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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 13

issue 1

Reflective practice 2025

Presence: a facilitating condition, therapeutic intervention, and modifiable factor in Haptotherapy

Published: 12 May 2025

Previous publications

Volume 12

No. 3

Tamara C.J. van Lanen

Haptotherapy from an ethical perspective

Volume 12, No. 3, pp. 17-20, November 30, 2024

Thesis-based articles

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2024

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Turkish validity and reliability of the Haptotherapeutic Well‑Being Scale

August 30, 2024

External Links 2024

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Other publications

External Links 2021

Haptotherapy for patients with cancer; experience of haptotherapists and reasons for consultation: A survey among haptotherapists

Letter to the editor, Letter to the editor 2023

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

The clinical effectiveness of haptotherapy in routine practices

What is the effect of haptotherapy on patients with chronic pain?

External Links 2021

Beyond dis-ease and Dis-order

Haptotherapy for children and parents: The potential effects and how it works A single-case sub-study and a qualitative sub-study

Haptotherapy and empathy

Research, Research 2022

Measuring patient well-being: an exploratory study of the Haptotherapeutic Well-Being Scale (HWS)

Mechanisms of Haptotherapy: specific- and nonspecific therapy factors

External Links 2017, Research 2017

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