The Block Center: Caring for the Whole Person --- Body, Mind and Spirit
Research has shown that chronic distress can injure physical health through a web of biological pathways. And half of all cancer patients experience emotional distress such as anxiety and depression. Many will abandon chemotherapy prematurely due to psychological and physical distress.
Just as we deploy the latest chemotherapies to attack your cancer, we work with you to harness the power of your mind to aid in your healing. Our mind-spirit program is life affirming. It inspires vitality and hope and helps you marshal your own strong inner resources and source of strength. It embodies the Block Center approach to treatment: Caring for the whole person.
Our staff professionals are expertly trained in the Block comprehensive system of mind-spirit therapies, from progressive muscle relaxation and personalized healing imagery to cognitive reframing, hypnosis, self-hypnosis, autogenic training and Logo Therapy.
During private and small-group sessions, our professionals will explore specialized approaches with you that can help nurture your mind and strengthen your immune responsiveness, increasing your ability to fight disease while simultaneously generating life-affirming attitudes and inner peace. To do so, our team will assist you in developing strategies -- that match your values and priorities -- for managing treatments with greater ease, enhancing core personal relationships, and increasing your overall sense of spiritual well-being.
At the Block Center we know that you’re much more than your diagnosis, more than just a physical being, a body. You’re equally a feeling and sensitive mind, a unique human spirit.
