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The mechanism of touch is based on mechanoreceptors embedded in the skin. These mechanoreceptors monitor pressure, heat, perception of pain, and texture. [10] Touch is a form of nonverbal communication that can have an extrasensory effect. The use of touch has been long associated with healing. [12]
Rosen Method Bodywork practitioners contact this tension with a non-intrusive, listening and responsive touch along with words that reflect shifts in the body's muscles and breath. As muscles relax and breathing deepens, feelings and memories of what has been held out of conscious awareness by chronic tension becomes conscious.
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.
Energy healing techniques such as therapeutic touch have found recognition in the nursing profession. In 2005–2006, the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association approved the diagnosis of " energy field disturbance " in patients, reflective of what has been variously called a " postmodern " or "anti-scientific" approach to nursing care.
The term psychotherapy is derived from Ancient Greek psyche (ψυχή meaning "breath; spirit; soul") and therapeia (θεραπεία "healing; medical treatment"). The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as "The treatment of disorders of the mind or personality by psychological means...", however, in earlier use, it denoted the treatment of disease through hypnotic suggestion.
Reich used vegetotherapy to name somatic psychology as it was touching upon the nervous system. [4] Reich's approach goes beyond traditional therapies, it emphasizes the significance of the body on therapeutic processes, by exploring the connections between the body, brain and mind to avoid certain tensions.
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Shiatsu techniques include massages with fingers, thumbs, elbows, knuckles, feet and palms; acupressure, assisted stretching; and joint manipulation and mobilization. [4] To examine a patient, a shiatsu practitioner uses palpation and, sometimes, pulse diagnosis .