- Carol Komitor, HTA Founder
- Lynn Davis, Oklahoma
- Kathy Veder, Ohio
- Debbie Wooten, Virginia
- Kim Thornton
- See HTA Staff
Carol Komitor, CMT, HTCP/I, ESMT, HTACP
HTA Founder & Director, International Instructor
Carol
Komitor is a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner and Instructor, a
Certified Massage Therapist, Certified Hospital-Based Massage Therapist,
and an Equine Sports Massage Therapist. As founder and director of Komitor
Healing Method, Inc. (KHM) and Healing Touch for Animals®
(HTA), Carol has been a leading authority in the forefront of energy
medicine and bio-field therapies for animals since 1996. She easily
shares her passion for energy medicine with her students and finds great
joy in honing their skills to enhance the well-being of our animal population. Carol can assess a particular situation and break it down into the components
of energy dynamics. 
This talent allows her to facilitate the animal's
healing process and create change in the patterns of chronic illness
or misbehavior. Carol’s enthusiasm shines as she shares HTA/KHM
with her students. Her integrity, professionalism and dedication to
cooperative applications to veterinary medicine comes through as she
presents the HTA/KHM curriculum. She sees the diversity of her classroom
participants and honors each one as they bring their own special talents
to the HTA work. Read more about Carol.
Lynn Davis, RN, MSN, HTCP
Oklahoma
Lynn
Davis has been a registered nurse for over 25 years; working in a wide
variety of hospital-based settings from pediatrics to intensive care,
and served as an Air Force nurse for 17 years. Lynn currently has an
active private practice providing holistic health care for both humans
and animals.
Lynn and her husband run their 80-acre horse farm and enjoy dressage
and 3-day eventing. Lynn uses HTA to reduce stress generated during
competition. She sees the results of the relaxation response allowing
her horses to maximize their performance potential for both the human
and animal competitor.
Believing in the effectiveness of Healing Touch for Animals®, Lynn is passionate about sharing HTA with her students.
Kathy Veder, HTCP, BS, HTACP
Ohio
Kathy
Veder’s extensive background with animals includes farm management
and raising and showing cattle, horses and several breeds of dogs. She
owns her own consulting practice and has an extensive executive business
background. Kathy is a Healing Touch for Animals® Certified Practitioner, Certified Healing Touch Practitioner, Certified
Equine Skeletal Adjuster, Certified Foodservice Professional, Certified
Aquatic Fitness Instructor and a ReikiMaster . Kathy has studied and
trained in many facets of complementary and integrative medicine and
brings her holistic healthcare knowledge, business experience and people
skills together to teach and share HTA.
“Animals have always been instrumental in my life. Through my Healing Touch for Animals® involvement, my energy awareness with animals has expanded my life’s passion and takes my animal relationships to a new level of understanding. It is an honor and blessing to work with the animals that enter my life, and together we grow and heal.”
Kathy
relies on her HTA and scuba diving experience for her volunteer work
at the Cincinnati Zoo Manatee Program. 
Deborah Wooten, HTCP, HTACP
Virginia
Deborah Wooten is a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner and a Healing Touch for Animals® Certified Practitioner. Debbie has been involved with energy medicine since the late nineties and retired from her air traffic controller career in 2002 to launch a private energy medicine practice, supporting both animals and human clientele. She is caregiver of two horses and a cat on her farm in Virginia.
HTA is Debbie's touchstone for an outpouring of love and gratitude to our animals, who she believes teach us with their unconditional love.
"I am honored, thrilled, and humbled to be a part of the Healing Touch for Animals® Team. As a teacher for HTA, I love sharing knowledge and healing with fellow animal lovers. To me, this helps ensure continual growth along with the expansion of energy medicine in our communities."
---Debbie Wooten, HTCP, HTACP
Kim Thornton
Dallas
A graduate of Rice University, Kim had a successful career in human resource management and corporate real estate before establishing a private holistic healthcare practice. While Kim works with a variety of animals, her passion is to use Healing Touch for Animals® (HTA) with competition horses in support of their special needs. Kim finds inspiration in the ability of HTA to profoundly affect the lives of animals and to deepen the connection between animals and humans.
Kim has spent her lifetime around horses, training and competing in hunter-jumpers and 3-day eventing. Kim currently studies and competes professionally in dressage and enjoys helping horses and riders work in harmony to achieve their potential. Kim and her husband, Bruce, share their 30 acre farm with a large family of cats and dogs.
“Through HTA, we have an opportunity to develop a deeper connection with our animals, supporting them physically, emotionally, and spiritually. It truly is an honor to feel that core connection with another being and experience the oneness that connection brings. As a member of the HTA team, I am blessed with the opportunity to share this knowledge with others through the workshops and expand energetic awareness in our communities.”
