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imagery
precautions: Simontons' approach
psychospiritual approaches
definition
PROBLEMS WITH SIMONTONS' APPROACH:
Simonton approach:
Suggests that patient can cause their own cancer and make themselves well. The two components are (1) identification of the stressors and behaviors by which the person participates in the onset, and (2) relaxation and visualization.
CRITICISM: Some patients have assumed guilt for causing their cancer, and are afraid that a negative attitude or expression of emotion might cause the cancer to return. Negative attitudes, stresses, and maladaptive behaviors are overemphasized as the cause, and patients may be on guard mentally and emotionally so as not to fall into old patterns. This guilt and fear can be so overwhelming that they immobilize the patient. If this occurs, not only must the patient deal with the disease, but also the responsibility for causing it and the cure. Patient may view a relapse as a failure, indicating that they didn't do their part or that they didn't do their visualizations frequently or well enough.
PREFERRED APPROACH: Many factors contribute. Stress and compromised immune system alone do not cause cancer, but may provide a milieu for abnormal cells to thrive.
(Zahourek, p. 170)
see:
bodymind psychobiology
body reveals: the spirit
cancer correlations: psychoneuroimmunology
exploratory or mechanistic?
healing power of prayer
search for god
subjective inquiry approach
the shadow and physical symptoms
transference and countertransference
imagery: principles: receptive or programmed?
imagery: precautions: beyond individual visualizations
imagery: precautions: contraindications
imagery: precautions: roles, cautions and tactics
imagery: precautions: spindrift research
imagery techniques: basic steps
imagery techniques: guided imagery
imagery techniques: image-cancer
imagery techniques: inner guides
imagery techniques: programmed
imagery techniques: smoking
imagery techniques: symptom access
footnotes