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Therapeutic touch ( TT ), or non-contact therapeutic touch ( NCTT ), [ 1] is a pseudoscientific [ 2] energy therapy which practitioners claim promotes healing and reduces pain and anxiety. "Therapeutic Touch" is a registered trademark in Canada for the " [s]tructured and standardized healing practice performed by practitioners trained to be ...
Haptic communication is nonverbal communication and interaction via the sense of touch. Touch can come in many different forms, some can promote physical and psychological well-being. A warm, loving touch can lead to positive outcomes while a violent touch can ultimately lead to a negative outcome. The sense of touch allows one to experience ...
Facilitated communication ( FC ), or supported typing, is a scientifically discredited technique, [ 1] which claims to allow non-verbal people, such as those with autism, to communicate. The technique involves a facilitator guiding the disabled person's arm or hand in an attempt to help them type on a keyboard or other such device which they ...
v. t. e. Emotional Freedom Techniques ( EFT) is a technique that stimulates acupressure points by pressuring, tapping or rubbing while focusing on situations that represent personal fear or trauma. [ 2] EFT draws on various theories of alternative medicine – including acupuncture, neuro-linguistic programming, energy medicine, and Thought ...
Alternative diagnoses. v. t. e. Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a form of therapy aimed at treating trauma and stress-related disorders, such as PTSD. The primary goal of SE is to modify the trauma-related stress response through bottom-up processing. It is a body oriented, mindfulness based, therapuetic model.
Emily Rosa (born February 6, 1987) is the youngest person to have a research paper published in a peer reviewed medical journal. At age nine Rosa conceived and executed a scientific study of therapeutic touch which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1998. She graduated from the University of Colorado at Denver ...
Playfulness by Paul Manship, 1912–1914. Play therapy is an evidence based approach for children that allows them to find ways to learn, process their emotions, and make meaning of the world around them. Play therapy can be used for several reasons including trauma, autism, behavior, attachment, and language.
The rapid prompting method ( RPM) is a pseudoscientific technique that attempts to aid communication by people with autism or other disabilities to communicate through pointing, typing, or writing. [ 1][ 2] Also known as Spelling to Communicate, [ 3] it is closely related to the scientifically discredited [ 4][ 5][ 6] technique facilitated ...