Care Through Touch Institute

12/16/2025

Please join us in wishing the happiest of birthdays to our Founder and ED Mary Ann Finch!! Her passion, joy, tenacity and endless energy have sustained CTI for close to 30 years and her belief in healing massage has touched the lives of over 50,000 people in San Francisco !! She continues to inspire us all! We just adore her !!

12/12/2025

For over 25 years Care Through Touch has provided free seated massage to San Fransico's unhoused and marginally housed. Our long standing partnerships with organizations across the city have allowed us to develop long term deep relationships with thousands of massage recipients over the years. Mary Ann Finch Harm Reduction Therapy Center The Gubbio Project

12/10/2025

At a recent communith gathering CTI massage therapists, volunteers , staff and board members came together to connect, break bread, share laughter and life lessons and plan for next year. Here are a few examples of what CTI means to them .

12/03/2025

The holiday season can be a stressful time for many, and for our unhoused and marginally housed clients this is equally true. Many lack family contact or feel isolated, and the emotional weight of the season can deepen feelings of disconnection. A simple moment of compassionate, grounding touch can make a meaningful difference.

Trauma-informed massage is a compassionate, mindful approach to therapeutic touch that prioritizes safety, consent, and empowerment. It recognizes that many people carry experiences of stress, hardship, or trauma in their bodies, and that even gentle touch can bring up strong emotions or memories.

At Care Through Touch Institute (CTI), our massage practitioners use the tools of trauma informed touch with our clients. It is a gradual approach to healing, a safe space, stress reduction and restoring a sense of connection—especially for individuals who rarely experience safe, supportive touch in their daily lives.

11/29/2025

Giving thanks today and everyday for our compassionate, gifted, healing massage therapists- past and present. Their gift of touch is a much needed balm for many this time of year. Let's follow their lead and all share our gratitude with a warm embrace or gentle touch as we move though the holiday season.

10/03/2025

Everyday our massage practitioners share a little of thier magic with our unhoused and marginally housed neighbors. The results are profound. Human touch is healing, even more so for those who often go with out the loving touch of family or friends.

09/25/2025

Every massage we give is rooted in one belief: Everyone deserves care. Especially those who’ve been overlooked, isolated, or unhoused.
With every touch we are saying: You matter. We see you. We honor you.
We've been quiet for a while, rebuilding from the struggles of pandemic. But we're back- and we're excited to share all the amazing work we've been doing. Keep an eye out for updates!!

06/25/2022

The Mask You Live In follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America’s narrow definition of masculinity. Pressured by the media, their peer group, and even the adults in their lives, our protagonists confront messages encouraging them to disconnec.....

10/07/2020

https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/what-happens-to-humans-when-we-cant-touch/p08t9jsj

Watch the "What happens to humans when we can't touch?" video at BBC Ideas. Explore other related content via our curated "Highlights from Radio 4" playlist.

09/18/2020

Written by Victoria Shadle

08/17/2020

Changes On The Horizon At CTI -

Dear Friends of Care Through Touch, We are writing to inform you about a few changes that we are making both to our organizational structure as well as how we are planning on making it through this pandemic. These last few months have been quite challenging here at Care Through Touch. While we all k...