NLP for emotional support when coping with cancer

Be there for someone coping with a serious illness.

An NLP workshop on emotional support for people coping with cancer and other serious illnesses. Deepen your listening, work with fear and uncertainty, and strengthen resources throughout the journey, alongside medical treatment.

For NLP practitioners who want to broaden their tools for the emotional support of people coping with serious illness.

Registration for the next cohort is open · 29.10.26

01Understand the emotional challenges along the way
02Expand your tools for listening, guided imagery and strengthening resources
03Deepen your emotional support through the different stages of the illness

When cancer enters your life – it changes everything.

Alongside medical treatment, the workshop focuses on the emotional support of the person coping with the illness.
We will learn how to adapt the facilitation conversation and the imagery to the stage the person is at,
and practice NLP and guided imagery processes
to support them throughout the coping process.

What will we learn about emotional support for coping with cancer and other serious illnesses?

We will work with calm language, relaxation and guided imagery,
and with adapting processes to different situations along the course of the illness.
The study includes case analysis and building a facilitation sequence,
so that you can connect the tools to the encounter with the person in front of you.

Want to help people coping with cancer get through
this turbulent journey with NLP tools?

Who is the workshop right for?

For Retter graduates, and for facilitators who studied elsewhere, who want to:

Professionally facilitate people coping with serious illnesses
Support family members who are coping with cancer
Learn tools for emotional support in their own personal experience of illness, too
Deepen their use of NLP and guided imagery to support people during illness

* Retter College trainers and assistants who have not yet used their benefit are welcome to take part free of charge.

What will we learn in the workshop?

Getting to know the stages of the illness and the emotional challenges along the way
NLP processes for emotional support during the illness
Working with guided imagery using images of the body and the affected area
Adapting processes and imagery for emotional support during treatment,
for preparing for surgery, and at times for accompanying a meaningful and fitting farewell from life

The workshop is divided into four meetings on Zoom:

First meeting –
- What is cancer – the stages of the disease, standard treatments
- Cancer from a holistic and emotional perspective
- Adapting the 10-question interview for people recovering from cancer
- A guided imagery process with images of the immune system
Second meeting –
- The Dynamic Spin technique – by Tim and Chris Hallbom
- Calm language in emotional support
- A process for framing resentment
A filmed lecture by Prof. Zaichik – the wisdom of the body:
Getting to know the healthy body and the body that carries cancer
Third meeting –
- The Logical Levels model in the context of coping with illness
- Adapting reframing to support people coping with serious illnesses
- The Six Points technique
- Cross-mapping in the context of support during illness
- Meeting the "inner advisor"
Guest lecturer Boris Meltzer, NLP Trainer and director of
"The College for Successful Living"
Fourth meeting –
- Key points for treating patients and those recovering at the different stages of the illness
- Relaxations and guided imageries for every stage of the illness – for adults and children
- Adapting NLP processes to the different stages of the illness
- Case study – analyzing a case and building a treatment protocol
- A process for strengthening gratitude – by Tim and Chris Hallbom

Want to support people who are coping with
cancer and other serious illnesses?

What will you walk away with at the end of the workshop?

Tools for the emotional support of people coping with cancer through the stages of the illness
Practice in planning a facilitation sequence and adapting it to the case

Entry to a free supervision group for facilitators working in the field

Here is a glimpse of the value you get from the exclusive supervision group, open only to graduates of the specialization:

A written booklet with all the material taught, sent to your home
Detailed texts of all the processes and guided imageries you will need

A certificate from Retter College
will be awarded to participants who submit
four reports

Workshop facilitator

Daphna Retter

Has extensive clinical experience supporting people coping with cancer and serious illness.
Has written and recorded dozens of guided imageries for recovery.
Founded Retter College together with her husband Amir (back in 1994).
Holds the NLP Master Trainer certification from NLP University (NLPU).
Has written 17 books and study booklets to date that accompany the college's study tracks.
Coordinates the trainer-training tracks and the specializations at Retter College.
Holds a degree in social work.

Guest lecturer – Boris Meltzer

A certified NLP and guided imagery facilitator and therapist for 20 years.
Holds the NLP Master Trainer certification from three international associations.
Owner of a school for NLP, coaching and guided imagery for Russian speakers.
A member of the board of the NLP Chamber, and certified by it to teach trainers.
A senior coach and certified instructor at the Coaches Chamber.
Has broad knowledge of both Eastern and Western approaches, and received part of his training from the founders of NLP.

Your next step in deepening your professional practice

For NLP practitioners who want to broaden their tools for the emotional support of people coping with serious illness.

When?: 29.10.26
Format: 4 Zoom sessions on Thursdays, 17:00–21:30

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Alongside learning the processes, we will make room
for the emotional aspects of coping with a serious illness:

Relaxation
during the course of treatment
Guided imagery
tailored to the personal experience
Room for fears
and for listening to what comes up
Emotional support
through the stages of the illness
Inner resources
and coping with uncertainty

Workshop graduates share their stories

Michal Lapidot, a nurse by profession, shares her experience of the workshop

“Taking part in the ‘Support and Healing from Cancer’ workshop is important and deeply empowering for every therapist. The understanding of cause and effect in the subject of cancer grows deeper and stronger. I warmly recommend that every facilitator take the workshop and enjoy an empowering experience.”
Varda Gonshorovitzdental hygienist
“Adapting the 10-question interview, and adapting imagery for people recovering from cancer, was very meaningful learning for me. The distinction that cancer can be put to sleep, not necessarily cured, also made a change for me. After the workshop I felt an expansion in the flexibility of the brain. You can bring this into any facilitation and know that there are more options, solutions and approaches.”
Lin EisenbergEnglish teacher for young learners
“The workshop allowed me to take a more optimistic approach to cancer. I learned ways to use the wisdom of the body and mind to prevent the disease and to ‘put it to sleep’. This encouraged me to persevere, and even to increase the positive things I do for myself. If there is a way to ‘put cancer to sleep’, there is probably also a way to prevent it. And that encourages me greatly.”
Nitza Arbelphysicist and senior laughter yoga teacher
“In the workshop I gained a great deal of strength, and also a certain sense of mission, because I know that the people and children who come to me will receive tools to live better, will learn ways of coping day to day, and that in the end calm and positive thinking will have a good influence on their lives in the future.”
Etty Ellenbogenauthor and personal coach