Partners in Healing: Simple Ways to Offer Support, Comfort, and Care to a Loved One Facing Illness

ISBN-13: 9781590304150 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 240 str.

William Collinge

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This book offers a new sense of empowerment for the intimate partners of people living with serious health problems. Collinge draws on cutting-edge scientific research along with his experience counseling couples facing serious illness to offer a range of insights, strategies, and techniques that caregivers can utilize to promote their partners' physical and emotional well-being--while also promoting their own.

Topics include:

- The importance of self-care for the caring partner
- Ways of involving family and friends in a network of support
- Simple massage and touch techniques to bring comfort and reduce symptoms
- How open, affirmative communication can contribute to healing
- Basic energy-healing techniques to promote well-being