Hypnotherapeutical Methods in Psychooncology Therapy

Diagnosis of cancer is usually a harrowing experience; therapeutic accompaniment is, in addition to medical treatment, an important element in catching a slide into depression, coping better with the diagnosis and/or being able to live with the disease.Hypnotherapeutic interventions such as trances for relaxation, strengthening the self-healing powers and the immune system or also for preparing for surgery, promoting wound healing and pain relief as well as supporting radiotherapy and chemotherapy can help patients to cope with the disease.In the workshop, participants will learn about hypnotherapeutic approaches, which can help to guide the patients to a more relaxed handling of the disease and to deal with their life and death.Auto suggestive imagination exercises and the work with positive suggestions as well as exercises for self-hypnosis will be introduced to the participants. An intensive exchange of experiences is planned.