See the interesting definition of Psychotherapy and near the bottom,  read about the questionable effectiveness of psychotherapy here:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychotherapy.  It is amazing that no one ever demands a definite, cut-and-dried definition of psychotherapeutic techniques, but as you review the Wikipedia article, one sees all bases are covered in the effort to bring energy and alternative treatments under the control of Psychotherapists — any  means by which a human could possibly engage with another is deemed a psychotherapy technique.

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