Promoting a Fighting Spirit: Psychotherapy for Cancer Patients, Survivors, and Their Families
Book Details
Author(s)
Linda Seligman
Publisher
Jossey-Bass
ISBN / ASIN
0787901903
ISBN-13
9780787901905
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Sales Rank
#2,851,651
Category
Health & Fitness
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
Emotions and Cancer
Helps readers understand the important connection between emotions and cancer--and develop the skills needed to provide effective care to cancer patients and their families. With wisdom and compassion, psychologist and cancer survivor Linda Seligman provides practical strategies for helping patients through their trials.
She describes successful treatment techniques such as visualization, meditation, hypnosis, and affirmations. The author also outlines ways to lessen the shock of diagnosis, and temper negative reactions to aversive medical procedures.
Helps readers understand the important connection between emotions and cancer--and develop the skills needed to provide effective care to cancer patients and their families. With wisdom and compassion, psychologist and cancer survivor Linda Seligman provides practical strategies for helping patients through their trials.
She describes successful treatment techniques such as visualization, meditation, hypnosis, and affirmations. The author also outlines ways to lessen the shock of diagnosis, and temper negative reactions to aversive medical procedures.
