Barbara Denison, ARNP, AHN-BC, QTTT/P

The vision of Barbara’s Holistic Nursing Consultants private practice is to care for the whole person, mind-body-spirit. Board Certified as an Advanced Holistic Nurse (AHN-BC), she draws on nursing knowledge, theories, expertise and intuition to guide her in becoming a therapeutic partner with her clients. Her authentic caring approach and calm presence is the foundation of a more than 35-year nursing career. She believes integrating complementary and conventional practices is the key for helping many people regain health.

Barbara has a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) and Clinical Nurse Specialty (CNS) in Adult Health and Illness and is licensed as an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP). She is credentialed as a Qualified Therapeutic Touch Teacher/Practitioner (QTTT/P), integrating it into her nursing care for over 20 years. Barbara is a Certified Wellness Inventory Facilitator. Partnering with the client she develops an individualized plan of care for health and can assist you with the change process to reach your goals.

Her holistic services include: Holistic Health Consultations, including nutritional assessment and recommendations, Therapeutic Touch, APO E Gene Diet program, and the Wellness Inventory. Mindfulness practices such as learning the relaxation response, imagery, meditation, cognitive restructuring, coaching for lifestyle changes are included. The cardiovascular program/APO E Gene Diet program includes the option for Advanced Cardiovascular Lipid Profile testing by a research laboratory.

Barbara’s conventional clinical nursing practice areas included expertise in critical care, cardiovascular surgical nursing, care of persons who had suffered strokes and case management for persons involved in physical trauma. Between 1996-2000, she played a pivotal role in the development of a Complementary Healing Services program within Via Christi Regional Medical Center. She was also Director of Clinical Subtle Energy Research at The Center’s Bio-Communications Research Institute in Wichita in 2002. She continues to work part-time in critical care at a specialty heart hospital in Wichita since 2003.