An economic development authority may sponsor a street fair or other community events. An economic development authority may seek to revitalize an area by encouraging the construction of new commercial spaces.
Therapeutic Alliance. THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE. Therapeutic alliance refers to the mutual collaboration established between a psychoanalyst and a patient to overcome the neurotic or psychotic resistance that blocks change and the healing process.
Definition. 1  Therapeutic touch, or TT, is a noninvasive method of healing that was derived from an ancient layingâon of hands technique. 2  Therapeutic touch was developed in 1972 by Dora Kunz, a psychic healer, and Dolores Krieger, Ph.D., R.N, a nurse and professor of nursing at New York University.