Welcome to the Haelen Center for Healing Touch Program™.
Healing Touch is a nurturing, compassionate energy therapy. Providers consciously work in a heart-centered and intentional way with a gentle, light or above body touch to enhance, support, and facilitate physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health and support the individual’s natural, self-healing ability.
The Haelen Center is also the site for classes in the Healing Touch Program™ and is part of the Healing Touch Network of the East Bay/San Francisco: bringing the Healing Touch to your neighborhood.
The Haelen* Center is presented by the Care Ministry of Hillcrest Congregational Church, UCC, 404 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523. No fee is charged. Donations are welcomed.
*”Haelen” is Old English for “to make whole, hale, hearty’.
Healing Touch ™ Appointments
Healing Touch sessions take place at Hillcrest Congregational Church, UCC, 404 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA
Appointments take place in a safe and sacred environment, and typically last approximately 40-50 minutes. The recipient lies fully clothed on a massage table or is seated in a chair. No fee is charged. Donations are welcomed. Appointments are available to those in our outer community
Appointment Availability
- 1st Saturday of each month—one session at 10:30
- 3rd Thursday of each month–two sessions: 1st at 10:30 a.m.; 2nd at 12:00 Noon.
Contact haelen6@gmail.com for more information or to make an appointment.
For information on The Healing Touch Program™ visit their website.
Benefits of Healing Touch ™
Ongoing, wide-ranging research suggest the benefits of receiving Healing Touch ™ include:
- Reducing pain, anxiety, effects of a trauma
- Providing support during chemotherapy
- Enhancing recovery from surgery
- Relieving stress and depression
- Strengthening the immune system
- Deepening spiritual connection
Background of Healing Touch Program ™
The Healing Touch ™ Program consists of a group of volunteers dedicated to helping our community by providing an energy modality called Healing Touch (HT).
We have been trained by THE HEALING PROGRAM™, WORLDWIDE LEADERS IN ENERGY MEDICINE, Creating Healing Relationships; and adhere to its Code of Ethics, and Scope of Practice.
Healing Touch™ was founded by Janet Mentgen, BSN, RN in 1989 as a continuing education program for nurses and other health care professionals. It is now used as a complementary or integrative modality in hospitals, hospices, and is used by health care professionals and trained non-medical people in a variety of settings.