Therapy Tools Psycho-oncology

Therapy Tools Psycho-oncology

• optimal support for cancer patients
• unique collection of materials on the subject
• written by well-known authors


Cancer is one of the most common diseases in adults. In Germany around 500,000 people fall ill with it every year. The number of people who are living with cancer is growing and is now around 4 million ‘cancer survivors’. However, the disease can be accompanied by considerable physical and psychosocial problems: many patients come subjectively under heavy stress or show signs of some mental disorder.

Psycho-oncology provides some evidence-based interventions for patients and their relatives which can help reduce psychological stress and improve the quality of their lives. In its efforts to provide optimal support for people with cancer and their relatives and to treat them, this edition of Therapy Tools includes a wide range of innovative and evidence-based working materials for psycho-oncological care.

Contents
What is psycho-oncology? • Initiating conversations, relationship building and psycho-education • Psycho-oncological diagnostics • Interventions in the event of psychosocial stress • Activating resources and promoting resilience to cope with the illness • Interventions for more than just the terminal phase of life • Interventions with couples • When underage children are relatives • Parents of children with cancer • Self-reflection on your own professional work


Target group
Psychological and medical psychotherapists, pastoral workers, palliative care workers