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Abstract: This paper is a comparison of the art and practice of Therapeutic Touch with the art and practice of music through improvisation. It is also an exploration of one person's growth from initial learning to a point in lime where expertise is recognized. Students of Therapeutic Touch are often puzzled by their ability to be effective from the first day yet they have difficulty articulating exactly what it is that they are doing in words that peers, family or friends might understand. The simplicity of energy exchange and the uniqueness of its process can be overwhelming. It is the author's belief that only when the student is able to integrate the new learning of Therapeutic Touch with previous life experience does expertise in the practice of Therapeutic Touch evolve.
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