Title: Parallel Journeys: A Spirited Approach to Coping and Living With Cancer- Author: Larry Lachman
- List Price: $15.00
- Paperback: 282 pages
- Publisher: Sun Ink Pubns (March 7, 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0931104505
- ISBN-13: 978-0931104503
- Book Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 0.8 inches
In Parallel Journeys, poet/philosopher Ric Masten and clinical psychologist Dr. Larry Lachman, use an integrated approach, blending the poet's art and the psychologist's science in offering unique and powerful strategies for dealing with cancer. Masten's poetry, musings and no nonsense dialogue with today's medical community cuts to the quick! This, along with Lachman's ground breaking coping tools such as the SANITYMatrixTM, The Healing Narrative and The Five Insights for Recovery offer new ways to address cancer. Written with wisdom, compassion and humor, Parallel Journeys can help anyone who is facing cancer -or for that matter- any challenge to the mind, body and spirit.
Together, a young man diagnosed in early stage and an old man in advanced stage provide first hand battle tested tips for coping, from the shock of diagnosis to the side effects of treatment and the unexpected emotional depression that cancer patients often face. Masten and Lachman provide a literal roadmap on how to find the right support group, choose the right physician and determining when it is time to switch from cure to care.
About the Author
Dr. Larry Lachman, a cancer survivor himself, is a Clinical Psychologist who specializes in working with cancer patients and their families. Dr. Lachman is a columnist for the International Journal of Healing and Caring, as well as hosting the television show, "Living Options." He teaches psychology at the Monterey Peninsula College and John F. Kennedy University, and leads weekly therapy groups for those with cancer and for those coping with grief and loss. He has four books to his credit.
Ric Masten, a cancer survivor now in his fifth year, was born in Carmel, California, in 1929. He has toured extensively over the last thirty five years, reading his poetry in hundreds of colleges and universities in North America, Canada, and England. He is a well-known conference theme speaker and is a regular on many television and radio talk shows. He lives with his poet/wood-carver wife, Billie Barbara, in the Big Sur mountains of California. He has 17 books to his credit.
Together, a young man diagnosed in early stage and an old man in advanced stage provide first hand battle tested tips for coping, from the shock of diagnosis to the side effects of treatment and the unexpected emotional depression that cancer patients often face. Masten and Lachman provide a literal roadmap on how to find the right support group, choose the right physician and determining when it is time to switch from cure to care.
About the Author
Dr. Larry Lachman, a cancer survivor himself, is a Clinical Psychologist who specializes in working with cancer patients and their families. Dr. Lachman is a columnist for the International Journal of Healing and Caring, as well as hosting the television show, "Living Options." He teaches psychology at the Monterey Peninsula College and John F. Kennedy University, and leads weekly therapy groups for those with cancer and for those coping with grief and loss. He has four books to his credit.
Ric Masten, a cancer survivor now in his fifth year, was born in Carmel, California, in 1929. He has toured extensively over the last thirty five years, reading his poetry in hundreds of colleges and universities in North America, Canada, and England. He is a well-known conference theme speaker and is a regular on many television and radio talk shows. He lives with his poet/wood-carver wife, Billie Barbara, in the Big Sur mountains of California. He has 17 books to his credit.