Contributors

As editors we greatly appreciate the contributors’ efforts to bring the story of Healing Touch to the world’s readers.  The book represents a collective and international undertaking.  Many of the writers who were chosen to share their expertise and experiences are leaders, instructors and practitioners of Healing Touch International, Inc. (HTI) now known as Healing Beyond Borders:  Educating and Certifying the Healing Touch. (HBB) (See Key to Abbreviations at end of list).

Joel G. Anderson, PhD, HTI-P, is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Virginia, the Research Director for HTI, and serves on the Healing Beyond Borders Board of Directors.

Veda Andrus, EdD, MSN, RN, HN-BC, is Vice President of Education and Program Development at the Birch Tree Center for Healthcare Transformation and a Past-President of the American Holistic Nurses Association.

Lisa Anselme, BLS, RN, HN-BC, CHTP/I, is the Executive Director and Nurse Consultant in Integrative Health Care for Healing Beyond Borders.  She has a background in biomedical ethics, pediatrics and transplantation. She teaches internationally.

Mary E. Brekke, PhD, RN, AN-BC, CHTP, is Professor Emeritus, Metropolitan State University at St. Paul and Chair of the American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation.

Anne L. Day, MA, BSN, CMT, HNB-BC, CHTP/I, is Past President of HTI and the Founder of Healing Touch Hawaii.  She is the owner of Healing Journeys, and teaches internationally.

Suzanne Holck Due RN, CHTP, is the President of Healing Touch Denmark.

Jonathan Ellerby, PhD, is the CEO of Tao Inspired Living, a wellness company and community in the Riviera Maya of Mexico and the author of Return to the Sacred: 12 paths to spirituality.

Joan C. Engebretson, DrPH, RN, AHN-BC, is the Judy Fred Professor in Nursing at the University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, School of Nursing and a published researcher.

Valerie S. Eschiti, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, CHTP, CTN-A, is an Associate Professor at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, College of Nursing and a Healing Touch practitioner studying the work of the late Martha Rogers.

Mildred (Maggie) Freel, MEd, RN, CHTP/I, and Reiki Master, is Professor Emeritus, University of Iowa.  She was a member of the American Holistic Nurses Association Certification Task Force and a Past Chair of the HTI Certification Board.

Mary Frost, MS, BSN, RN, HNB-BC, CHTP/I, teaches internationally and is a past member of the HTI Board of Directors.

Laura K. Hart, PhD, RN, CHTP/I and Reiki Master, is Professor Emeritus, University of Iowa and the Chair of the Healing Beyond Borders Certification Board.  She is a former member of the HTI Board of Directors.

Alexandra Jonsson, BScN, CHTP/I, is the President of Healing Touch Canada, a Past Board Member of HTI and a Past President of the Canadian Healing Touch Foundation.

Bonnie Johnson, RN, MS, AHN-BC, CHTP/I, is a Healing Touch practitioner and instructor, and Child Development Specialist with a holistic nursing practice.

Sue Kagel, RN, BSN, HNB-BC, CHTP/I, has a Healing Touch practice at Canyon Ranch Health Resort and is on the faculty of the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine in Tucson, Arizona.  She is a Past President of HTI and has taught internationally.

Rauni Prittenen King, MIH, BSN, RN, HN-BC, CHTP/I, is on the Healing Beyond Borders Board of Directors.  Although currently living in the United States, she is originally from Finland and teaches internationally.

Savitri Kumaran, RNC, CHTP/I, is a Healing Touch practitioner and instructor practicing in Hawaii. She is a Past President of HTI and teaches internationally.

Deborah Larrimore, BSN, RN, LMBT, CHTP/I, is a Healing Touch practitioner and instructor who teaches internationally. She is a past Board Member and the first Director of Healing Touch Education at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in North Carolina.

Der-Fa Lu, PhD, RN, CHTP, HTI Instructor in Training is Assistant Professor at University of Iowa College of Nursing and has co-taught Healing Touch to nurses in various clinical settings in Taiwan.

Angela Mattos, CHTP, is Director of Administration, Healing Touch Canada.

Mary Erickson Megel, PhD, RN, CHTP, is Emeritus Associate Professor at the University of Nebraska, Medical Center College of Nursing and served as Research Director for HTI.

Susan Morales-Kosinec, RN, MSN, CHTP/I, is Professor of Nursing at Centennial College in Canada, a founding board member of HTI and the Canadian Healing Touch Foundation, and a past international board member of the American Holistic Nurses Association.

Mary O’Neill, RN, CHTP/I, is Immediate Past President of Healing Beyond Borders, maintains a private practice and is on staff at DePaul Health Center, St. Louis, Missouri where she offers Healing Touch to palliative care patients.

Christine Page, M.D. is a holistic physician, international presenter and author of seven books, including Frontiers of Healing and the Healing Power of the Sacred Woman.

