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    The Hug Therapy Book
    The Hug Therapy Book
    The Hug Therapy Book
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    The Hug Therapy Book

    By Kathleen Keating

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    Kathleen Keating and Mimi Noland combine their talents to show how and why all kinds of hugs have positive results on IQ, aging, self-esteem, and stress.

    Relax, raise your arms, place them around the person in front of you and squeeze gently. But, no bear hugs, please!

    Simple line art drawings of charismatic cartoon bears lend a whimsical touch to book guaranteed to touch your heart. A great gift idea for someone who needs a hug. A beary, beary uplifting book.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHazelden Publishing
    Release dateMar 31, 2011
    ISBN9781616491451
    The Hug Therapy Book
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    Kathleen Keating

    I came to Belfast for four years in 1996 as a peace and reconciliation worker from the United States and I fell in love with the west of Ireland and Donegal. Since then, I just went back to the States for visits. I live with an assortment of ‘over 55’s’ in an apartment building in Dungloe, County Donegal. I am 70, and, at long last have an Irish passport. I have three daughters, one in Illinois, one in Alabama, and one in Saudi Arabia.

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      The Hug Therapy Book - Kathleen Keating

      … because we are all holding each other through a dance of joy and love.

      This is a book about hugging.

      Hugging is an instinct, a natural response to feelings of affection, compassion, need, and joy.

      Hugging is also a science, a simple method of support, healing, and growth, with measurable and remarkable results.

      In its highest form, hugging is also an art.

      Techniques of hugging are described here with a cheerful mix of whimsy and seriousness. May they serve as a framework for you to create your own experience and practice as a Hug Therapist.

      Hazelden Publishing

      Center City, Minnesota 55012-0176

      800-328-9000

      hazelden.org/bookstore

      © 1983 by Kathleen Keating

      All rights reserved. Previously published by

      CompCare Publishers 1983. First published

      by Hazelden Foundation 1995. Printed in the

      United States of America. No portion of this

      publication may be reproduced in any manner

      without the written permission of the publisher

      Cover and interior design by Kristen McDougall

      ISBN 13: 978-1-56838-094-0

      ISBN 10: 1-56838-094-1

      Ebook ISBN: 978-1-61649-145-1

      I embrace with honor

      My daughter, Ann Maureen Keating,

      and all those at her special place of learning

      for the developmentally disabled,

      St. Vincent School in Santa Barbara, California

      and my son, Matthew Roy Keating

      I embrace with gratitude

      Golda Clendenin, who inspired me

      My friends and colleagues at Woodview-Calabasas

      Hospital, who supported me

      Esalen Institute

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