Mind Body Medicine can help you discover new approaches to dealing with emotional, physical and spiritual needs, including: 

• Self-hypnosis
• Pre-surgery hynosis
• Guided-imagery
• Meditation
• Biofeedback
• Reframing

Pre-surgery hypnosis involves a trained hypnotherapist who uses guided relaxation, intense concentration and focused attention to achieve a heightened state of awareness prior to surgery. Attention becomes so focused while in this state that the outside environment is temporarily blocked out or ignored resulting in relief from anxiety. Benefits include reduced anxiety, pain, and nausea; lower blood pressure, and a speedier recovery.

Self-hypnosis can allow a patient to go into a state of focused consciousness or deep relaxation all by yourself. It is convenient and can be used whenever you want to control symptoms of pain, anxiety, nausea, or vomiting caused by cancer and cancer medications. 

Guided-imagery involves the use of the imagination to create sights, sounds, smells, tastes, or other sensations to create a daydream relaxation state which has physical and psychological effects. It can relax the mind and body, decrease heart rate, and lower blood pressure. Guided-imagery can relieve pain and emotional anxiety, and make drugs more effective.

Meditation is a mind-body relaxation technique that uses concentration and deep breathing to relax the body and calm the mind. It has been reported to help cancer patients with sleep problems, disorders associated with tension, and chronic pain.  It is also claimed to lower blood pressure, and promote wellness and quality of life.