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About the Journal

The International Journal of Haptonomy and Haptotherapy is an independent peer-reviewed multidisciplinary academic open-access e-journal. It welcomes academic papers, articles and reviews on theories and practices of haptonomy, particularly haptotherapy.

Current publication

Volume 14

issue 1

Reflective practice 2026

When closeness feels unsafe: a clinical reflection on closeness and tolerance within haptotherapy

Published: 08 June 2026

Previous publications

Volume 13

No. 5

Françoise Wibbels-Pancras, Eleonore ten Thij

Touch in action: IASAT Conference Jena 2025

Volume 13, No. 5, pp. 21-23, December 1, 2025

Congress reports 2025

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Volume 13

No. 4

Willem Hagg

Thymotactile contact of primary importance in haptotherapy

Volume 13, No. 4, pp. 19-20, August 30, 2025

Editorial 2025

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Other publications

External links 2014

Treatment of severe fear of childbirth with haptotherapy: design of a multicenter randomized controlled trial

Congress Reports, Congress reports 2019

IASAT Conference 2019: an impression

Letter to the editor, Letter to the editor 2023

Clinical reasoning in Haptotherapy: Use of the SCEBS and Questions about Affectivity

External links 2025

Understanding haptotherapy for people with cancer: A qualitative interview study among patients and haptotherapists

Haptotherapy in New York

Satisfaction and specific and non-specific therapy factors: haptotherapy from a patient perspective

External links 2021

Beyond dis-ease and Dis-order

Research, Research 2019

The Use and Evaluation of Haptotherapy by Cancer Patients

Analyses of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures after an average of six sessions of Haptotherapy in approximately three months

External links 2017, Research 2017

Haptotherapy as a new intervention for treating fear of childbirth: a randomized controlled trial