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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 2

Reflective practice 2025

Haptotherapy for trauma-related symptoms, description of a case history

Published: 30 June 2025

Previous publications

Volume 13

No. 1

Klabbers G. A., et al.

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

Volume 13, No. 1, pp. 1-9, May 12, 2025

Reflective practice 2025

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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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Other publications

Reflective practice 2018

When Touch is Required: From the practice of the psychologist using the body-oriented method

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

External Links 2021

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

Reflective practice 2020

Postnatal parent-child guidance in water – Haptotherapy in water I

Haptotherapy in New York

External Links 2023

A first step in teaching students to cope with inward involvement in a value conflict

Reflective practice 2025

Haptotherapy for trauma-related symptoms, description of a case history

Evaluation of haptotherapy for patients with cancer treated with chemotherapy at a day clinic

Reflective practice 2021

From surviving to living after a stroke

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