Medical psychology treatment helps you learn to use your behavior, thoughts, and feelings to: maximize your recovery; increase your level of functioning; and improve your mood, outlook, and quality of life. In addition, treatment can focus directly on overcoming anxiety and depression related to your chronic medical condition.
In Treatment You Learn
- How to use deep relaxation and/or biofeedback to reduce your symptoms, or to reduce the distress that the symptoms cause
- How to reduce stress
- How to manage your thoughts and feelings, to minimize discomfort and distress
- How to use sleep habit principles to help with your sleep
- How to find new roles and purposes in life in spite of your medical problems
- How to develop and work toward realistic goals
- How to make other lifestyle changes that can help with your adjustment to your chronic condition
Christine A. Gray, Psy.D 