May 4-10, 2023

Therapeutic Touch Awareness Week (TT Awareness Week) is a province-wide initiative to promote awareness of Therapeutic Touch®, celebrate and strengthen our involvement in our communities, and develop new community connections.

We managed to have an amazing TT Awareness Week 2022 in spite of COVID19.

Our members again rose to the challenge of expanding their vision of what Therapeutic Touch Awareness Week 2022 might be. Using social media, Zoom and YouTube we were able to expand our number of community partners and reach more people than ever! Many of our new partners are people who can make a difference; doctors, nurses, hospice staff, and Long Term Care staff. We embraced distant Therapeutic Touch providing TT from our homes to people and facilities who gave us incredible, heartwarming feedback.

Once again the TT Awareness Week Task Group is hosting workshops to encourage you and support you to create your own outreach activities. Find more information here Workshop Registration TT Awareness Week 2023 March & April

Check out the Outreach Event Listing for TT Awareness Week 2023

Download the TT Awareness Week Outreach Event registration form here so that we can add your activity to our event listing.

Check out the PowerPoint presented at the 2019 Congress summarizing TT Awareness Week over the last three years.

Learn More About Therapeutic Touch

Therapeutic Touch is an evidence-based complementary therapy that enhances existing treatment methods, integrating body, emotion, mind, and spirit. TT is currently available in more than thirty Healthcare Institutions across Ontario, and offered in more than twenty hospices. Fact Sheet - Facilities where Therapeutic Touch is provided [Feb 2022] The College of Physicians and Surgeons has a policy for integrative medicine that allows for Therapeutic Touch to be integrated into patient care. Click to here learn more. Therapeutic Touch can be used effectively for self-care.

Therapeutic Touch is backed by a large body of research. Click here to learn more.

The TTNO has many Informative documents that will help you learn more about TT.

TTNO Fact Sheet  Fact Sheet - TTNO [June 2022]
Therapeutic Touch in Integrative Medicine  Handout TT and Integrative Medicine [Feb. 19, 2022]
Therapeutic Touch Research Handout Research [Feb. 2022]
Therapeutic Touch for Self-Care  Handout Health Promotion & Benefits of TT [Feb. 2022]
Therapeutic Touch General Information Handout General Information About TT [Feb. 2022]

We invite you to book a Therapeutic Touch information session for your group. Contact the TTNO office.

Common effects of Therapeutic Touch

Research and clinical experience have shown its effectiveness in:

  • promoting a relaxation response.
  • reducing anxiety & stress.
  • managing pain.
  • improving sleep.
  • facilitating the body's natural healing process.
  • fostering a sense of well-being.