Healing Touch Presenter's Directory
Welcome to the Healing Touch Presenter's Directory. Listed below are members of
the Healing Touch Community who are qualified to present an Introduction to
Healing Touch. We hope you will use their skills and knowledge to educate
your organization, members and/or community about the benefits of Healing
Touch. They can provide you with Healing Touch educational materials and
assist you in setting up an Introduction to Healing Touch in your area.
Please use the contact information listed under their profiles to connect with a presenter in your area.
Carole Sarian, a former Special Education teacher, is a professional writer and a Healing Touch Certified Practitioner in teacher training with the intention of teaching Healing Touch to parents of school age children, particularly those with the autistic label, to women in prisons, to hospice volunteers and to those who have completed the Twilight Brigade/Compassion in Action End-of-Life Care Training. She has also been trained in Comfort Touch®, Compassionate Touch® and will be training with Irene Smith of Everflowing, serving to deepen and enrich her ability to be of service to our elders and those who are actively dying.
She and her husband are trainers for the Twilight Brigade/Compassion in Action, a National Organization which trains people to sit bedside with those who are actively dying, so that no one need die alone.” (www.TheTwilightBrigade.com)
She is the Volunteer Coordinator for the Vietnam Veterans of San Diego STAND DOWN serving over 800 Veterans with the homeless label. She is currently completing course requirements for her National Massage Certification at Body mind College. Further, she is a Grief Specialist® and a Certified Integrative Breathwork Practitioner in the Eupsychia Process (www.Eupsychia.com) which takes participants on a 2 ˝ hr. musical and vibrational journey into an altered state of consciousness by-passing years of talk therapy. She is also a practicing Zen Buddhist married to a Zen Buddhist priest and Hospice Chaplain with shared intentions of traveling a path of compassion throughout the country together on their Harley, continuing to offer trainings and lectures in State and Federal Prisons, VA Medical Centers, Women’s groups, Parent Support Groups and Conferences.
Fee Range: My fee is $20.00 per person. For non-profits, I graciously accept donations.
Travel Considerations: I am willing to travel anywhere, so long as travel expenses are included.
Contact Information:
Judy Bott, BA and MA Ed, HTCP/I is a Healing Touch Certified Practitioner as well as an Instructor in training. She has a bachelor's and master's degree in education and has been a classroom teacher since 1980. Judy is a charter member of Healing Touch Professional Association. Judy has volunteered many hours with Hospice of Northern Colorado doing Healing Touch. She has had a part time practice in the field of Healing Touch since certification in 2006.
Fee Range:
I am willing to teach a 3 hour Healing Touch Introductory workshop at my office in Greeley for a fee of $30 per person. I am happy to customize an introduction presentation for a length of time that works for your organization (anywhere from 30 minutes to 3 hours) and to address issues specific to the population of your organization. Fees for out of state work to be determined.
Travel Range:
I am happy to travel to Northern Colorado cities or to Albuquerque, New Mexico and surrounding areas.
Contact Information:
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I am willing to teach a 3 hour Healing Touch introductory workshop at my home office in Loveland for a fee of $20.00 per person. I am willing to teach at your place of business or alternate location. For alternate locations, the fee per person will be adjusted to cover the cost of room rental. I am happy to customize an intro presentation (from 30 minutes to 3 hours) to fit your organization’s needs. For non-profits, I am happy to waive the fee and will graciously accept your standard presenter’s stipend.
Travel Considerations:
I am willing to travel anywhere to Northern Colorado cities. I am willing to travel to other areas as long as travel expenses are included.
Contact Information:
Lauri Pointer, BS, HTCP/I is a Healing Touch Certified Practitioner and Instructor and a Certified Instructor of Journal to the Self with a full time private Healing Touch practice in Fort Collins, Colorado. She has a degree in Exercise and Sport Science from Colorado State University with a Wellness Management Concentration. She is on the faculty at Front Range Community College as a part time instructor in the Holistic Health Practitioner Certificate program. Lauri is a charter member of Healing Touch Professional Association and has been enjoying a full time career in the field of Healing Touch and Journaling since 1998.
Fee Range: I regularly teach a 3 hour Healing Touch Introductory workshop at my office in Fort Collins for a fee of $25 per person. I am happy to customize an intro presentation for a length that works for your organization (any where from 15 minutes to 3 hours) and to address issues specific to the population of your organization. I'm happy to waive the fee for non-profit organizations and/or will gratefully accept your standard presenter stipend.
Travel Considerations: I am happy to travel to Northern Colorado cities to teach when I am available, and am happy to provide recommendations for other highly qualified Intro Class Presenters when I am not.
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Tina Devoe, a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner /Instructor has been teaching Healing Touch since 2002. She teaches Levels 1, 2 and 3 classes for Healing Touch Program in hospitals and homes. Tina has completed the Healing Touch for Animals' coursework, Levels 1 through 4. She is the coordinator for Healing Touch for Animals in Jacksonville, FL.
