Cancer Wellness Center Northbrook

Northbrook - Programs

• What's God Got to Do With It? Living a Grounded Spiritual Life

  Wednesday, May 29, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

  Presenter: Rabbi Karyn Kedar

  The Cancer Wellness Center is pleased to welcome Rabbi Karyn Kedar of Congregation B’nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim. Rabbi Kedar will share her perspective on developing a series of spiritual principles to help attain spiritual fortitude during difficult times such as those following a cancer diagnosis.

• Hypnosis for Worry and Anxiety

  Saturday, June 1, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

  Presenter: Harry Nozicka, LCSW, Certified Hypnotherapist

  This program will focus on some of the ways we create unnecessary worry and anxiety and how we can use hypnosis to calm the part of the brain that creates these thoughts.

• Meditation at the Botanic Garden

  Thursday, April 25 and June 4, 9:30 - 11:00 AM

  Presenter: Kimberly Matthews, MA, LCPC

  Join us for an indoor, greenhouse walking meditation at the Chicago Botanic Garden on Lake Cook Road. Classroom meeting place will be given following registration. Non-garden member parking fee is $20.

• Healing Touch Group

  Wednesday, April 3, May 1 and June 5, 4:00 - 5:30 PM

  Instructor: Marcia Bregman, BSN, RN, CHTP/I

  This energy-based therapeutic approach to healing supports a person’s innate ability to self-heal. Each class is complete in itself. This is not a series.

• Loss and Found: Finding Purpose and Peace in Your Diagnosis

  Wednesday, June 12, 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM

  Presenters: Gabrielle Wolk, MA, and Michael Hawkins, MA, Cancer Wellness Center Clinical Externs

  Through learning, discussion, meditation and journaling, participants will come to understand how they can find a transformative power in a cancer diagnosis through discovering the personal meaning it can bring.

• Myths and Truths About Clinical Trials for Cancer Patients

  Thursday, June 13, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

  Presenter: Sigrun Hallmeyer, MD, Oncology Specialists, SC, Chair, Cancer Committee Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

  Please join us for Dr. Hallmeyer’s program in which she will explain general concepts of clinical trial administration and what to expect when enrolling/participating. She will also discuss questions to ask, issues to consider when investigating different trials, and factors to consider when deciding on participating in a trial versus receiving standard of care.

• Healing Ourselves Through Sound with Crystal Bowl and Voice

  Thursday, June 20, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

  Presenter: Marian McNair of Cellular Harmonies, www.marianmcnair.com

  In this workshop, a vibrational environment created by crystal bowl, breath, voice and gentle yoga postures will help reduce stress, promote deep relaxation and support the natural healing process.

• Healing Through Art

  Friday, June 21, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

  Presenter: Ailsa Nielsen, PsyD

  Artistic creation can provide healing for people with a variety of personal and health-related concerns. Both engaging in the process of creation, and using completed artwork to communicate a variety of themes related to the healing process can be beneficial within a group environment. Groups will include a brief introduction of the process, creation of art images, and optional sharing of created images. No art experience necessary. This is not a series.