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Self & Society
An International Journal for Humanistic Psychology
Volume 37, 2009 - Issue 2: Touch
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The therapeutic modality of touch and statutory regulation

Tom Warnecke
Pages 11-15 | Published online: 21 Jan 2015
 

Abstract

Perceptions of touch and tactile contact are permeated by associations with nurture, care and healing on the one hand, and with erotic pleasures, sexual taboos and abuse on the other. With the prospect of statutory regulation looming, do we need to review touch as a therapeutic intervention?

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