In her private practice based in Amelia Island, FL, she offers Healing Touch consultations and treatments for her clients(human and animals) seeking support and balance in matters of healing for the Physical, Emotional, Mental and Spiritual aspects of being.
Tina integrates touch therapies with a holistic nursing philosophy to empower her clients with the self-awareness of body, mind and spirit. She draws from her 20 years of maternal child health experience as a labor and delivery nurse and patient educator for high-risk pregnancies. Tina's background includes 10 years as a certified massage therapist. At the Department of Integrative Medicine at Calvert Memorial Hospital, she pioneered the practice of Healing Touch and Massage. Tina has written coursework to include Holistic Approaches to Wellness and Medical Massage for College of Southern Maryland. She aims to increase knowledge of the human biofield and its relevance to health.
Tina teaches HT in Florida and also travels to MD, SC, PA, DE, CT, ME. Tina is available for introduction workshops or in-services at your facility for a fee and cost of travel.
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Ines is a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner, Instructor and Hypnotherapist.
She thinks that Healing Touch is one of the best kept secrets in the healing arts and that it has a very bright future. Therefore, she is very dedicated to spreading the word about Healing Touch and has spent already uncountable hours giving introductions to Healing Touch in the US and Germany. She is enthusiastic about the many applications of Healing Touch, its integration as a therapy into main stream healthcare and the healing it can bring into every family. Once people open up to energy work and Healing Touch, they can always find or give help and that is empowering!
Background:
She founded Healing Quest, her private practice, in 1998, to assist her clients with stress management, chronic and acute pain relief, relaxation, meditation, guided imagery and trauma release together with toning, Bach Flower Remedies and other nutritional supplements.
Ines teaches all levels of Healing Touch classes and brought Healing Touch to Germany. She is the founder and director of Healing Touch Deutschland and is teaching students from other German speaking countries as well (Austria, Switzerland, and Northern Italy). She is very excited about the growth of her Healing Touch family in Europe and the many benefits Healing Touch has brought them and their clients.
She is also a lay minister and chairs the Committee for Health and Well-Being at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta.
Ines is a member of: Healing Touch Program Professional Association (HTPA), Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (ACEP), Buckhead Business Association (BBA), Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce (MACOC). She believes in networking!
Fee Range: I charge $25 per participant for a three hour presentation, $20 for a two hour presentation.
Travel Considerations: I am willing to travel anywhere, provided that my travel expenses are reimbursed and a minimum of 12 people.
Since Atlanta has a great airport it is easy to fly anywhere.
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Peggy is a Healing Touch Certified Practitioner with additional professional training in Reiki, massage therapy, anatomy, physiology,
and psychotherapy. She has a private Healing Touch practice in Chicago and the northwestern suburbs, and makes regular presentations at healthcare
facilities in northern Illinois to introduce Healing Touch. She did her undergraduate and graduate studies at San Francisco State University where
she received a degree in Cultural Relations and Business, as well as the highly-regarded Distinguished Achievement Award. She is an insured member
of the American Association of Bodywork and Massage Professionals, a member of Healing Touch International and Healing Touch Professional Association,
and a Healing Touch professional presenter.
Fee Range:
I do not charge for professional presentations/introductions to Healing Touch if they lead to seeing clients at that location.
If a presentation is done to generate interest in the training program, I request a stipend of $100-$150/day (depending on distance)
which includes time and travel.
Travel Considerations: I am willing to travel within the greater Chicagoland area - as far south as Berwyn, as far west as Elk Grove Village,
as far north as Northbrook, and in any of the far northwestern suburbs as far as Woodstock.
Contact Information
Linda is a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner with a private practice located in Bolingbrook, IL. She has been working with Healing Touch since 1996 when she took her first Level One class.
Linda currently volunteers once a week at Wellness House in Hinsdale offering Healing Touch to cancer patients. She is also one of the Healing Touch Supervisors for the Healing Touch Clinic located in the Cancer Institute at Alexian Brothers offered by the Chicago Healing Touch Alliance where she has been involved since its conception.
Linda earned a Bachelor's degree in Divinity from the Universal Brotherhood. She also works with essential oils and is a Young Living Distributor. She is a chartered member of the Healing Touch Professionals Association & Healing Touch International.
Fee Range: $45 - $95 / hr. for presentations in the Western suburbs.
Travel Considerations: She is also willing to discuss cost to travel outside of the Chicago area.
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Peg was in the pilot class of healing touch and was mentored under the tutelage of Janet Mentgen , the founder of Healing Touch.
