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Coping With Breast Cancer Sarah Swan

Coping With Breast Cancer By Sarah Swan

Coping With Breast Cancer by Sarah Swan


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Summary

This self-help book is the first of its kind: written by a highly experienced clinical psychologist, who has herself gone through the devastating impact of breast cancer, drawing from the evidence-based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) approach to provide you with essential coping skills.

Coping With Breast Cancer Summary

Coping With Breast Cancer: How to Navigate the Emotional Impact Throughout Your Journey by Sarah Swan

Current statistics suggest that between one in seven and one in eight women will develop breast cancer at some point in their lives. Being diagnosed with breast cancer can leave you feeling anxious and depressed, fearful of the treatment to come and concerned about your mortality. The treatment itself can have a significant impact on your wellbeing as you are faced with marked changes in your physical appearance, sense of self and energy levels. There is lots of information available regarding cancer and its treatment, but little to help you cope with the emotional fall out. There are some excellent support services available but access to high quality evidence-based psychological interventions to help you cope is limited. This self-help book is the first of its kind: written by a highly experienced clinical psychologist, who has herself gone through the devastating impact of breast cancer, drawing from the evidence-based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) approach to provide you with essential coping skills. This book takes you through what your journey may look like through diagnosis, treatment and recovery, and explains the ACT skills that can help you to cope with the emotional impact of this disease and its treatment. The ACT approach enables you to respond differently to the painful thoughts and feelings that will arise during your cancer journey. Rather than fighting with them, the skills in this book help you to acknowledge and step back from your difficult thoughts and feelings so that you can focus on living your life in a way that will positively impact your physical and emotional wellbeing.

Coping With Breast Cancer Reviews

In this book, a clinical psychologist who is also a breast cancer survivor describes the cancer journey and adds evidence-based psychological techniques to help us understand, explore and deal with the various emotions we might experience, written in a way that that you can select the approach that best fits with your personal experience and priorities. Trisha Greenhalgh, Doctor and Breast Cancer Survivor, Oxford UK

About Sarah Swan

Dr Sarah Swan is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who worked in the NHS for 25 years, culminating in being Head of Psychology for a large London Borough. She is trained in a number of therapeutic approaches including ACT and EMDR. Sarah has been on the board of directors for ACP-UK and continues to support the organisation in a consultancy role.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Sarah Swan A Unique Perspective: Penelope Cream Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Diagnosis Chapter 3: Telling People Chapter 4: Surgery Chapter 5: Treatment Chapter 6: Body Image Chapter 7: Living in the Present Chapter 8: Conclusion Epilogue Appendix I: Checklist of Skills Appendix II: Summary Worksheet Appendix III: Choice Point Worksheet References Glossary of Terms

Additional information

GOR013477969
9781914110221
1914110226
Coping With Breast Cancer: How to Navigate the Emotional Impact Throughout Your Journey by Sarah Swan
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Sequoia Books
2023-07-17
174
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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