Healing Touch—Course 2: Energetic Patterning and Clinical Applications

Course Description 

The skill of completing an intake interview that identifies patterns of behaviors for which HT techniques may be useful in assisting a patient to re-pattern their energy field is acquired. Healing Touch techniques learned in the Foundation course are integrated into applications that assist in re-patterning spinal health. The appreciation of HT progresses to a deeper level with the acquisition of a technique to assist the patient in expanding their heart energy. 

Prerequisite: completion of the previous course Foundations of Healing Touch 

Course Objectives 

The learner will be able to: 

1. Demonstrate the ability to remain grounded, present, and heart-centered while working in the energy field. 
2. Conduct an intake interview with a place toward intervention. 
3. Recognize that one’s previous experiences may have an impact on one’s physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health. 
4. Assess the status of the chakras and biofield. 
5. Document the process of re-patterning and balancing a patient’s biofield. 
6. Apply techniques that support the health and comfort of the back. 
7. Describe how the HBB Code of Ethics, Standards of Practice and Scope of Practice relate to their developing as a Healing Touch Practitioner.

Course Content 

• Creating and supporting a healing environment 
• Assessment skills and energetic patterning 
• Clinical applications of energetic interventions 
• Energetic Interventions: Chakra Connection, Glymphatic System Support, Hopi Technique, Spinal Flush, and Spiral Meditation 
• Documentation of clinical findings 
• Professional ethics and legal considerations of a developing healer 

Course Information 

Requirement for class completion and CE credit: 

• Attendance of entire course with supervision 
• Practice with Instructor feedback 
• Completion of Evaluation 

Continuing Education Contact Hours 

This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation 

AHNA: 17.5 CNE contact hours
CA Board of Registered Nursing: 17.5 contact hours
NCBTMB: 17.5 contact hours 

“The provider of this educational event has designed the program so that it may be considered by participants for use as continuing education to enhance the professional knowledge and pastoral competency of chaplains certified through the Board of Chaplaincy Certification Inc.® an affiliate of the Association of Professional Chaplains®.” 

Instructor: 
Diane Wind Wardell, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC, AHN-BC, CHTP/I

Diane is a nurse practitioner and nursing educator at The University of Texas Houston Health Science Center. She is a past president, chair of certification, and Research Director for Healing Touch International, Inc. and teaches all levels of the Healing Touch curriculum. She maintains a Healing Touch practice at the university and conducts research in energy based therapies. She enjoys kayaking, tai chi, yoga, and Native American studies.

Disclosure: Diane Wind Wardell is an instructor of the HTI Healing Touch Certificate Program and has the right to use the intellectual property of the HTI Healing Touch Certificate Program Course of Study. 

Please contact Margaret Harle for registration and payment information: margaret2harle@gmail.com or 713-419-8207