Services for Healthcare Professionals

Body Image Education and Support

Helping You Help Your Patients

Each clinical encounter offers opportunities for counseling, support, and education to help cancer survivors better manage and cope with body image changes.

Consulting

Consultation and mentorship on research, program development, and delivery of body image care by healthcare professionals, clinics, and other organizations

Speaking Services

Speaking at symposia, conferences, webinars or other events for cancer survivors and healthcare providers. Sample topics. 

Education & Training

The Body Image Group (B.I.G.) Wellness Institute provides online courses, as well as in-person/virtual training and education programs focused on body image care.

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Therapy Referrals

I accept therapy referrals in PSYPACT participating states, and can work with you to enhance your patient’s body image care. Learn more about body image therapy services.

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Who Can Benefit from Body Image Education and Support?

Nearly all oncology healthcare professionals can play a vital role in the delivery of psychosocial interventions to address body image.

This includes:

  • nurses

  • physician assistants

  • oncologists

  • social workers

  • psychologists

  • psychiatrists

  • rehabilitation specialists

  • other allied healthcare professionals

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How Have My Program Offerings Been Utilized by Healthcare Organizations?

  • Lunch and learn opportunities

  • Grand rounds presentations

  • Symposia/invited sessions at local or national conferences

  • Clinical skills workshops

I offer 60- or 90-minute didactic programs, as well as 3-hour, ½-day or full-day clinical skills workshops. Clinical skills workshops can be tailored to various professional audiences. More extensive curriculum is available for mental health professionals.

Dr. Fingeret speaking at Love Your Body Day at MD Anderson Cancer Center

Speaking Services Sample Topics

  • Best Practices for Assessment and Treatment of Body Image in Cancer Survivors

  • Body Image & Psychosocial Well-Being: Fundamental Considerations for Psychosocial Care and Clinical Research

  • Addressing Body Image Struggles as Part of Comprehensive Cancer Care: Best Practices

  • Building a Patient-Centered Program to Address Body Image Needs of Cancer Survivors

  • Addressing Body Image and Disfigurement Concerns for Individuals Affected By Illness & Trauma: Best Practices

  • Cancer Patients and Body Image: Tips to Facilitate Psychosocial Care by Mid-Level Providers

  • Learning to Cope with Battle Scars and Body Image Changes Resulting from Cancer

  • Body Image Concerns: A Normal Part of the Cancer Experience

  • Managing Psychosocial Difficulties of Patients with Head and Neck Cancer: Tips for Enhancing Body Image Care

  • Coping with Body Image and Cancer as a Young Adult

  • Addressing Body Image Struggles as Part of Breast Cancer Care: Best Practices for Assessment and Treatment

  • Gaining Greater Body Image Acceptance When Living with

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