Human Touch and Complementary Therapies

A number of therapies exist that aren't as traditionally "medical" as you might expect. Like drinking chamomile tea for a sore throat. Sprinkling lavender water on your sheets to reduce stress and help you sleep better. Healing touch therapy to balance the energy in your body.

Some call it "alternative." Some call it "holistic." And here at Swedish Covenant Hospital, we call it part of our mission to advance a healing environment.

We believe that human touch, like massage therapy, is an essential way of communicating caring – and don't feel that you get enough of it in a typical clinical setting. We want you to experience the difference that Healing Touch and Complementary and Alternative Practices can have in helping to relieve your stress, re-energize you and improve your healing time.

Explore our healing therapies in the sections below. (Are you surprised to find them in practice at a hospital?)

Human Touch & Complementary Therapies

• Animal-Assisted Therapy
• Aromatherapy
• Horticultural Therapy
• Massage Therapy