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Dr. Bernie Siegel

Dr. Bernard S. Siegel, who Prefers to be called Bernie, not Doctor Siegel, attended Colgate University and Cornell University Medical College. He holds membership in two scholastic honor societies, Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha, and graduated with honors. His surgical training took place at Yale New Haven Hospital and the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. He is a retired pediatric and general surgeon. In 1978, Bernie started Exceptional Cancer Patients, a specific form of individual and group therapy utilizing patients' dreams, drawings, and images. ECaP is based on "carefrontation," a loving, safe, therapeutic confrontation, which facilitates personal change and healing. This experience led to his desire to make everyone aware of his or her own healing potential. Bernie and his wife, Bobbie Siegel, have co-authored many articles together. In 1986, his first book, Love, Medicine and Miracles, was published. This event redirected his life. He is now very involved in humanizing medical education and making the medical profession aware of the mind/body connection. Bernie travels extensively with Bobbie to speak and run workshops, sharing his techniques and experience. For many, Bernie needs no introduction. He's the man who, in 1978, began talking about patient empowerment... Next

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