"Science is revealing that the power of touch triggers changes in the body that can activate healing and increase longevity. Phyllis Davis's book is thought provoking and contains good medicine indeed." - Hank Wesselman, Ph.D. author of Spiritwalker and Medicinemaker "Phyllis Davis's warm, trustworthy, loving voice makes a compelling case for the healing power of touch--personal, clear, sensible, and very accessible to both parents and children, teachers and students." - Belleruth Naparstack, author of Your Sixth Sense and creator of Health Journeys guided imagery audiocassettes
"In a world desperately out of touch, THE POWER OF TOUCH is a remedy for our individual cries for connection and love. This book offers a powerful road map for wholeness." - Rick Phillips, author of Windows to the Soul and Emergence of the Divine Child
"This book is a fascinating connection of touch and spirituality. Read it, and tell everyone you know to do the same." - Marlo Morgan, author of the Mutant Message Down Under and Message from Forever
"Phyllis Davis has brought to light, through her clarity and understanding, many powerful issues concerning us as individuals, couples, and society in general, surrounding the power of touch. Phyllis helps us to reexamine our beliefs, attitudes, emotions, and displays of affection in dealing with each other in our everyday life. THE POWER OF TOUCH has enhanced my ability to further understand my clients As a licensed massage therapist for the past ten years, I feel that this book is an ABSOLUTE must for anyone in the field of helping others to communicate and heal in regard to the mind, body, and spirit." - Ruth Johnson, Licensed Massage Therapist
"Phyllis's book and insights confirm the true 'power of touch' in all our lives. Touch has the power to nurture us, to connect us, and to transform us. Understanding our need for touch and the consequences of touch deprivation is vital not only to massage therapists, but to all the helping progressions. This is a great book for all those interested in understanding ourselves and should be required reading for all parents!" - Peggy Smith, M.S., R.D., N.C.T.M.B., Director of Education, BMSI Institute
"Once I started this wonderful book, I couldn't lay it down and stayed up all night reading. I though she'd written it about me. If every individual understood and practiced Phyllis Davis message allowing themselves the joy of touching and being touched by others a new optimistic spirit would rain on peoples lives in families, in neighborhood communities, and especially in the often mechanistic and demanding workplace. People yearn for community, to belong, to understand the unique role for which they were created. Davis's The Power of Touch is a good place to begin. It should be required reading for anyone who desires to relate more soulfully and sincerely to the self, to others and to all living systems in the universe. - Michelle Hopkins, Managing Editor, The InnerEdge, a resource for enlightened business practice,
Phyllis K. Davis is a Licensed Professional Counselor as well as a communications consultant. In her private practice she specializes in stress management, posttraumatic stress syndrome, and spiritual development. As a former high school teacher, she pioneered highly successful classes in interpersonal communications. Phyllis holds a B.S. in Speech Communication, an interdisciplinary M.A. in Counseling, Psychology and Interpersonal Communication, and a Ph.D. in Somatic Psychology. She is a wife and mother and teacher.
Dr. Davis is trained in Therapeutic Touch, Vibrational Healing, Energy Attunement, Esalen Massage, and Triom as well as other touching/healing modalities. Accustomed to giving to others she now finds that watching the moving circle of giving and receiving is a joy in her life. Her aim is to help America rediscover the lost art of "loving touching."
As a writer her work glows with the light of personal experience and warms with the emotion of personal feeling. She learns, lives, and practices what she teaches. She currently makes her home in Lee's Summit, Missouri where she enthusiastically practices the lost art of "hugging." Phyllis does workshops on touch and devotes herself to teaching and using touch to soothe, comfort, and heal.
