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Our team values your psychological, emotional, and spiritual health. We are focused not only on survival, but on restoration of a meaningful and engaged life after cancer. We have experience guiding many patients and their families through treatment and recovery and want to provide the best comprehensive care to you and your family. Dr. Brewer’s clinical role involves providing evidence-based psychological intervention and assessment to patients with hematological disorders including allogeneic and autologous stem cell transplant recipients and their caregivers. Dr. Brewer’s area of focus includes reducing cancer related distress and improving quality of life for patients and caregivers through patient-centered psychological intervention. The psychosocial team can assist you with a variety of concerns such as symptoms of anxiety and depression, enhancing your coping skills as you adjust to the challenges of treatment, managing expectations, communication issues, family issues, coping with uncertainty, practical concerns such as how to sleep better at night, and ways to help you maintain motivation during the treatment process. If you are preparing to have a stem cell transplant, you and your caregiver will meet with one of the transplant psychologists prior to transplant for a standard pre-transplant appointment to discuss the psychosocial aspects of transplant (e.g., mood, coping, social support, family). Your psychologist, or psychosocial team member, will also “check in” during your transplant regarding any psychosocial concerns you or your family may have.
El Dr. Benjamin Brewer es el Director de Psicología Clínica y Consejería del Departamento de Hematología y es Profesor Asistente en el Campus Médico Anschutz de la Universidad de Colorado en Denver. Antes de unirse a la Universidad de Colorado en diciembre de 2010, la Dra. Brewer completó una beca postdoctoral en el Instituto de Cáncer de Sangre de Colorado en Denver y una pasantía predoctoral en el Centro de Salud y Consejería de la Universidad de Denver. Recibió su doctorado en psicología clínica de la Universidad de Denver. El Dr. Brewer estudió filosofía y psicología en la universidad y recibió su licenciatura de Connecticut College en New London, Connecticut. La Dra. Brewer se especializa en el campo de la psicología de la salud y específicamente en psicooncología, que se enfoca en los aspectos psicológicos y sociales del cáncer y su impacto en los pacientes y sus familias, así como en los factores psicológicos, sociales y conductuales que afectan el riesgo y la supervivencia del cáncer.
El Dr. Brewer está interesado en la justicia social, la filosofía y la bioética, la cultura, los viajes, el esquí, el parapente, el montañismo y la percusión.
Ubicaciones
720.848.6400Cualificaciones y experiencia
- Especialidades
- Cánceres, salud mental y comportamiento
- Género
- Masculino
- Idiomas hablados
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Inglés
- Educación
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Licenciatura
Universidad de Connecticut (CT) (2001)
Graduado
Universidad de Denver (2008)
- Interés de investigación para los pacientes
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Dr. Brewer is currently Co-Investigator on a multi-site trial examining the effects of a psychotherapy intervention provided to the caregivers of allogeneic transplant patients. This trial looks at the impact on caregivers but also on patient medical variables that may be impacted by the intervention on caregivers. Dr. Brewer is also leading a project to collect pilot data about how patients sleep during hospitalization for autologous stem cell transplant. We know that it is often difficult to sleep well in the hospital and by collecting information about how patients sleep during hospitalization we hope to create future interventions to improve sleep. Dr. Brewer is also a member of a research group that is providing education and training to nursing staff related to how to recognize and help patients who may be demoralized related to their illness. Finally, Dr. Brewer is interested in studying the impact of psychosocial variables on transplant survival and outcomes, specifically the impact of sleep, caregiving support and emotional concerns.
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