How to Cope with the Stress of Cancer
by Nicole Pensak, PhD and Jamie Jacobs, PhD Living with cancer and its treatment can introduce new stressors into your life. Along your...
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A blog about evidence-based strategies to help you work through anxiety, depression, and cancer.
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Dr. Nicole Amoyal Pensak, Ph.D.
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Psycho-Oncology Special Issue: Increasing Access to Psychosocial Oncology Care
A pilot study of mobilized intervention to help caregivers of oncology patients manage distress.
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Dr. Nicole Amoyal Pensak, Ph.D.
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$4M GRANT AIMS TO REDUCE STRESS IN CAREGIVERS
2019 "Now a nearly $4M grant from the National Cancer Institute to researchers at University of Colorado Cancer Center seeks to lessen...
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Dr. Nicole Amoyal Pensak, Ph.D.
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THE LAS VEGAS MASSACRE
Dr. Pensak Speaks About Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Evidence-Based Treatment as the Mental Health Correspondent in: The Las Vegas...
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Dr. Nicole Amoyal Pensak, Ph.D.
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RADIO INTERVIEW W/ DR. PENSAK ON NEW JERSEY 101.5
Studies, doctors cite more mental health issues among young adults View Interview
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Dr. Nicole Amoyal Pensak, Ph.D.
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CANCER TODAY: HELPING OTHERS
Dr. Pensak is developing an online program to help caregivers of patients with advanced cancer manage stress. Learn More
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Dr. Nicole Amoyal Pensak, Ph.D.
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MENTAL HEALTH CORRESPONDENT FOR WELLNESS WOODBRIDGE
See Dr. Pensak's interview with Anne Mazza of Wellness Woodbridge program, located in New Jersey. This interview covered topics such as...
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Dr. Nicole Amoyal Pensak, Ph.D.
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DR. PENSAK'S CURRENT RESEARCH
2016-2018 Dr. Pensak received a Career Development Award through the National Palliative Care Research Center and is currently testing...
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Dr. Nicole Amoyal Pensak, Ph.D.
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COMMUNITY TALKS: THE PRICE OF PERFECTION: HELPING HIGH ACHIEVING STUDENTS THRIVE
Local community presentation at Rumson Fair Haven High School (January 30, 2019)
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Dr. Nicole Amoyal Pensak, Ph.D.
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COMMUNITY GRAND ROUNDS
September 2018 The Top Ten Tips For Managing Stress and Cancer presented at HackensackUMC Fitness Center Powered by the Giants.
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Dr. Nicole Amoyal Pensak, Ph.D.
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PRESS RELEASE 2017
Dr. Amoyal Pensak's mobilized stress management intervention for caregivers of patients with advanced cancer gains recognition. John...
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Dr. Nicole Amoyal Pensak, Ph.D.
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HIGH FUNCTIONING DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY: THE PRICE OF PERFECTION
Local community presentation at The Atlantic Club in Red Bank, New Jersey (January 2017). Contact Dr. Pensak to request other community...
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Dr. Nicole Amoyal Pensak, Ph.D.
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PRESS RELEASE 2016
Dr. Nicole Amoyal Pensak's mobilized intervention to help caregivers of patients.
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Dr. Nicole Amoyal Pensak, Ph.D.
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Let's Talk About Sex...and Cancer
With all illnesses, including cancer, the most important thing is to try to preserve quality of life.
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Dr. Nicole Amoyal Pensak, Ph.D.
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POSTPARTUM & A PANDEMIC
Typically, approximately 10-20% of women will experience postpartum depression and/or anxiety (PPD/A).
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Dr. Nicole Amoyal Pensak, Ph.D.
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The Price of Perfection: High Functioning Depression and Anxiety
#highfunctioningdepression #highfunctioninganxiety #perfectionism #anxiety Broadly speaking, perfectionism is a personality style where...
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Dr. Nicole Amoyal Pensak, Ph.D.
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An Exposure a Day, Keeps the Doctor Away (for Anxiety)...
If you are one of the 40 million people (18.1%; per year) with anxiety in the United States, you’re in luck. Because anxiety is so...
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Dr. Nicole Amoyal Pensak, Ph.D.
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The Journal of Medical Internet Research
Impact of a Mobilized Stress Management Program (Pep-Pal) for Caregivers of Oncology Patients: Mixed-Methods Study Abstract Background...
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Dr. Nicole Amoyal Pensak, Ph.D.
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The Top Tips for Managing Stress and Cancer, Part One, I provided
Click here for some tips on managing stress associated with cancer. #Worldcancerday Cancer has interrupted your life and brought with it...
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Dr. Nicole Amoyal Pensak, Ph.D.
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The Top Tips for Managing Stress and Cancer, Part Two
#worldcancerday In my last post, The Top Tips for Managing Stress and Cancer, Part One, I provided the first set of coping strategies...
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"The best way out is always through." - Robert Frost
In Through, Dr. Pensak will cover various topics to help you work with the symptoms you have, not fight against or avoid them.
The only way out is through.