- Paperback: 207 pages
- Publisher: Healing Journey Books; 3rd Revised edition edition (10 Jun 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0956525202
- ISBN-13: 978-0956525208
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 239,469 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Healing Journey is a comprehensive discussion of what people with cancer can do to respond to the illness, explaining the potential of different avenues from conventional medicine and the role of diet to psychological and spiritual approaches.
Alastair Cunningham writes not just as a scientist but also as someone who has had cancer himself. While cancer can of course be a very frightening experience, he suggests that it can also give people an impetus to develop a new worldview and a new experience of life that can be deeply satisfying.
This revised edition also includes contributions from Dr Claire Edmonds and Petra Griffiths describing how the Healing Journey programme, a structured approach towards creating spiritual and psychological healing, has developed in Canada and the UK.
Dr Alastair J Cunningham was Professor of Medical Biophysics and Psychiatry at the University of Toronto up to his retirement. He has developed the Healing Journey programme to help cancer patients to help themselves through learning practical coping skills and developing psychological and spiritual wellbeing. In 2003 Dr Cunningham was named an officer of the Order of Canada for his service to cancer patients. In 2007 he was co-winner of the first Roger's Prize for Excellence in Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
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Alastair Cunningham initially qualified in veterinary medicine in Australia in 1964, and after further training, conducted basic research in immunology at the Australian National University. In 1977 he moved to the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto, where his interests shifted to clinical psychology.
Now retired, he was for 28 years a senior scientist at the Ontario Cancer Institute, and Professor of Medical Biophysics (and more recently also of Psychiatry) at the University of Toronto. He has Ph.D. degrees in both Immunology and Clinical Psychology, and is a registered psychologist. He has written five books and is first author on over 100 research papers.
Dr Cunningham's research for the last 25 years has been largely devoted to investigating psychological self-healing and he has developed and extensively tested the five-level Healing Journey program to help motivated cancer patients to help themselves by learning psychological and spiritual strategies.
Dr Cunningham continues to run the Healing Journey program at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, and elements of it are also conducted at the various Wellspring centres, and elsewhere.
In 2003 Dr Cunningham was named an officer of the Order of Canada for his service to cancer patients. In 2007 he was co-winner of the first Roger's Prize for Excellence in Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
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Excellent read!,
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This review is from: The Healing Journey: Overcoming the Crisis of Cancer (Paperback)
I found 'Healing Journey' to be very thoughtful and well written. Alastair Cunningham presents a compelling case for looking at the psychological impact of cancer in a new light. As a health care professional working with cancer patients - I found the information to be accurate and informative. I think that the arguments for and against 'alternative' therapies and treatments is well-balanced. I also pleased that traditional Western medicine is not totally dismissed. This book and the Healing Journey programme will make a huge difference to those cancer patients that are committed to looking at their disease in a different way and following through with the psychological work that comes with it.
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Empowering & enriching : the psychological role in healing,
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This review is from: The Healing Journey: Overcoming the Crisis of Cancer (Paperback)
As a cancer patient I was desperate to do anything I could to enhance the chance of my long term disease free survival. I was also in great need of psychological healing. Sadly the medical profession seem to forget about the role of the mind in illness and in health and so neglect it entirely in their treatment. Asked what can I do to help myself? All too often the answer is "nothing". Well here's the book that changes all that and gives YOU a positive role in your recovery. There is plenty of evidence of a link between mind and body and illness/wellness and The Healing Journey outlines not only this evidence but practical guidance on what you can do to promote good health - in both the mind and body. It's best undertook with the online course (or the face to face course if you are lucky to get on one) as the website has free workbooks on and audio tutorials in the various elements: deep relaxation, mental visual imagery and meditation etc. The course has been running for over 25 years and studies have shown it to positively impact quality of life and even prognosis. So if you're the sort of person who faced with an illness wants to do something positive to combat it then this is a must read for you. It has a fabulous further reading list too!
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