How Are Therapeutic Touch Practitioners Trained and Where Are Workshops Offered?

Therapeutic Touch® (TT) techniques are taught by Recognized Teachers in workshops, universities, colleges, and nursing programs. The only equipment required is your hands, and the practice can be done anywhere with intention and compassion. If you want to learn TT, your starting point is to find a Recognized Teacher or a program that includes TT in its curriculum.

What Training in Therapeutic Touch Involves

TT is an energy-based therapy. The practitioner uses their hands as a focus to detect blockages in the flow of energy, which is often present with illness or dis-ease in the body. Using a series of techniques, the practitioner helps the body re-pattern its energy field toward wholeness.

Training therefore centers on learning those techniques and on developing the intention and compassion that the TTNC describes as important elements throughout the whole process of re-establishing balance and harmony to the human energy field.

Key points about the training itself:

• Who teaches it: Recognized Teachers.
• Where it is taught: Workshops, universities, colleges, and nursing programs.
• What you need: No special equipment — only your hands.
• Where it can be practiced: Anywhere, with intention and compassion.

Where Workshops and Programs Are Offered

The TTNC page states that TT techniques are taught in workshops, universities, colleges, and nursing programs by Recognized Teachers. That means a prospective learner has more than one route:

The page does not list specific workshop dates, locations, or registration links. To find a current workshop or program, use the TTNC site's contact route — the page includes a prompt to "CLICK HERE FOR THE CONTACT INFO TO REQUEST A TT SESSION!" and notes a Facebook page — and ask directly about Recognized Teachers and upcoming training.

What a Session Looks Like Once Trained

Understanding a session helps clarify what the training is preparing you to do. During a Therapeutic Touch session:

• The client remains fully clothed and can sit or lie down, whichever is more comfortable.
• Actual touching of the body is not necessary — the practitioner moves their hands a few centimetres or inches from the body, through the client's energy field, assessing for imbalances.
• A session lasts from 5 to 20 minutes, depending on the individual and/or situation.
• Getting permission is very important before the session begins.
• A session can be done at a distance.

TT is also used for self-care and self-healing, since the overall relaxation response is important for the body to promote its own healing. This is relevant to training: the same techniques a practitioner learns are also applied for personal use.

Background on the Practice

Therapeutic Touch was established in the United States in 1972 by the founders Dolores Krieger, PhD, RN, and Dora Kunz, an intuitive healer. The underlying idea, as described by TTNC, is that everyone has an energy field known as the human biofield that flows down, through, and around the body to maintain health physically, emotionally, spiritually, and mentally.

Practical Next Steps for Prospective Learners

1. Decide which setting fits you — a standalone workshop, or TT as part of a university, college, or nursing program.
2. Contact TTNC through the contact information linked on their site to ask about Recognized Teachers and current training opportunities.
3. Check the TTNC Facebook page for announcements about sessions and events.
4. If you want to experience TT before training, request a session or join a drop-in session through TTNC.

The TTNC page does not publish a workshop calendar or fee information, so confirm availability, format, and any costs directly with TTNC or the Recognized Teacher you contact.