THE THERAPEUTIC TOUCH HANDBOOK
Written and Performed by Diane May RN
“Using her irrepressible sense of humor to bolster the courage of the first-time learner, Diane May makes learning both painless and a lot of fun.”
Dolores Krieger, Ph.D., RN, Author of Therapeutic Touch As Transpersonal Healing: Advanced Practice and Teaching Strategies; New York: Lantern Books, 2002
Therapeutic Touch Handbook: Level One – Basic This is the first of a series of Handbooks on Therapeutic Touch by one of its greatest teachers. Over the last three decades, Diane May has taught more than 60,000 people how to support the healing process through Therapeutic Touch, the world’s leading complementary therapy. Known for her no-nonsense clarity, May gives you a firm grasp on the fundamentals. Building on her vast experience, you’ll be surprised at how fast and easily you can learn this gentle healing art and use it to enhance anything you do. Though Therapeutic Touch is at the forefront of the movement to integrate holism with western medicine, you don’t have to be a health care professional to practice it. Laypeople comprise 40 percent of its over 100,000 practitioners in the United States and Canada alone. Individuals everywhere are finding out how well this noninvasive approach works in preventing illness as well as in managing its symptoms. This beginners’ manual provides the foundation you need to start doing Therapeutic Touch immediately. Modeled after Diane May’s popular workshops, this book can also be used as a guide to teaching Therapeutic Touch yourself.
Therapeutic Touch Handbook: Levels Two and Three-Intermediate In this second in the series of Handbooks on Therapeutic Touch, once again a gifted teacher is your guide. Diane May, RN, has taught more than 60,000 people, health professionals and laypersons alike, how to support healing through this gentle art of Therapeutic Touch, the world’s leading complementary therapy. Modeled after May’s popular workshops, this Intermediate manual will help you move your TT practice to the next level. You’ll discover how to use concepts such as imagery, color and music, along with knowledge about the chakras and emotions, to enhance your TT sessions and your life. Therapeutic Touch is an exploration in the laboratory of the self, and this book makes learning about yourself an illuminating adventure. A dynamic teacher, May is known for her remarkable ability to impart complex ideas in a down-to-earth manner. Many teachers of Therapeutic Touch internationally are using the Handbooks in this series as texts for their students and a model for their curriculum.
Therapeutic Touch Handbook: Advanced Practice The third and final book in the TT Handbook Series serves to complete the initial educational information about Therapeutic Touch (TT) from one of the foremost teachers in the field. Diane May RN has helped more than 60,000 people learn this evidence based, compassionately offered healing modality. For health professionals and laypersons alike, her book on Advanced Practice is intended for everyone with Basic (Level One) and Intermediate (Levels 2 and 3) under their belt, and it falls in line with the Advanced Curriculum from TTIA ( the International TT organization). Many teachers internationally use the Handbooks in this series as texts for their own classes and a model for their own curriculum.The Therapeutic Touch Handbook: Advanced Practice provides experiential training in the use of concepts such as intuition, intention, compassion, spirituality, the Inner Self, and the chakras, along with guidelines in the practical applications of TT developed over 4 decades of experience. To guide you into the realm of advanced practice – and to refresh your passion if you’re already there – the book helps you examine the underpinnings of why you want to be a healer and lays out the inner work essential to furthering your education in the laboratory of the self.
CD: THERAPEUTIC TOUCH HANDBOOK SERIES: LEVEL ONE – BASIC AND LEVELS TWO AND THREE – INTERMEDIATE – SELECTED MEDITATIONS AND EXERCISES Deepen your experience of Therapeutic Touch and increase your results with this companion CD for the first two books. Written and performed by Diane May
CD: THERAPEUTIC TOUCH HANDBOOK SERIES: ADVANCED PRACTICE – SELECTED MEDITATIONS AND EXERCISES Deepen your experience of Therapeutic Touch and increase your results with this companion CD for the Advance Practice Book. Written and performed by Diane May.
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