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Conference 2009
Kathy Layte showed us her new HT Research Power Point,
now available for HTP instructors to pilot. Janna Moll discussed
the upcoming Mentorship telecourse that will be available to all
HTCPs. Lisa Mentgen Gordon announced the new children’s
book, My Helpful Healing Touch; A Guide for Empowering
Children and the development of the Healing Touch for children
classes. Jeannette Nienbar shared her progress on the
development of her upcoming webinar for those interested in
better understanding the physics of Healing Touch. Charlette
Lev Gordon told us of her and Dan Synder’s continued progress
on their book for Healing Touch in the home. We heard
from instructors who offer classes that provide CE contact
one instructor spontaneously offered a generous donation to
build the seed money for the project, several other instructors
jumped on the bandwagon and did the same (thank you Maureen
McCracken!) As stated in the announcement on page 19,
$3,440 was donated by enthusiastic practitioners and instructors
within 36 hours as a start to our fundraising. We are so
thankful and delighted!
Our final hour together was spent in an open forum with Lisa
Mentgen Gordon and I addressing a myriad of questions,
organizational issues and heartfelt sharing.
HTPA 2nd Annual Membership Meeting
by Sharon Robbins, RN, HN-BC, CCHt, HTCP
Above: Lisa Mentgen Gordon announcing the new children’s book.
hours through HTP: Rita Kluny shared that she continues to
enthusiastically teach HT for Babies. Sue Hovland invited all
of us to take one or more of her three level popular courses on
Anatomy and Physiology for Healers. Sharon Scandrett Hibdon
and Donna Donato continue to teach Sharon’s rich course on
Therapeutic Communication. Carol Komitor, founder of HT for
Animals®(HTA) and an HTP Instructor shared that she requires
her HTA students to take HTP Level 1 as part of the students’
requirement for their HTA Certification. Janet Quinn joined us to
tell us about her new six week telecourse, sponsored by HTP,
on Touching Body, Tending Soul: Spiritual Dimensions of Healing
Practice (which started August 18th and 20th). Lisa and I
announced that the new HTP guidebook authored by Dorothea
Hover-Kramer (who authored HT’s first two public texts) should
be ready for release by November of this year.
There was so much enthusiasm for our announcement regarding
HTP’s path toward national accreditation status through
NCCA (National Center for Credentialing Agencies) that when
As the HTPA Executive Director, I was pleased to announce at
the 2nd Annual HTPA Membership Meeting that nearly 90% of
the Healing Touch Program Conference attendees were HTPA
members. (The previous day I reported at the Instructor Meeting
that 99.9% of the instructors were HTPA members. What a
terrific testimony to the
professional commitment
of our HT Community!) My
report included the HTPA
accomplishments of the
past year, particularly the
establishment of the Liability
Insurance Program now
available through HTPA
and what a huge step this
has been for the professional
advancement of energy
modalities. This was
an opportunity to welcome
those who have joined and Above: Sharon Robbins,
HTPA Executive Director
invite Linda Smith’s Institute
of Spiritual Healing and Aromatherapy (ISHA) and Carol Komitor’s
HT for Animals students, practitioners and instructors into
the membership of HTPA.
Additionally, the focus of this membership meeting was to acknowledge
our Elder Council members; introduce the new
HTPA Brochures; encourage everyone to share the benefits of
HTPA membership with their peers and actively participate in
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