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Hug Therapy 2
Hug Therapy Book 2 elaborates on the basic and scientifically sound hugging-promotes-health principle. It shows how hugs speak without speaking--and communicate some of the most important things we say to each other. Illustrated.
- GenresNonfiction
84 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1987
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Kathleen Keating
35 books5 followersThe meaning of my life is to feel, know, and share the many dimensions of love: the courage to grow, the vulnerability to give and receive, to understand with compassion, to use anger constructively for justice ~ and to always be open to the delight of play and the deep pleasure of a warm embrace. ~ kks
My full name is Kathleen Keating Schloessinger because I’m married to Fred Schloessinger. He is my partner in love and life, but I thought I would keep it simple and stick with just ‘Keating’ as author for my books.
I wrote The Hug Therapy Book when I was director of professional education at a private psychiatric hospital in California. I was inspired to write it because I understood we need more than pills to heal our wounded psyches - we also need the touch of love.
However, if you meet me, you might be surprised to learn that I'm a ‘conservative hugger’ because I respect that many people find physical touch uncomfortable - especially with casual acquaintances. There is even a section in the book called Ethics of Hug Therapy. Still, we can all begin to break the touch barrier by giving and receiving lots of warm hugs and tender touching in our families and with close friends.
As a therapist, it was important to be a compassionate listener, but I also presented seminars on: The Power of Touch, The Nature of Love and Intimacy, The Wounded Healer - For Health Care Providers, How To Love Child, How To Talk To Women - For Men Only and How To Talk To Men - For Women Only.
On very rare occasions I'm available to give presentations - in exchange for travel expenses and a generous donation to my favorite charities! (I have a graduate degree in clinical psychology and am a registered nurse in California and Missouri - specialty in psychiatry and mental health.)
We live on Vancouver Island surrounded by all of the beauty and serenity of nature. I'm now retired from my practice as a psychotherapist and enjoy writing and reading - and walking in the beautiful parks of British Columbia.
My full name is Kathleen Keating Schloessinger because I’m married to Fred Schloessinger. He is my partner in love and life, but I thought I would keep it simple and stick with just ‘Keating’ as author for my books.
I wrote The Hug Therapy Book when I was director of professional education at a private psychiatric hospital in California. I was inspired to write it because I understood we need more than pills to heal our wounded psyches - we also need the touch of love.
However, if you meet me, you might be surprised to learn that I'm a ‘conservative hugger’ because I respect that many people find physical touch uncomfortable - especially with casual acquaintances. There is even a section in the book called Ethics of Hug Therapy. Still, we can all begin to break the touch barrier by giving and receiving lots of warm hugs and tender touching in our families and with close friends.
As a therapist, it was important to be a compassionate listener, but I also presented seminars on: The Power of Touch, The Nature of Love and Intimacy, The Wounded Healer - For Health Care Providers, How To Love Child, How To Talk To Women - For Men Only and How To Talk To Men - For Women Only.
On very rare occasions I'm available to give presentations - in exchange for travel expenses and a generous donation to my favorite charities! (I have a graduate degree in clinical psychology and am a registered nurse in California and Missouri - specialty in psychiatry and mental health.)
We live on Vancouver Island surrounded by all of the beauty and serenity of nature. I'm now retired from my practice as a psychotherapist and enjoy writing and reading - and walking in the beautiful parks of British Columbia.
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July 9, 2022
Loved it and it made me think about friends I’d love to hug 💕
September 30, 2024
Nägin raamatu kaant ja muhelesin. Kaisutamine? Kaisuteraapia? Nojah.
Kergelt sirvisin ja imestasin, et ühelt poolt on raamat õhuke ja lapsesõbralike joonistustega, ent tekst mõjub intelligentselt ja nõuab rahulikku lugemist, millestki otseselt üle kiirustamata.
Lugesin läbi ja sain aru, et see on midagi just minusugusele inimesele. Ehk sellele, kes on pidanud alles (täiskasvanueas) hakkama õppima, mis on füüsiline armastus ja kuidas selle väljendamine veel käib. Muidugi hea kiire lugemine igaühele, teadvustamaks armastuse eri mõõtmeid.
Kergelt sirvisin ja imestasin, et ühelt poolt on raamat õhuke ja lapsesõbralike joonistustega, ent tekst mõjub intelligentselt ja nõuab rahulikku lugemist, millestki otseselt üle kiirustamata.
Lugesin läbi ja sain aru, et see on midagi just minusugusele inimesele. Ehk sellele, kes on pidanud alles (täiskasvanueas) hakkama õppima, mis on füüsiline armastus ja kuidas selle väljendamine veel käib. Muidugi hea kiire lugemine igaühele, teadvustamaks armastuse eri mõõtmeid.
December 11, 2015
Very nice little book about the importance of giving people hugs and the meaning of a hug.
June 20, 2019
What a touching and important book about nonverbal language! A simple hug can mean many things.
April 4, 2022
It was a copy of book 1 with a few extra lines. I was expecting a completely new book.
January 17, 2025
Oficialmente abrazoterapeuta, por? 💋🫂🤗
February 20, 2017
Este libro es maravilloso,conmovedor, puede enseñarte deuna vez lo que es un abrazo verdadero y sus tipos
June 15, 2009
I bought this book for 50 cents on a garage sale because I thought it was cute and stupid.
The book turned out to be pretty insightful, actually. This may be because I'm really nonphysical and dislike physical contact and perhaps exactly who this book is designed for.
I had skimmed through the various cute-bear diagrams of different hugging techniques and assumed the book was hippy crap. On a closer read, it turns out that each hugging 'form' is described with both suggested situations and, this being perhaps the part that remains questionable, the communication that each hug tends to bring across.
But the crux here is that the book is attempting to teach you to think about communication when hugging. That in itself is, even if not completely compelling, rather admirable. I tend not to trust self-help books and consider them full of emotional froth, but this one seemed rather sober despite its subject matter.
It's mostly geared towards the hugger best helping the huggee. It talks a bit about how one can't hug genuinely if they themselves have mixed intentions. It actually does a nice job telling you how to modify the act for people you don't know well or for those shy or averse to physical contact.
But what if you are the person who is shy or averse? What if you are the one attempting to initiate the hug not to heal another but to strengthen a relation? This book really isn't about that, but maybe on another reading I'll find some insight there as well.
The book turned out to be pretty insightful, actually. This may be because I'm really nonphysical and dislike physical contact and perhaps exactly who this book is designed for.
I had skimmed through the various cute-bear diagrams of different hugging techniques and assumed the book was hippy crap. On a closer read, it turns out that each hugging 'form' is described with both suggested situations and, this being perhaps the part that remains questionable, the communication that each hug tends to bring across.
But the crux here is that the book is attempting to teach you to think about communication when hugging. That in itself is, even if not completely compelling, rather admirable. I tend not to trust self-help books and consider them full of emotional froth, but this one seemed rather sober despite its subject matter.
It's mostly geared towards the hugger best helping the huggee. It talks a bit about how one can't hug genuinely if they themselves have mixed intentions. It actually does a nice job telling you how to modify the act for people you don't know well or for those shy or averse to physical contact.
But what if you are the person who is shy or averse? What if you are the one attempting to initiate the hug not to heal another but to strengthen a relation? This book really isn't about that, but maybe on another reading I'll find some insight there as well.
January 8, 2016
When I first saw it, it made me laugh and I just walked away. But that cover was stuck on my mind, so I decided to give a try. Like really, how you can say no to bears, who are hugging all the way from rainbow. Such a sweet book, what introduces you with art of hugging and why it is needed.
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