore cannot be proven by ordinary methods. Such comments are a disservice to science and the practice of healing and demonstrate a commitment to metaphysics and the mystical view of life rather than to a scientific or rational view of life."
On the scientific basis for Therapeutic Touch the committee stated that "Although TT practitioners state that the existence and nature of the energy field is a hypothesis which has not been confirmed in over 20 years, in practice they behave as if the energy field were a perceptible reality...There is virtually no acceptable scientific evidence concerning the existence or nature of these energy fields." -----Original Message----- From: Jean-Marc Perreault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 9:20 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Healing Touch for Everyone... Hi Everyone, I'm trying to make up my mind on a small situation at the College where I teach. This upcoming term, the Counselling Centre (which is under "Student Services") is offering free Healing Touch (HT) sessions for everyone. Volunteers from the community, who practice Healing touch, will be coming in once a week to do the sessions. During Orientation week, there will be HT reps to give out info. Here's what has been distributed to staff in terms of information so far (it's a bit long, sorry...). I imagine similar info will be handed out to students during orientation week: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello Jean-Marc, Here is a link to an interesting discussion of 'healing touch' and an opinion by the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. A brief excerpt from the article follows the link. Best regards, Sandra Block, Ph.D. http://www.rationalmagic.com/RMS/rms-tt1.htm "The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center created a special committee in December, 1993 to review current literature on Therapeutic Touch, review the courses offered on this subject at the School of Nursing, solicit input from both supporters and critics of the technique and to observe the therapy in action. Their report was issued on June 6, 1994 in which they concluded on the efficacy of TT that "There is disagreement about whether TT is effective. To date, there is not a sufficient body of data, both in quantity and quality, to establish TT as a unique healing modality....Qualitative judgments and evaluation are not sufficient to document and establish TT as an efficacious therapeutic or healing modality...It is not adequate to state that TT involves mechanisms which exist beyond the five senses and which therefore cannot be proven by ordinary methods. Such comments are a disservice to science and the practice of healing and demonstrate a commitment to metaphysics and the mystical view of life rather than to a scientific or rational view of life." On the scientific basis for Therapeutic Touch the committee stated that "Although TT practitioners state that the existence and nature of the energy field is a hypothesis which has not been confirmed in over 20 years, in practice they behave as if the energy field were a perceptible reality...There is virtually no acceptable scientific evidence concerning the existence or nature of these energy fields." --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
