Membership Categories

All memberships areprocessed through the TTNO office. There are six categories of membership in The Therapeutic Touch Network of Ontario: Associate Member, General Member, Recognized Practitioner, Recognized Teacher, Teacher Emeritus, and External Member.

Associate Member (AM)

Fee: $22.60 ($20.00 + $2.60 HST)

The Associate Membership is for those individuals who support Therapeutic Touch, the TTNO and the work we do.  There is no formal Therapeutic Touch training required and can include individuals, doctor’s offices, clinics, hospices, long-term care facilities and other businesses that have an interest in Therapeutic Touch. Associate Members receive four electronic copies of the TTNO inTouch newsletter.

General Member (GM)

Fee: $73.45 ($65.00 + $8.45 HST)   (New Member offer $36.73)

Anyone who has studied Therapeutic Touch®, as developed by Dolores Krieger, PhD, RN and Dora Kunz, with a TTNO Recognized Teacher and resides in Ontario, and has met the Network’s requirements as a General Member is welcome to become a member of the Therapeutic Touch Network of Ontario.  Those living outside of Ontario are welcome as an External Member.  Benefits of both GM and EM are outlined below.

Benefits include:

  • 4 electronic copies of the TTNO inTouch newsletter
  • Full access to the members section of the website
  • Member discounts at all TTNO events

If you would like to join the TTNO please click Membership Application.

Recognized Practitioner (RP)

Fee: $90.40 ($80.00 + $10.40 HST)

Benefits include all the benefits of General Membership plus:

NOTE: Therapeutic Touch Recognized Practitioner status is required to practice Therapeutic Touch in many Hospitals and Hospices and before a license can be obtained in some municipalities and to maintain this status you must meet the criteria set by the TTNO.  Click here to download the Maintaining Recognized Practitioner Status document.

To start the process of becoming a Recognized Practitioner one must have completed Foundations of Therapeutic Touch and Transpersonal Nature of Therapeutic Touch or Levels 1, 2 and 3 and be a member in good standing of the TTNO.  If you are interested in becoming a Recognized Practitioner, please click here to download the Achieving Recognized Practitioner Status document.

Recognized Teacher (RT)

Fee: $113.00 ($100.00 + $13.00 HST)

Available to those who meet the TTNO requirements to become a Recognized Teacher.

Benefits include all the benefits of General and Recognized Practitioner memberships plus:

  • The listing of workshops in the TTNO newsletter, inTouch, and in the Directory of Recognized Teachers on this website
  • Membership in the Teachers Collective.

Recognized Teachers must first be Recognized Practitioners. In order to become a Recognized Teacher a Recognized Practitioner must work with a supervising Recognized Teacher to develop her/his own workshop outlines in accordance with the curriculum guidelines set out by the TTNO and teach several workshops with his/her supervisor in attendance. All Recognized Teachers of the TTNO sign a Statement of Ethics each year.

Teacher Emeritus  (TE)

Fee:  By donation $60.00

This Membership Category is for any Recognized Teacher who has informed the Board of Directors of the Therapeutic Touch Network of Ontario that they wish to retire from active teaching service. A Teacher Emeritus member retains all rights and privileges of membership including the right to hold office and vote.  Retired Teachers may participate may participate in Therapeutic Touch workshops with another active teacher and/or facilitate Professional Development Days in geographical areas where there is no other active teacher to do so.

External Member (EM)

Fee: $73.45 CDN ($65.00 + $8.45 HST)

This membership Category is for individuals living outside of Ontario who have studied Therapeutic Touch®, as developed by Dolores Krieger, PhD, RN and Dora Kunz and pay membership dues to the Network. Membership benefits include all those of Ontario Members with the exception of access to the Referral Service and the TTNO Scholarship Fund.

If you would like to join the Therapeutic Touch Network of Ontario, please follow this link to download your TTNO Membership Application [October 2024] 

Note: New member fees received after September 30 in any year will be registered for the full next year.