Touch in Psychotherapy
Theory, Research, and Practice
Edited by Edward W. L. Smith, Pauline Rose Clance, and Suzanne Imes
I. Theoretical and Ethical Considerations
1. Traditions of Touch in Psychotherapy, Smith
2. Touch in Context, Kertay and Reviere
3. A Taxonomy and Ethics of Touch in Psychotherapy, Smith
4. A Rationale for Physical Touching in Psychotherapy, Bar-Levav
II. Research Perspectives
5. Research on Communication by Touch, Fagan and Silverthorn
6. Differences Between Therapists Who Touch and Those Who Do Not, Milakovich
7. Therapists' Recall of Their Decision-Making Processes Regarding the Use of Touch in
Ongoing Psychotherapy: A Preliminary Study, Clance and Petras
8. The Experience of Nonerotic Physical Contact in Traditional Psychotherapy, Geib
9. Further Research on the Patient's Experience of Touch in Therapy, Horton
III. Insights from Practice
10. Thoughts on Using Touch in Psychotherapy, Fagan
11. An Object Relations Perspective on the Use of Touch in Psychotherapy,
Glickhauf-Hughes and Chance
12. Long-Term Client's Experience of Touch in Gestalt Therapy, Imes
13. Touch and Clients Who Have Been Sexually Abused, Lawry
14. The Impact of Physical Touch on Professional Development, Mandelbaum
15. Jean's Legacy: On the Use of Physical Touch in Long-Term Psychotherapy, Torraco