“…When touching regresses the client to an earlier stage, it catalyzes the emergence of past unresolved conflicts, provides the means for gratifying unsatisfied needs (Brown, 1979;Casriel, 1972;Durana, 1994Durana, , 1996aDurana, , 1996b, strengthens the client's sense of reality, engages the client in the therapeutic process (Satir, 1972), and enhances the client's awareness of feelings for others (Spotnitz, 1972). Thus a therapist's touch may be a resistant solvent and a facilitator of transference when verbal interaction does not produce the effect sought, thereby forming the basis from which further analytic work may take place.…”