Meet The Healing Touch Team

We are a team of compassionate and professional Board-Certified Healing Touch Practitioners who met while providing biofield therapy at Greenwich Hospital. Our combined ability and training include nursing, psychology, education, sound healing, life coaching, mindfulness, and other holistic healing modalities. We formed a team with the mission to extend the diverse benefits of Healing Touch to our community by serving individuals, nonprofits, and corporations.

Kathleen Bacchi, RN, CHTP

Core Star Healing, LLC

Kathleen is a Registered Nurse, Certified Healing Touch Practitioner, and the Integrative Medicine Coordinator at Greenwich Hospital. Her private practice, Core Star Healing, LLC, is located in Pound Ridge, NY, where she offers holistic wellness through heart-centered biofield therapy. She also provides HT therapy as part of the Healing Touch Team.

A lifelong activist, she brings outreach to marginalized communities by providing food, health care, and other supportive measures. Kathleen is a Parish Nurse, and is a medical mission volunteer with St. Vincent’s Hospital.

Holly Conetta, CHTP

Healing with Holly Conetta

Holly is a Board-Certified Healing Touch Practitioner (CHTP) through Healing Beyond Borders International and a Sound Healer trained through the International Academy of Sound Healing (IASH). Both modalities are biofield therapies that work with the energies flowing through and around our bodies effecting our overall health and well-being.

She has a private practice located in Greenwich, CT, offering both Healing Touch and sound healing sessions. She has been providing these modalities for the past 9 years, in hospitals, schools, community groups, yoga studios and private homes. She also provides multiple community sound baths each month.

Gail Covney, CHTP

Healing with Gail, LLC

Gail is a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner trained at Greenwich Hospital. She has been practicing Healing Touch, which is a proven bio-field therapy, since 2008. Her passion for Healing Touch began after personally experiencing the remarkable benefits of energy healing.

Gail participates in ongoing education collaboration with healthcare professionals and volunteers her services to support those in need. She is passionate about spreading awareness of Healing Touch and frequently conducts workshops and talks to educate others about this transformative healing modality.

Laura Petitt, CHTP

Lightworks, LLC

A Board-Certified Healing Touch Practitioner, Laura was trained at Greenwich Hospital and has 7 years of Healing Touch experience. She has a master's in psychology, is a Certified Professional Life Coach, a Stephen Minister, and an avid athlete.

Laura works with trauma victims at a non-profit agency and has a private practice in Stamford, CT, where she provides resourceful and compassionate biofield energy healing. Her diverse experiences and training give her a unique ability to treat the whole person —psychologically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.