“NO dire statistics apply to your situation when you develop an individualized , multidimensional program of complementary medicine.” (along with your medical treatment plan)
James Gordon, M.D.
Center for MindBody Medicine
Washington D.C.
MindBodySpirit Medicine: The Paradox: action and acceptance CancerGuides: (created by Dr. James Gordon MD, The Center for MindBody Medicine in Washington, DC)
Educate and empower the patient
♥ Concerned with helping people with cancer make the best possible decisions
Stress the importance of acting in one’s own behalf
♥ there to help them find their way, not to promote a particular way
♥ provide guidance and support from diagnosis through treatment and beyond
Help each person find the answer to the question,
“What else can I do?”
As a CancerGuide, Mary offers you HOPE WITHOUT ILLUSIONS
The CancerGuide approach is:
♥Hopeful ♥Holistic ♥Individualized ♥Healing Partnerships
♥Family support ♥Educational ♥Encouraging actively
♥Doing Research ♥Decision making ♥Finding resources
♥Group support ♥Referrals ♥Illness as a journey
Role of the CancerGuide
♥Bridge between conventional western medicine and holistic medicine
♥Guide ♥ Educator ♥Resource
♥Compassionate presence ♥ Advocate
This includes an understanding of:
♥How cancer is approached and treated
♥Understanding cancer as a journey/how to navigate the journey
♥Balance of non-judgmental support with encouragement of proactive choice
♥Treatments and self-care strategies that can ALWAYS be used alongside conventional cancer care
♥Give the client information and tools to evaluate information for themselves.
♥Facilitate the realization of the client's goals with non-judgement, acceptance, candor and empathy
♥Facilitate the realization of the patient’s goals with non-judgment, acceptance, candor and empathy
Multi-tracking as an Integrative strategy:
Key principle: One track should be devoted to primary anti-tumor strategy
The most powerful integrative approaches involve simultaneous strategies on many levels. This includes cancer killing (cytotoxic) strategies and bolstering anticancer defenses with traditional medical, mind-body, and spiritual interventions.
Some of the ways include:
♥ Self-awareness assessments
♥ Journals
♥ Drawings
♥ Movement and dance
♥ Relaxation
♥ Meditation/Mindfulness
♥ Imagery and visualization
♥ Prayer
♥ Support groups
♥ Mind-Body skills group
♥ Accupuncture
♥ Massage Therapy
♥ Healing Touch/Therapeutic Touch
♥Encourage patient’s pursuit of spiritual healing
“After I was diagnosed with breast cancer, a friend recommended that I see Mary Maynard to help me deal with the challenges that I would face during this chapter of life. Overwhelmed with fear, confusion and shock of what I was facing, I was open to anything that could help. Making an appointment with Mary changed my life and I truly believe ultimately changed the outcome of my cancer experience. Mary taught me techniques that changed the way I processed cancer, surgeries, chemo and the healing process. She did “Healing Touch” to put me in a place of calm and created powerful energy within myself to have more control over the situation. She is an amazing source of knowledge from her nursing experiences, but beyond that she is an amazing woman. Mary has the gift of calmness in the middle of chaos, and the gift of “healing touch.” There is no way I can express the value she has brought to my life and I would recommend her to anyone.”
M.W. Denver, CO
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