Integrative Therapies That Support Your Journey
Offering a different approach to care, Sari Center provides services that serve the whole person. Focusing on your individual needs, we assess all areas that can influence healing: physical, emotional, social, mental, and spiritual. Our supportive care complements clinical treatments using integrative therapies.
Sari Center’s integrative therapies should not be confused with “alternative medicine or treatment.” Integrated therapies complement conventional treatments and improve quality of life.
Integrative Therapies & Services
Patient Navigation & Education
Let us guide you through the complexities that compound your cancer journey. As partners in wellness, the Sari Center can help you navigate the confusing world of diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. We work together to tailor supportive strategies that work for you.
Nutrition & Lifestyle Counseling
Cancer patients have unique nutritional challenges that may be best addressed by meeting with our nutrition and healthy lifestyle expert. They will guide you in incorporating additional healthy eating practices into your lifestyle, which are backed by science and can significantly improve your quality of life.
Individual Counseling
Counseling addresses the comprehensive and unique challenges that arise for cancer patients and their caregivers. Meeting with a counselor can help you manage anxiety, depression, and the uncertainty of a diagnosis. Counseling is part of our total mind-body approach to wellness.
Hypnotherapy
Hypnosis is a mind-body therapy that engages the mind to bring about positive change in the body. Using hypnosis empowers patients with a perceived loss of control to find balance. It also improves long-term satisfaction with medical procedures and treatment.
Acupuncture
The ancient healing practice of acupuncture involves the insertion of fine needles at strategic points throughout the body to improve blood flow and stimulate the central nervous system. Acupuncture is known to reduce pain, anxiety, and treatment side effects like nausea, digestive distress, and chemotherapy-induced neuropathy.
Oncology Massage
Adding massage therapy to your treatment plan can be a game-changer. Therapeutic oncology massage can reduce physical pain, lower stress, and reduce immediate anxiety. Massage therapy can be beneficial in numerous ways for patients who are currently undergoing cancer treatment, recovering, or are in remission.
Lymphedema Treatment
Manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) massage is a specialized massage technique. It gently stimulates the action within the lymph vessels to move excess lymphatic fluid and reduce swelling throughout the body. Cancer treatments can often impact the lymphatic system, making MLD an important therapy for healing.
Energy Healing Therapies
Energy healing therapies have been shown to improve sleep and reduce fatigue, stress, and pain. Grounded in long-standing eastern and western traditions, Reiki and Healing Touch can restore balance and promote the body’s natural ability to heal. Energy sessions can improve physical, emotional, and spiritual health.
Integrated Therapy Workshops
Yoga
The regular practice of yoga as a complementary therapy can help reduce stress and anxiety and promote mind-body awareness and healing. Techniques participants learn can be utilized as an ongoing self-care practice at home.
Ask our team about a yoga referral or an upcoming workshop.
Guided Meditation
A regular meditation practice promotes relaxation, balance, and emotional well-being. We encourage patients to maintain a daily meditation routine throughout cancer treatment, ultimately leading to a long-term lifestyle practice.
Ask us about a meditation referral or an upcoming workshop.
Get Connected to the Support You Need!
Get started with Sari Center today.
We foster an active support network from the time of diagnosis throughout any stage of illness. Start by calling or visiting our offices. You can also complete the intake forms and email them to us. We will connect with you to schedule a time to talk.