Therapeutic Touching Between Counselor and Client

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Therapeutic touching is the natural healing process in which therapists provide some waves from hands to the body of the client. It is similar to the practice of Reiki. It is the science of cure, which is used by professional counselors to heal the problem facing by client. This technique is used to ease tense muscles, reduce pain, improve sleep and speed healing. In this technique, the counselors deliver some energy from hands to the body of the client. In this technique, usually there is no any physical contact with the client's body. It is necessary for the counselor to provide complete and factual information about the treatment procedure to client. The counselor must consider the ethical limitations to apply different techniques of treatment to client.

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Therapeutic Touching Between Counselor and Client

Introduction

The duty of a counselor is to develop a relation with the client. This relation is based on trust and the behavior of counselor with client. Therapeutic touching is the method of treatment which is used by professional counselors to heal the problem facing by client. This treatment method depends upon the problem faced by the client. Therapeutic touch is a process of providing relief to the client by means of touch or by providing the feeling of touch to the client. It is necessary for a counselor to follow the legal and ethical laws for treatment of the client. The relation between counselor and client is based on trust and the techniques used by the counselor. It makes the process of counseling easy and stress free.

Therapeutic touching is the natural healing process in which therapists provide some waves from hands to the body of the client. This method was developed by Dora Kunz and Dolores Krieger in 1970. This process of healing is based on the supposition than the human body is full of super natural energy, and it has the ability to heal the other body. Therapeutic touch is thought in universities and colleges all around the world. It is useful in reducing soreness, aiding relaxation and relieves the process of dying. This process can be learned by anyone with keen interest and motivation towards helping the humanity.

Counselor has certain limits for touching the client. It also depends upon the problem faced by the client. Touching has certain boundaries which are defined by the client. Most of the clients do not feel good when any unknown person touch them in any manner. In United States, most of the clients take touching therapy as sexual pleasure. Massage centers or touching therapy centers use some machines to heal the pain of clients.

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Ethics of Touch

The utilization of touch has a genuine and important role as a physical oriented mode of treatment when utilize properly within limits, good clinical judgment and sensitive application. The use of touch may create the situation susceptible for clients, physical oriented therapist apply particular concentration to the impending for reliant, and ...