Healing Touch Program

What is Healing Touch?

Healing Touch is a gentle, complementary energy-based approach to health and healing. The goal is to restore harmony and balance to the human energy system through a heart-centered caring relationship and the use of contact/non-contact touch. This can greatly assist the body in its natural ability to heal.

Healing Touch influences physical, emotional, mental and spiritual aspects of healing. Some positive effects include the reduction of pain, anxiety and nausea. A profound sense of relaxation is often experienced during and following a treatment.

Healing Touch Providers

Tammy Dragel, M.S., CHTP, is a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner. As the Healing Touch Coordinator, she actively leads, participates in and educates others about Healing Touch at St. Joseph's Hospital. She is a kind, compassionate, caring health care provider and educator whose presence is both healing and inspiring. Your Healing Touch session may be provided by a specially trained volunteer. Please tell your nurse if you would like a Healing Touch Treatment during your hospital stay.

For more information, please contact the Healing Touch Program at (813) 870-4766.