| By our presence, we can bring a healing touch to our | | | | counselors practice this level of psychological |
| families, peers, work situations, churches, | | | | presence if they are to make a difference in |
| communities, towns, and cities. This is the first step in | | | | someone's life. |
| learning how to be instruments of healing for others. | | | | 3. Therapeutic presence calls upon the healer |
| Whether your professional background is-nursing, | | | | regardless of their professional background to |
| massage therapy, counseling, chaplaincy or any other | | | | respond to another with his or her whole being. This |
| service oriented profession- we are all called to be a | | | | kind of presence comes from a place of openness, |
| healing presence for others. | | | | intuitive knowing, communion, and love. |
| Learning to be present to others means first learning | | | | In healing work, we are called upon to practice all of |
| to be present with ourselves. This calls for an ability | | | | these forms of presence with those to whom we |
| to be in the moment. Here are three levels of | | | | offer healing. Being truly in the moment, connected |
| presence that healers need to practice to convey a | | | | to God, we cannot help but extend compassionate |
| healing touch: | | | | caring in our touch and in our word. In essence, we |
| | | | radiate wholeness and beauty. This is not an easy |
| 1. Physical presence calls upon skills of seeing, | | | | task, but it becomes easier with practice. |
| touching, doing, examining, hearing, and hugging. For | | | | Whether you are practicing Healing Touch Spiritual |
| example, nurses and massage therapists do lots of | | | | Ministry, Healing Touch, or other forms of energy |
| touching in their work in which they convey their | | | | healing-developing a keen awareness of your healing |
| connection to others through their physical contact. | | | | presence is an important step in your development. |
| 2. Psychological presence uses the abilities of | | | | As facilitator's of healing for others, it is our job to |
| assessing, communicating, active listening, writing, and | | | | help the recipient be in a place of openness and |
| reflecting. These abilities refer to the healer's | | | | receptivity. This actually takes practice and what |
| counseling skills such as empathy, caring, accepting, | | | | better way to learn healing presence but through a |
| and being non-judgmental. Nurses, chaplains and | | | | reparable program of healing. |