Writing Program Can Help Ease Body Concerns After Tx

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edited July 2018 in Complementary and Holistic Medicine and Treatment

Writing Program Can Help Ease Body Concerns After Treatment
May 16, 2018
My Changed Body, a web-based structured writing exercise, can help ease distress related to body image and increase self-compassion among women treated for breast cancer. Read more...

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  • McButterfly
    McButterfly Member Posts: 21
    edited July 2018

    Hi, thanks for posting this. I like the idea of the prompts to encourage self-compassion. But I couldn't find where the program might be available.

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  • AliceKo
    AliceKo Member Posts: 151
    edited July 2018

    I am sure that writing can be very helpful, trying to reprocess and express your feelings going through cancer, Yet, this is not a novel idea. It's just called journaling. People have journaled through difficult times since probably thousands of years ago (if they were literate). I just wished we could have something new. Frustrated.

    So many studies about breathing, meditation, exercise, support - none of this stuff is new...

    We could be studying Transcranial magnetic brain stimulation on chemo brain for example...Specific OT or SLP interventions for the same issue.

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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited July 2018

    AliceKo, I agree, and also a benefit of a study like this is that it helps a counselor or nurse navigator to demonstrate in their documentation that they're suggesting an evidence-based treatment.

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