Which step in therapeutic touch consists of consciously directing human energies to transfer energy to another part of the body?
a. assessing
b. centering
c. modulating
d. smoothing
C
Modulating is consciously directing human energies to transfer to another part of the body. The other steps do not involve the process of energy transfer.
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