Dr Dolores Krieger and Dora Kunz taught her therapeutic touch from basic to advanced practice. She continues to study
energy medicine as taught by Rev Rosalyn l. Bruyere and other nationally respected authority. Peg has a private practice and
teaches Healing Touch, Energy Medicine, and other mind/body/spirit topics in Chicago and the Midwest area. She is a charter
member of Healing Touch Professional Association (HTPA), Chicagoland net-worker for the American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA) as well as the Nurse Healer Professional Association (NH-PA). Peg holds certification in holistic nursing, healing touch and is a reiki master.
Fee Range: my fee is negotiable. I believe in a "win-win" arrangements. My focus is to provide and customize
presentations to meet the greatest need of the organization. I am willing to address specific considerations and "tailor
make" a slide show or power point selection to meet your objectives. "CEU's" can be arranged.
Travel Considerations: I delight in traveling to where the need is and welcome the opportunity to connect with people. My goal is "spreading healing light worldwide".
Contact Information:
Barbara Ann Starke, RN, MSN, has over 20 years of experience as a holistic nurse. She specializes in energy-based therapies as well as nutritional interventions for the treatment of chronic diseases. She carries a wealth of information on the practical implementation of holistic healthcare, particularly Healing Touch. Barbara holds certifications as an advanced practice holistic nurse practitioner, a Healing Touch Program practitioner and instructor, and a NADA trainer and ADS. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in Naturopathy.
She has served on the Boards of Healing Touch International and the American Holistic Nurses Association. Barbara has taught holistic nursing interventions nationally and internationally. Barbara Starke is a skilled and dynamic speaker with a thorough understanding of alternative therapies and how to integrate CAM therapies into conventional healthcare in possible and effective ways. Her commitment is to empower participants to use the workshop content for their own self-care as well as the comfort and healing of others.
Fee Range: I regularly teach a 3 hour Healing Touch Introductory workshop at my office in St. Joseph for a fee of $25 per person. I am happy to customize an Intro presentation for a length that works for your organization (any where from 15 minutes to 3 hours) and to address issues specific to the population of your organization. I'm happy to negotiate a "win-win" arrangement and/or will gratefully accept your standard presenter stipend.
Travel Considerations: I glad to travel to interested sites. When I am not available, I'm happy to provide recommendations for other highly qualified Intro Class Presenters.
Contact Information:
Jackie Page, MA, RN, HTCP/I is a Healing Touch Certified Practitioner and Instructor with a Healing Touch practice in Elizabethtown, PA.
She holds a bachelor and master's degree in education, having taught high school for eighteen years, before earning an associate's degree in nursing.
She has taught adult education courses at Central Wyoming College and is a mentor for students pursuing their Healing Touch certification.
As a nurse, Jackie has worked in patient care units, PACU, medical clinics, integrated health, home health, long term care and hospice.
Fee Range: My fee is $25 per person for a three hour introductory workshop. I will gladly customize a presentation to a length (from 30 minutes to 3 hours) and specific content that meets your participants' needs. For non-profit organizations I am happy to waive the fee and/or accept your standard presenter stipend.
Travel: I am willing to travel anywhere within a 200 mile radius. Travel expenses are additional beyond that area.
Contact Information:
Jean-Marie is a
Healing Touch Certified Practitioner and Instructor and owner of Healing Pathways
in Williamsburg, Virginia. She has a
bachelor’s degree in education and teaches Energy based healing classes at the
Institute
of Health and Healing. Jean is a
minister and hands on healer at GISA Healing Sanctuary in Hampton Roads. She has
an active practice which began in 1998 and sees clients in Williamsburg and
Newport News, Va. Jean is a charter
member of Healing Touch Professional Association and has been enjoying a career
in the field of Healing Touch since 1998.
There is no greater joy in life than to be a part of
a person’s awakening to their own ability to facilitate healing in themselves
and others. I look forward to walking
with you along your pathway to empowerment.
Fee Range: I am happy to customize an intro presentation for a length that works for your
organization and to address issues specific to the population of your
organization. I'm happy to waive the fee for non-profit organizations and/or
will gratefully accept your standard presenter stipend.
Travel Considerations: I am willing to travel anywhere, so long as travel expenses are included.
Contact Information:
Jean-Marie R Givens-Myers
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Carole A. Sarian HTCP
Judy Bott, BA and MA Ed., HTCP/I
Dorothy Kuckuck, BA, HT Practitioner Apprentice
Lauri Pointer,BS, HTCP/I
Tina Devoe RN, HTCP/I
Ines Hoster, MS, HTCP/I, CHT 
Peggy Dickson, BA, HTCP
Rev. Linda Lemke, HTCP
Margaret M. (Peg) Olson, RN, BSN, CHN, RMT, HTCP
Barbara Ann Starke, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, (A)HN-BC, HTCP/I
Jacqueline Page, BS and MA Ed, RN, HTCP/I
Jean-Marie R Givens-Myers, BA, HTCP/I, CRHT