Werner Absenger
I am a research scientist and Mind-Body Medicine (MBM) skills groups facilitator interested in using state-of-the-art imaging techniques and immunological assays, qualitative and mixed methods research to investigate MBM modalities. As a MBM research scientist, I take special interest in the study of the modulatory effects Clinical Hypnosis, Guided Imagery and MBM skills groups have on psychoneuroimmunology and the expression of tumorigenic cytokines in cancer patients.
As a MBM skills group facilitator, I specialize in conducting MBM skills groups for persons affected by cancer, whether they are the patient or the loved one/caretaker of a person suffering from cancer. A MBM skills group can provide persons affected by cancer a sense of control over their journey, connecting mind, body and spirit. This allows for a fundamental shift in perspective that could allow persons affected by cancer to heal, rather than to focus solely on curing the disease.
Awards:
Dr. Herbert Spiegel Award. (January 2012 ). Hypnosis as a non-pharmaceutical intervention to keep the tumorigenic switch in the OFF position? Best poster, Saybrook University, San Francisco, CA.
Publications:
Absenger, W. (2012, April). Spukhafte Fernwirkung: Can distant healing intentionality (DHI) be explained through imagery induced ultraweak biophoton emission, qubits and quantum entanglement? Poster session presented at the Center for Consciousness Studies' 10th Biennial Toward a Science of Consciousness Conference, Tucson, AZ.
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