Looking for a palliative/hospice workshop for therapist
Hi!
I start very soon as a volunteer massage therapist in an hospice for people with cancer. Is there any workshop/course which could help me to work in this new environment for me?
Thank you very much!
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Hello Roxanne,
Good luck with that,
penny brohn cancer centre do very good workshops for therapists working in cancer care.
It is near Bristol they have a website with all the info.
Regards Liz
Hi Roxanne,
Most hospice have their own education centre where they train their staff to their own standards, check with your one if they do inhouse training, I'm sure they do.
Good luck with your work, as a cancer survivor and therapist I know only too well the value of the work that you are about to undertake.
One word of advice though - detach emotionally from the people you will be working with right from the start this will allow you to really be of benefit to them without burning yourself out. It is a very hard thing to do but absolutely essential for both them and you. In effect you have to be emotionally cold yet deeply compassionate. It's tough, but necessary.
Good luck, best wishes, your wings are in the post!!!!
Angelina Kelly
thank you very much for your advices. Greatly appreciated.
Gayle McDonald also does courses for massage and working with cancer
Lorraine
www.ilovefgt.com
The London Massage Company are running a 1 day workshop "Massage in Hospitals" on 29th June in London.
http://www.thelondonmassagecompany.com/workshop18
Caroline
Thank you. I did a workshop at Morley College which was good.
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