Melinda H. Connor, D.D., Ph.D., AMP, FAM, EHP-C

Beverly Rubik, Ph.D.

Ann L. Baldwin, PhD.

Ann Marie Chaisson, MD, EHP-C

David R. Comings, Ph.D., EHP-C

Paul H. Smith, PhD.

Betsy E. Lehrfeld, JD

Wayne Miller

Energy healing practices, also called “biofield” (human energy field) practices, are an extremely diverse group of complementary, and/or integrative health practices. These practices involve a wide range of modalities, including local skills like laying-on-of-hands, manipulating a client’s biofield using “universal life energy” from the environment, standing in presence, prayer to tissue manipulation and distance practices including intention, focus, prayer, and single point access. It is used primarily to treat clients who seek improved health and wellness, with a focus on mind/body/spirit (soul) interactions.
The number of energy practitioners as well as the types of practices have been growing over recent decades in the US, with the number of practitioners in the US estimated between 300,000 and 500,000. The community and their practices remain largely unregulated. This unregulated and largely unrecognized industry, has produced various issues with potential problems that require consideration. Though 24 states have now created licensing for energy practitioners (biofield practitioners) through the massage therapy regulatory pathway, this is not a long-term solution as practitioners range from physicians and surgeons to lay practitioners. While massage practitioners are certainly capable of regulating their own practices, they cannot regulate a physician, psychologist, physical therapist or other more senior practitioners within the hierarchy of medicine.

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