What is an Assist?

According to the Scientology and Dianetics Glossary an "Assist" is:
"a simple, easily done process that can be applied to anyone to help them recover more rapidly from accidents, mild illness or upsets; any process which assists the individual to heal himself or be healed by another agency by removing his reasons for precipitating (bringing on) and prolonging his condition and lessening his predisposition (inclination or tendency) to further injure himself or remain in an intolerable condition."

In the photo above an assist is being administered to two women suffering from trauma after the Dec. 2004 tsunamis.