"Your spirit is your most important personal weapon in the battle with cancer!" Writing from the unique perspective of an oncology social worker, a holistic psychotherapist, and the wife of a patient with high-risk prostate cancer Judith Desjardins shares the intimate details of their journey and the empowering strategies she devised to turn a pessimistic prognosis into improbable, positive, and hopeful results. This book is a firsthand picture of the emotional and psychological toll that prostate cancer takes on patients and their loved ones, and shows how it affects them on the inside-the mind, emotions, and spirit. It is her firm belief that understanding and treating these dimensions of the disease as well as the body, in a holistic approach, can lead to a better prognosis for the prostate cancer patient-and that it can also prevent family caretakers from developing their own medical problems due to stress.
Awards for "Our Journey with Prostate Cancer: Empowering Strategies For Patients and Families," by Judith Anne Desjardins, LCSW, BCD, MSWAC
Reader Views 2014/2015 Literary Award Winner
First Place, Category: Body, Mind, Spirit
Reader Views 2014/2015 Literary Award Winner
Reader Views Award For the Best Body/Health Book
The 2014USA Best Book Awards
Award-Winning Finalist, Category: Health/Cancer
The 2015 Eric Hoffer Book Award Category Finalist.
The 2015 Eric Hoffer Book Award - Honorable Mention Winner, Category: Health,
The 2015 Pacific Book Awards - Award-Winning Finalist, Category: Self-Help
2015 National Indie Excellence Book Awards, Winner, Category: Cancer
2015 National Indie Excellence Book Awards, Winner, Category: Men's Health
The 2015 International Book Awards, Winner, Category: Health: Cancer
About the Author: With listings in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, and Who's Who in American Women, Judith has maintained a thirty-six year holistic psychotherapy practice. As an educator, she has taught nationally and in Canada, and her first book, Creating A Healthy Life and Marriage, is the winner of 16 book awards in the United States and Canada. A Polish translation was released in 2013. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a Board Certified Diplomat in Clinical Social Work, and a Master Social Work Addictions Counselor. She has specialty training in Jin Shin Do Acupressure, Jungian and Gestalt therapy, and has worked in various clinical settings: oncology social work, in-patient psychiatry, homeless shelter, out-patient substance abuse. To further her knowledge about the body-mind-emotions-spirit connection, she studied Hatha yoga and has maintained a yoga practice for the last twenty years. She received her Bachelor of Arts with Honors from the University of Wyoming and her Master of Social Work degree from Arizona State University. Judith Anne Desjardins is available for consultations, workshops, and speaking engagements. For information regarding her availability, please visit: judithannedesjardins.com or spirithousepub@verizon.net