Annis Parker, RGON, DipEd, ADN, CHTP/I, is a founding member of Healing Touch New Zealand, and she extends her practice to domestic and wild animals.  She is a former international representative to HTI.

Sarah E. Porter, PhD, MS, MPH, RN, CHTP/I, is Associate Professor Emeritus, Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing.  She is an educational advisor and editor.

Marty Rather, CHTP/I, teaches Healing Touch in India and around the globe.  She is an author of healing adventure novels.

Carol Reamer, MA, BA, CHTP/I, CEMP/I/S, is an American and religious sister engaged in missionary work in the barrios of Peru.

Gary E. Schwartz, PhD, is a Professor at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona and the Director of the Laboratory for Advances in Consciousness and Health.

Norman Shealy, MD, PhD, is a holistic physician and pioneer in chronic pain management, Past President of Holos University Graduate Seminary, and founder of the American Holistic Medical Association.

Maki Shimamura, BA, CHTP, HTI Instructor in Training is co-founder and operator of Healing Touch Tokyo and a Healing Touch Practitioner in Japan.

John H. Shukwit, MA, PC, is a therapist at the Canyon Ranch Health Resort in Tucson, Arizona.

Vicki Slater, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, CHTP/I, has published on potential mechanisms of Healing Touch and offers a class on “Physics and Spiritual Healing for Healers.”

Terry Sparks, JD, MDiv, CHTP/I, is a Staff Chaplain at the Oklahoma City Veterans Affairs Medical Center.  She sees patients as Chaplain and Healing Touch provider and teaches Healing Touch to Veteran Affairs employees.

Karen Stewart, HTI-PA, is a co-owner of Healing Touch Canada.  She is a Past President of the Canadian Healing Touch Foundation and co-founder and former Board Member of the Healing Touch Association of Canada.

Mary Szczepanski, MS, BSN, HN-BC, CHTP/I, is a psychiatric nurse, coordinator for the Bartlett Regional Hospital in the Juneau Alaska Healing Touch Program, and owner of Healing Touch Alaska.  She is a Past Chair of the HTI Certification Board and an author of energy healing related books including Strands.

Lisa Thompson, RN, LMT, CHTP/I, is a nurse with over three decades of pediatric hospital experience and is a Healing Touch practitioner and instructor.

Miki Toda, MRP, MA, CHTP, HTI Instructor in Training, is co-founder and operator of Healing Touch Tokyo and coordinates workshops of HTI Healing Touch Certificate Program in Japan.

Myra Tovey, BS, RN, HN-BC, CHTP/I, is an author and owner of Heart-Centered Living.  She was a member of the leadership council of the American Holistic Nurses Association when Healing Touch was developed.

Kathy Turner, RN, NP, CHTP, is a research nurse practitioner in Women’s Health at Stanford University Medical Center in California and Past Director of Healing Partners, a Healing Touch community service program.

Rosalie Van Aken, PhD, RN, CHTP/I, is an educator at Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia.  She is a past international board member for HTI and a founding member of the Australian Foundation for Healing Touch, Inc.

Wietzke van Oene, CHTP/I,  is President of the Dutch Professional Organization of Body Oriented Psychologists.  She currently serves as an advisor to Healing Touch Netherlands Board and has served and president and treasurer.

Diane Wind Wardell, PhD, RN, WHNP, AHN-BC, CHTP/I is a Professor of Nursing at the University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, School of Nursing, and an author, including White Shadow.  She teaches internationally and is a Past Research Director, Past Certification Board Director and Past President of HTI.

Nina Weil, CHTP, is a Certified Circle of Life Health and Wellness Coach.

 

ABBREVIATIONS / CREDENTIALS

ADN               Advanced Diploma of Nursing

AHN-BC         Advanced Holistic Nurse- Board Certified

BLS                 Bachelor Liberal Studies

CEMP/I/S      Certified Energy Medicine Practitioner/ Instructor Specialist

CHTP              Certified Healing Touch Practitioner

CHTP/I           Certified Healing Touch Practitioner/ Instructor

CTN-A            Certified Transcultural Nurse – Advanced

DipEd             Diploma of Education

DrPh               Doctor of Public Health

EdD                Doctor of Education

HBB                Healing Beyond Borders

HN-BC            Holistic Nurse Board Certified

HNB-BC         Holistic Nurse Bachelors- Board Certified

HTI                 Healing Touch International, Inc.

HTP                Healing Touch Practitioner

JD                   Juris Doctor (lawyer)

LMBT             Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist

LMT               Licensed Massage Therapist

MD                Doctor of Medicine

MDiv             Master of Divinity

MEd              Master of Education

MIH               Master of Integrative Medicine

MPH              Master of Public Health

MRP              Master of Regional Planning

MSN              Master of Science in Nursing

PhD               Doctor of Philosophy’

RGON           Registered General & Obstetric Nursing

RN                 Registered Nurse