Clinical Hypnotherapy Cancer Patients

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1 for Clinical Hypnotherapy Cancer Patients Avinoam Lerner

2 YOU ARE More THAN JUST Flesh

3 You Are a Multidimensional Physical Psychological Mental Spiritual Being

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5 Hypnotherapy for cancer help patients with: CHEMO SURGERY INSOMNIA RADIATION WILL TO LIVE RESILIENCY A SENSE of MASTERY SIDE EFFECTS RESOLVE TO HEAL QUALITY OF LIFE OUTLOOK

6 IMMUNE ENHANCEMENT Research shows that the interactions of the central nervous system and immune systems are highly modulated by behavior and psychological states (Ziemssen 2007). Clinical Hypnotherapy offer a practical pathway to engage with and ultimately resolve psychological patterns suppressing immune function.

7 CHEMO Achieve a greater sense of mastery and self control Feel calm and relaxed, confident and prepared Enhance your physical resilience to heal Lessen psychological distress, fear and anxiety Cultivate a positive mental attitude and expectancy

8 RADIATION Utilizing clinical hypnosis during radiation treatment has been shown to reduce fatigue. A research study done in 2009 examined the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy and hypnosis to treat radiation related fatigue in individuals undergoing radiation for breast cancer (Montgomery 2009).

9 SURGERY Enjoy a greater sense of mastery and self control Reduce Pre-surgical and Post-operative anxiety Enhance your physical resilience to heal Lessen psychological distress and fear Develop a positive mental attitude and expectancy

10 QUALITY OF LIFE As an individual navigates through his or her cancer treatments, many aspects of their lives are impacted. Goals of hypnosis are now meant to address issues including: quality of life, mood, depression, anxiety, stress, appetite, digestion and pain.

11 Good Books The Psychobiology of Mind Body Healing, Ernest Rossi The Psychobiology of Cancer: Automatization and Boredom in Health and Disease, de la Peña Healing Psyche: The Patterns in Psychological Cancer Treatment, Rob van Overbruggen The New Cancer Paradigm, Avinoam Lerner To Read

12 REFERENCEs Dalton SO, Boesen EH, Ross L, Schapiro IR, Johansen C (2002) Mind and Cancer: do Psychological factors cause cancer? Eur J cancer; 38: Fawzy Fl, Kemeny ME, Fawzy NW, Elashoff R, Morton D, Cousins N, Fahey JL (1990) A structured psychiatric intervention for cancer patients. II. Changes over Time in immunological measures. Arch Gen Psychiatry 47(8): Kiecolt-Glaser JK, Glaser R (1999) Psychoneuroimmunology and Cancers: fact or fiction? Eur J Cancer 35(11): Kwiatkowski Fabrice (2012) Hypnosis in cancer patients: can we do better?; Psychology Selected Papers. Dr. Gina Rossi (Ed.), ISBN: Liossi C (2001). Efficacy of clinical hypnosis in the enhancement of quality of life of Terminally ill cancer patients. Contemporary hypnosis; 15(1): Montgomery GH, Bovbjerg DH, Schnur JB, David D, Goldfarb A, Weltz CR, Schechter C, Graff-Zivin J, Tatrow K, Price DD, Silverstein JH (2007) A randomized Clinical trial of a brief hypnosis intervention to control side effects in breast Surgery patients. J Natl Cancer Inst Sept 5; 99(17): Montgomery GH, Kangas M, David D, Hallquist MN, Green S, Bovbjerg DH, Schnur JB (2009). Fatigue during breast cancer radiotherapy: an intitial randomized study of cognitive-behavioral therapy plus hypnosis. Health Psychol 28(3): Penninx BW, Guralnik JM, Pahor M, Ferrucci L, Cerhan JR, Wallace RB, Havlik RJ (1998) Chronically depressed mood and cancer in older persons. J Natl Cancer Inst; 90(24): Rapkin DA, Straubing M, Holroyd JC (1991). Guided imagery, hypnosis and recovery From head and neck cancer surgery: an exploratory study Int J Clin Hypn 39 (4): Richardson J, Smith JE, McCall G, et. Al (2007). Hypnosis for nausea and vomiting in Cancer chemotherapy: a systematic review of the research evidence. Eur J Cancer Care. 16: Spiegel D, Bloom JR, Kraemer HC, Gottheil E (1989). Effect of psychosocial Treatment on survival of patients with metastatic breast cancer. Lancet; 2: Spiegel D, Butler L, Giese-Davis J, Koopman C, Miller E, DiMiceli S, Classen C, Fobair P, Carlson R, Kraemer H (2007). Effects of supportive-expression therapy on Survival of patients with metastatic breast cancer. Cancer; 11(5): Ziemssen T, Kern S (2007) Psychoneuroimmunology= cross-talk between the immune and nervous systems. J Neurol. May: 254 Suppl 2:II8-11.

13 IS HYPNOTHERAPY FOR CANCER RIGHT FOR ME? If you feel that there more to cancer than just what takes place in your body; and that there must be more that you can do to improve your cancer treatment and outcomes, you must consider clinical hypnotherapy.

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15 THANK YOU! Avinoam Lerner is a clinical hypnotherapist specializing in Cancer care and the author of The New Cancer Paradigm. Tel: (617) Mount Auburn St, Watertown MA Free@AvinoamLerner.com AvinoamLerner.com - Hypnosis for Cancer Recovery The Anti Cancer CD Set Online Store