Parent Support Group Speaker - Ayelet Hirshfeld

This April, the Kids & Art Parent Support Group welcomed Dr. Ayelet Hirschfeld, PhD, to speak about stress assessment and management. Dr. Hirschfeld is an expert in trauma and secondary stress, and specializes in infants, children, adolescents and young adults. Dr. Hirschfeld gave us suggestions for how to handle PTSD and post-traumatic stress symptoms. She reminded us that as parents of cancer survivors, we are worrying about something that has already happened. Reminding ourselves of this fact will help us gain perspective, and may ease symptoms.

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