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by Charles R. Swindoll
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by Stanlee Phelps, Nancy Austin
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by Francis
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by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Hug Therapy Book
by Kathleen Keating, Mimi Noland
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Hazelden Information & Educational Services (1995-02-14)
ISBN: 0896380653
EAN: 9780896380653
Paperback: 70 pages
SKU: mon0000004206
Condition: Very Good
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
With over 500,000 copies sold. The Hug Therapy Book continues to help people heal and grow by demonstraiting different types of hugs. Phychotherapist Kathleen Keating shows why all kinds of hugs have positve results on people
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Customer Reviews
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Cute Gag Gift
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-12-31
The guy I bought this for loved it. Small enough for an office gift.
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hug therapy
Rating  (3)
Date: 2007-11-16
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
this book is quite small, and somewhat disappointing,not enough hugs are illustrated and the text that goes with the illustrations seems incomplete.Not enough information.This little book should probably be cheaper also.
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5 star Book
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-06-05
4 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
I am a health care professional and bought this book in 1983! I just bought another copy last weekend to give to a dear friend. I have given it as gifts for 20 years.
So many people struggle with touch. Touch conveys love and compassion. So many people struggle with receiving love because you have to be open and vulnerable. I was one of those people when I was 20 something. I have since learned that receiving love is a wonderful thing to receive in life and often, it is received with a hug. We all want acceptance, understanding and love. A sincere hug conveys that.
This book discusses the "Ethics and Rules" of hugs. Of note, permission should always be asked first (rule #2 in the book). If a hug is ever uncomfortable, the receiving individual has the opportunity to say "no" or "I'll pass". Individuals who say "yes" and mean "no", hopefully have relationships they value to learn from feedback regarding how to say "yes" when they mean "yes" and "no" when thay mean "no". Children need to learn this important lesson.
This is a darling book that addresses a very important subject.
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Not EVERYBODY Embraces This Approach
Rating  (1)
Date: 2005-04-01
4 out of 9 customers found this reveiw helpful
While in most cases, hugs do brighten people's days, hugging is not a panacea for all challenges. Not EVERYBODY likes or wants hugs and this book can be very misleading. One size does NOT fit all. However, hugs are and can be wonderful if all parties involved like and want them and are comfortable with each other. That is the heart of the matter.
In some cases, hugs are viewed as restrictive and punitive. I knew a child who used to flee a relative who was known to swoop down on children with raucous displays of affection. The child thought the hugger looked like an attacker and would run. Many people with autism find hugs unpleasant and just another way of being forced to endure something unpleasant. Hugs can also be intrusive.
Very rarely has the very real issue of people who dislike hugs and don't want them in the first place been addressed. Their rights should be honored. Donna Williams does an outstanding job of discussing this in "Autism: An Inside-Out Approach." Having an aversion for hugs is not limited to the autistic population.
Some cultures encourage privacy and hugging is not the cultural "norm." There is also the very real issue of individual tastes and needs. Not all individuals find this a desirable method. Being forced to endure hugs or being coerced to hug and/or be hugged by somebody one dislikes and/or does not know well is a disservice to all. Hugging on cue seems scripted and unnatural. How unfortunate that something which has traditionally been touted as positive can be used as a way of making people compromise their wishes and submit to appease others. In the examples provided above, hugging appears to be a self serving act that just meets the hugger's needs.
I didn't like the bear costumes the people were drawn wearing in this book. That just reinforced the need to be covert when forcing hugs on people who'd rather not have them.
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Awwww! :)
Rating (5)
Date: 2001-08-11
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
When an old friend gave me this book as a birthday gift, I couldn't help smiling--the teddy-bear illustrations and the "benefits of hugging" lists were enough to lift my spirits. Those who already love hugs will be glad to read encouraging words from a kindred spirit; those who don't just might change their minds.
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