Art a Therapeutic Healing Tool

Art therapy can work very well for children with cancer by giving them a safe way to communicate their anxieties. As children and adolescents do not always have the words to express what they are going through and are by nature creative, then art therapy can be a wonderful outlet for them. It can:

  • Help express buried emotions
  • Give a feeling of self confidence and freedom
  • Help cope with grief, fear, anxiety and depression
  • Distract from pain and discomfort
  • Feel more positive [Read more...]

Five to Thrive: Your Cutting-Edge Cancer Prevention Plan

 

Lise Alschuler, ND and Karolyn A. Gazella, medical journalist co-wrote Five to Thrive: Your Cutting-Edge Prevention Plan.   This book outlines an integrative approach to cancer prevents and treatment that can positively transform cancer care. By educating people with cancer, their loved ones, and their healthcare providers about integrative cancer prevention and treatment the authors will reduce the suffering caused by this illness.

Alschuler and Gazella are also coauthors of The Definitive Guide to Cancer and co-founders of the multimedia educational initiative Cancer Thrivers.

Lise Alschuler, ND, FABNO, is a board-certified naturopathic oncologist and the vice president of quality and education at Emerson Ecologics, a distributor of natural products to healthcare professionals. She practices naturopathic oncology with Naturopathic Specialists, LLC, and is the author of Mushrooms: Ancient Healing Wisdom. She lives in Lenox, Massachusetts. Doctor Alschuler is a breast cancer survivor. [Read more...]