Therapeutic Touch

Origin and context

Therapeutic Touch refers to approaches that use contact as a medium of presence and listening.

Across cultures and traditions, touch has long been recognized as a way to support grounding, reassurance and bodily awareness. In contemporary practice, it is used as a complementary approach that prioritizes respect, consent and attentiveness to lived experience.

What this approach offers

Therapeutic Touch is not a massage and does not aim to manipulate the body.

It consists of a simple, attentive contact, offered within a clear and respectful framework, allowing sensations, tensions and areas of presence or absence to be perceived more clearly.

The intention is not to produce an effect, but to support the body’s capacity to be felt and listened to, without judgment or expectation.

Integration within the body–awareness axis

Within the body–awareness axis, Therapeutic Touch primarily supports the embodied pole of experience.

Through contact, attention naturally settles in the body. This can help reconnect sensation and awareness, allowing perception to become more grounded and continuous.

Touch is always guided by what is present in the moment and by the person’s comfort and boundaries.

What some people may experience

Depending on the person and the moment, Therapeutic Touch may be accompanied by:

a sense of grounding or stability
physical relaxation
increased bodily awareness
a feeling of reassurance or containment

These experiences vary and are never sought or guaranteed.

Framework and boundaries

Sessions are conducted fully clothed, in a respectful and professional setting.
Consent is explicit, and contact is always adjusted to the person’s comfort and needs.
It is offered as a supportive presence, within clear ethical boundaries.

Therapeutic Touch does not replace medical or therapeutic care and does not involve diagnosis or treatment.

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

No. Therapeutic Touch is not a massage. It involves attentive contact, not manipulation of the body.

No. Sessions are conducted fully clothed, in a respectful and professional setting.

No. The touch supports bodily awareness and presence, without an expected or imposed outcome.