2024 Program Leaders

Leonie Van Gelder

BA LMT QTTT
I originally learned Therapeutic Touch in the 1970’s, but it wasn’t until I began to manage Camp Indralaya with my husband in the mid 1990’s that I more fully committed myself to an ongoing practice. Over the years, I have worked on people with a variety of conditions, and I continue to learn. As I grow in experience and confidence, my receptivity also grows.  Currently I am on the Therapeutic Touch International Association’s board. During these past few years, I have practiced TT in person as a caregiver, and also on Zoom with friends and colleagues.  Therapeutic Touch has become an expression of my inner life, and an opportunity to be of service.  As Dee Krieger so often stated, TT is an “act of compassion” and an “act of interiority.”

Events with Leonie Van Gelder

Foundations of Therapeutic Touch
June 8 - 12, 2024

Foundations of Therapeutic Touch What is Therapeutic Touch? Therapeutic Touch (TT) is a safe, non-invasive holistic healing modality that can be learned by anyone with compassion and the desire to help another. Developed by Dolores Krieger, RN, PhD and Dora van Gelder Kunz in the early 1970’s, TT has a long history of application and research promoting healing and wholeness in numerous physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges. Therapeutic Touch is defined as a holistic, evidence-based therapy that incorporates the intentional and compassionate use of universal energy to promote balance and well-being. Therapeutic Touch is based on the idea that inherent…