Emotional Support

 

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Getting the Psychosocial Support You Need

by Alan B. Astrow, MD

At one time, physicians focused mainly on the technical aspects of can­cer treatment and paid little attention to the psychological or social needs of the people they were treating. For instance, men with prostate cancer may have been unprepared for the bodily changes that accompanied surgery or ra­diation, and young people who were cured of leukemia af­ter physically difficult treat­ment courses may not have known what to expect later on.

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Facing the Fear of Recurrence

by Richard Dickens, LCSW-R

President Franklin D. Roosevelt said it best in his inauguration address in 1933: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” In other words, the event we most fear could change our life, but the fear of that event (which might not even happen) can be more disruptive. Chronic fear is insidious.

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Make Music Your Therapy

by Suzanne B. Hanser, EdD, MT-BC

You don’t need advice from me. You have everything you need within you. You may not know that – perhaps when you think of what’s inside you, you tend to think about can­cer. But you do have the inner resources and creativity to help you deal with the thoughts and feelings associated with having cancer.

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