1/12/2010

Harnessing the Emotional Roller Coaster of Breast Cancer

Our January 12 networking event focused on the variety of emotions that can accompany a breast cancer diagnosis

Speaker: Caroline Peterson, MA, ATR-BC, LPC

Living Beyond Breast Cancer 's networking meeting, Harnessing the Emotional Roller Coaster of Breast Cancer, took place on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Caroline Peterson, MA, ATR-BC, LPC discussed:

• Exploring emotions and finding new perspective in everyday life
• Using techniques to quiet your mind
• Managing anxiety and fear of recurrence

About Our Speaker

Ms. Peterson is a licensed professional counselor and board certified art therapist. She is the director of the Mindfulness Based Art Therapy Program (MBAT) at the Jefferson Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine. Ms. Peterson helps each client engage fully in his or her life. Her areas of specialty and interest include people with medical illness facing treatment and/or recovery, people diagnosed with cancer, adults challenged by past issues and people challenged with health behavior change. Ms. Peterson has been doing clinical research with people with cancer since 2002.

About Our Sponsor

This program is sponsored by the American Cancer Society.