Spring 2010
WORKSHOPS
All of Cancer Connection's
workshops are free of charge to people diagnosed with
cancer and their families and caregivers.
Please call 586-1642 if you are interested in attending.
Being at Peace with Dying
with Pierre Zimmerman, MS
Saturday, February 27, 10:00am to 1:00pm
Learn relationship-centered care, including specific guidelines for "being present" with dying. Discuss ways to transform fear into acceptance and to foster gratitude and openness. Pierre is a cancer survivor with training and experience in pastoral counseling, therapeutic support group leadership, Way of Council, meditation and mindfulness.
Choral Singing for Body and Soul
with Anne Louise White
Saturdays, April 3 & 10
10:00am to 3:00pm. at the Northampton Friends Meetinghouse
A two-day ensemble singing workshop. Experience the physical and emotional release, enhanced health and sheer pleasure that singing offers. Voice specialist and choral director Anne White will focus on songs from different countries celebrating courage and hope. No prior choral experience necessary!
Please bring your own lunch.
Couples Nurturing Each Other
Through Cancer
with Mary Ann Kelly , Reiki Master & Reflexologist
Nancy Carter-Price, Reiki Master
Sunday, April 18 from 10:30am to 2:30pm
Couples will learn how to reduce stress, nurture and soothe themsleves and each other emotionally and physically in non-sexual ways, using techniques such as Reiki, Reflexology, breathing techniques and self-massage. Please bring your own lunch.
Laughter is the Best Medicine
with Jerry Caruso, actor and comedian
Friday, March 19 5:30 to 6:30
Laughter has numerous health benefits and with Jerry's clean family humor laughter is contagious. Come have a good laugh or two. It's a step toward healthier living.
Printmaking for Teens
Coping with a Family Member with Cancer
Dates and times to be determined.
Having a family member who is dealing with a potentially life-threatening illness compounds the ordinary challenges of adolescence. Join us for time to experiment, play with art materials and enjoy the creative, healing company of others.
Dates to be
Announced:
Teaming with your Doctors
led by Paula Murphy, oncology social worker at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, and Betsy Neisner, cancer survivor and executive director of Cancer Connection.Patients in today’s health system are expected to collaborate on medical decisions. This workshop will empower you to find a doctor you can feel comfortable working with, and to collaborate effectively with your medical team in choosing treatments, understanding test results, side effects and medical lingo, and in advocating for care that fits you as an individual.
Community Wisdom
and Experience;
a Community Cancer
Conversation
led by Katherine Walsh,Ph.D., MSW, professor at the Springfield College School of Social Work, Lindsay Rockwell, D.O., Cancer Connection Board Member and oncologist at Cooley Dickinson Hospital and Betsy Neisner, cancer survivor and executive director of Cancer Connection. How could the cancer care resources in the Valley be improved? By bringing together patients and their families, medical and mental health professionals, hospital administrators, clergy, hospice and visiting nurses, community groups like Cancer Connection and probate attorneys, we may be able see through each other's eyes and envision the ideal toward which we should be working and then figure out together how to reach that ideal.
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