Psychological treatments for coping with cancer are aimed at people with significant emotional distress"

This course will provide the tools developed in psycho-oncology to address the emotional distress of cancer patients and their families. These can be applied at any stage of the disease, allowing an early diagnosis or an early intervention of those negative feelings that may jeopardize the medical work.

In this way, the approaches developed by the cognitive behavioral method will be addressed, being used to reduce the patient's anxiety and immunological response, favoring their adaptation to the diagnosis and facing the disease with optimism. This should be taken care of from the very beginning, since they can have repercussions on the health of the person.

On the other hand, from the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) position, the psychologist will provide help to patients who must come to terms with aspects of their lives that they cannot control, such as their cancer diagnosis, their fear of death or feelings of anxiety. It will also help to find activities that are valuable to the person, so that their goals and aspirations are not paralyzed during the disease process.

At the end of the program, the physician will be able to apply the appropriate techniques to treat their patients, having the opportunity to collaborate with the team of psychologists of the hospital in which they work.

Help the patient to express themselves and normalize their emotional reactions”

This postgraduate certificate in Psychological Treatments in Cancer and Third Generation Therapies contains the most complete and up-to-date educational program on the market. The most important features are:

• Practical cases presented by experts in Psycho-Oncology
• The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• Special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Access to content from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

Cancer changes the dynamic of the patient’s family. Help them to communicate better with their relatives to involve them in the treatment”

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this training program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive training programmed to train in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the academic year. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.

With relaxation techniques and visualization, the patient can prepare themselves to live with the treatment"

Assess and intervene in adaptive and maladaptive emotions and behaviors that put the patient at risk"

The design of this program will help the physician learn about the latest advances in cognitive behavioral models that reduce the negative effects caused by cancer diagnosis and treatment. In this way, students will learn techniques focused on problem solving, cognitive restructuring, guided imagination, among others. Therefore, the student will be able to intervene in situations with a high emotional burden for the patient, helping them to live with meaning and expanding their reasons to continue fighting against the disease.

Your patient's mind can play against them. Help them to adopt a positive attitude in the face of their diagnosis”

General Objective

• Gain in-depth knowledge of the different therapeutic options in the psychological treatment of cancer
• Contribute to the control of mood alterations through appropriate psychological strategies
• Know how to assess and intervene in adaptive and maladaptive emotions and behaviors 

Specific Objectives

• Determine realistic treatment objectives together with the patient and/or their family
• Undergo training in the methods of intervention with cancer patients, especially empirically supported treatment techniques
• Identify those somatic symptoms and/or psychological alterations that are perceived by the patient as a threat
• Detect and enhance, as far as possible, the patient's own resources

By reducing the anxiety of your patients, you will be able to improve their immunological response to treatment”