Partners in Healing
Simple Ways to Offer Support, Comfort, and Care to a Loved One Facing Illness
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Alternative & Holistic Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Health, Healing, Psychology, Interpersonal Relations
| Author: | William Collinge | ISBN: | 9780834822733 |
| Publisher: | Shambhala | Publication: | December 9, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Trumpeter | Language: | English |
| Author: | William Collinge |
| ISBN: | 9780834822733 |
| Publisher: | Shambhala |
| Publication: | December 9, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Trumpeter |
| Language: | English |
This book offers a new sense of empowerment for the intimate partners of people living with serious health problems. Collinge draws on cutting-edge scientific research along with his experience counseling couples facing serious illness to offer a range of insights, strategies, and techniques that caregivers can utilize to promote their partners’ physical and emotional well-being—while also promoting their own.
Topics include:
• The importance of self-care for the caring partner
• Ways of involving family and friends in a network of support
• Simple massage and touch techniques to bring comfort and reduce symptoms
• How open, affirmative communication can contribute to healing
• Basic energy-healing techniques to promote well-being
This book offers a new sense of empowerment for the intimate partners of people living with serious health problems. Collinge draws on cutting-edge scientific research along with his experience counseling couples facing serious illness to offer a range of insights, strategies, and techniques that caregivers can utilize to promote their partners’ physical and emotional well-being—while also promoting their own.
Topics include:
• The importance of self-care for the caring partner
• Ways of involving family and friends in a network of support
• Simple massage and touch techniques to bring comfort and reduce symptoms
• How open, affirmative communication can contribute to healing
• Basic energy-healing techniques to promote well-being
