Judith Edwards
cansurviving, UK
Title: How can I start? How to go forward after the trauma of cancer diagnosis
Biography
Biography: Judith Edwards
Abstract
For any person, a cancer diagnosis is a shock and a trauma. Any shock stops thinking and for a time the shock of diagnosis can paralyse a person’s capacity to carry on in a constructive way with the next part of their life. This short talk, based on the international group built site www.cansurviving.com will discuss ways of proceeding and will explore complementary and alternative treatments to aid the healing process.
Why me? may be a question. And help! 'what can I do now? For the understanding of those who have built this site, starting from the Site Founder Judith Edwards onwards, both the development of cancer and the kick-starting of the healing process is a multi-factorial issue, and there are no cast- iron guarantees offered in any route, orthodox or alternative. What is vital is for a renewed sense of self-empowerment to grow, despite inevitable setbacks, in order for body, mind and spirit to be parts of the healing process. As a psychoanalytic psychotherapist for over thirty years, I have found the processes of being contained, and thus being able to engender one's own sense of hope and empowerment, to be constructive and indeed vital for change and growth to take place. This talk will open doors to different ways of thinking which can be used together to aid both physical and mental health.