Bernie Siegel, M.D. practiced general and pediatric surgery in New Haven,
Connecticut until he retired in 1989. Siegel started ECAP (Exceptional
Cancer Patients) based on “Carefrontation”, a loving, safe, therapeutic
confrontation that facilitates personal change and healing. Publication
of his first book “Love, Medicine & Miracles” in 1986 and “Peace, Love
& Healing” in 1989 redirected his life. Siegel is now involved in humanizing
medical care and medical educations as well as traveling extensively with
his wife, Bobbie, to speak and run workshops sharing his techniques and
experiences. Life would be simpler if we were all born with the answers
to our questions and had support when we needed it. Bernie Siegel helps
us in this difficult task, challenging us and making us think. In this
lecture, Bernie shows us how to look into our hearts, listen to ourselves,
draw on our strength and that of our loved ones, and confront our difficulties
in a healthy way - whether they be illness or any other of life's serious
problems.
In his surgical practice and support groups, Bernie Siegel has developed
a unique approach to working with people facing chronic or catastrophic
illness. The disease is no longer a sentence but a redirection. His therapeutic
approach is aimed at the integration of body, mind and spirit. Dr. Siegel
explores the role of hope, love, and spirituality and unconscious beliefs
in the healing process, focusing on the work of Carl Jung, Milton Erickson
and Joseph Campbell. He discusses the importance of resolving conflict
and the need for unconditional love in one's life so that all energy can
be directed towards healing and the realization of one's authentic self.
Drawing from his extensive experience, Dr. Siegel outlines a model of the
ways that “exceptional patients” respond to the crisis of an illness by
assuming control oftheir lives, developing a fighting spirit, achieving
peace of mind, and actively participating in the doctor/patient relationship.
The disease as a symbol of body-mind relationships and the dream-body concept
will be discussed.
Using a slide presentation. Dr. Siegel will show how dreams, images, and
drawings done by patients reveal their unconscious feelings and beliefs
about themselves, their diseases and their treatment, which in turn affect
the course of their illness and their lives. Participants will have an
opportunity to discuss their dreams, do drawings, and interpret the symbolic
and hidden aspects of conflict and illness in their lives. During several
experiential sessions, participants will learn to use imagery, meditation
and auto-hypnotic techniques to facilitate the healing process.
TOPICS:
How to Live Between Office Visits, The Psychology of Illness & the
Art of Heating, “Peace Love & Healing,” “Love, Medicine & Miracles”
FEE
RANGE: $20,000
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& PRESS MATERIAL AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST |
