Illness is a multi-dimensional event. The diagnosis of cancer and the treatment regimen that follow affect every part of our lives. In addition to the affect cancer has on the body it also affect the Mind, the way we feel, think and behave. It is therefore vital for us to learn how to care for ourselves while the medical team is caring for our body

1. Clinical
Hypnotherapy
Cancer
Patients
Avinoam Lerner
for

2. More
Flesh
YOU ARE
THAN JUST

3. You Are a
Multidimensional
Being
Physical
Psychological
Mental
Spiritual

4. &

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

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
 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.
OF LIFE

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

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intervention for cancer patients. II. Changes over Time in immunological measures. Arch Gen Psychiatry 47(8): 729-
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Kwiatkowski Fabrice (2012) Hypnosis in cancer patients: can we do better?; Psychology – Selected Papers. Dr. Gina
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13. IS HYPNOTHERAPY
CANCER
RIGHT
 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.FOR
ME?FOR

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Avinoam Lerner is a clinical hypnotherapist
specializing in Cancer care and the author of
The New Cancer Paradigm.
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