Emotional Support Through Breast Cancer: The Alternative Handbook - Softcover

Galgut, Cordelia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846199360 ISBN 13: 9781846199363

Publisher: CRC Press, 2013

Synopsis

Highly Commended - BMA 2014

'The shock of being diagnosed with breast cancer is hard to describe in words, as anyone who has had to suffer this diagnosis knows. Until it happens to us, we cannot really know how it feels. Not only do we have to deal with the diagnosis and subsequent treatments, but also we have to deal with the fact that breast cancer profoundly affects how we feel about ourselves as women.'
From the Introduction

This compassionate guide presents an array of new perspectives on the emotional effects of breast cancer and includes many personal testimonies from women who have been diagnosed with this disease.

Written by a breast cancer survivor and practising psychologist, it shares practical ideas to help support sufferers at all stages, be it at diagnosis, during treatment or during life after the initial treatments are over.

The concise, easy-to-read format includes exercises to develop an acceptance of thoughts and feelings, whilst the individual accounts validate the multitude of emotions felt by sufferers.

It is a must for all breast cancer patients and sufferers, their families and friends. Its real-life approach, using first hand accounts, is also highly recommended for all health and social care professionals wanting a fresh approach to managing the emotional impacts of breast cancer.

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Review:

'Tells the unspoken truth about what having breast cancer is really like.' --Editor, Good Housekeeping

'The myth-busting sections are informative and there are practical ideas to support patients. Some sections may also be useful for those with secondary disease. This book is a reminder for healthcare professionals working in breast cancer of the long-term emotional effects of the disease.' --Karen Wingfield, lead lymphoedema specialist, Dewi Sant Hospital, Pontypridd, Cancer Nursing Practice Journal

'Hearing the diagnosis of breast cancer is shocking and the emotional impact is often devastating. Dr Galgut is a practising counselling psychologist and knows this at first hand. In 2004, aged 49, she was diagnosed twice once in each breast. Her book offers a different perspective from many others about the emotional effects. She gives practical tips on how to cope, with strategies to improve communications with families and friends and with health care professionals. She gives you permission to feel angry and fed up. She advises nearest and dearest not to say it s time to move on . Eleven years ago I, too, was diagnosed with breast cancer and the book s enlightened comments and suggestions are very helpful and relevant to me still. I wish I d had it by me then.' --Joy Ogden (author of Understanding Breast Cancer, John Wiley)

'As a former breast cancer nurse specialist, I would have liked to have this book on hand in our clinics, to help everyone have an understanding breast cancer s psychological impact...including my professional colleagues.' --Susan Long, Cancer Support Specialist, Maggie s Online Centre

'Cordelia puts into words what many women feel but are unable or discouraged from expressing, and I hope this will not only help them but also their families and friends who struggle to know how to help. The physical and emotional effects of cancer treatment can be long lasting and this needs to be more widely acknowledged and provided for than it is at present to enable women to begin to rebuild their lives.' --Jane Saunders, Counselling and Bereavement Manager, Macmillan Service, Midhurst

'As a former breast cancer nurse specialist, I would have liked to have this book on hand in our clinics, to help everyone have an understanding breast cancer s psychological impact...including my professional colleagues.' --Susan Long, Cancer Support Specialist, Maggie s Online Centre

'Cordelia puts into words what many women feel but are unable or discouraged from expressing, and I hope this will not only help them but also their families and friends who struggle to know how to help. The physical and emotional effects of cancer treatment can be long lasting and this needs to be more widely acknowledged and provided for than it is at present to enable women to begin to rebuild their lives.' --Jane Saunders, Counselling and Bereavement Manager, Macmillan Service, Midhurst

'As a former breast cancer nurse specialist, I would have liked to have this book on hand in our clinics, to help everyone have an understanding breast cancer s psychological impact...including my professional colleagues.' --Susan Long, Cancer Support Specialist, Maggie s Online Centre

'Cordelia puts into words what many women feel but are unable or discouraged from expressing, and I hope this will not only help them but also their families and friends who struggle to know how to help. The physical and emotional effects of cancer treatment can be long lasting and this needs to be more widely acknowledged and provided for than it is at present to enable women to begin to rebuild their lives.' --Jane Saunders, Counselling and Bereavement Manager, Macmillan Service, Midhurst

'As a former breast cancer nurse specialist, I would have liked to have this book on hand in our clinics, t --Susan Long, Cancer Support Specialist, Maggie s Online Centre

'Cordelia puts into words what many women feel but are unable or discouraged from expressing, and I hope this will not only help them but also their families and friends who struggle to know how to help. The physical and emotional effects of cancer treatment can be long lasting and this needs to be more widely acknowledged and provided for than it is at present to enable women to begin to rebuild their lives.' --Jane Saunders, Counselling and Bereavement Manager, Macmillan Service, Midhurst

'As a former breast cancer nurse specialist, I would have liked to have this book on hand in our clinics, to help everyone have an understanding breast cancer s psychological impact...including my professional colleagues.' --Susan Long, Cancer Support Specialist, Maggie s Online Centre

About the Author:

Cordelia Galgut, Chartered Psychologist and accredited counsellor and psychotherapist

About this edition

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1846199360
• ISBN 13: 9781846199363
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 80