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Dr. Elizabeth McMahon

[ Elizabeth McMahon ]

Hello and welcome to my website. I am a clinical psychologist, author, and speaker with interests in many areas including happiness, health, preventing personal burnout, overcoming anxiety, and coping with lymphedema. I have written Overcoming the Emotional Challenges of Lymphedema, co-authored Living Well With Lymphedema and Lymphedema Caregiver's Guide: Arranging and Providing Home Care, and co-edited Voices of Lymphedema.

I speak on multiple topics including:

  • Understanding the Emotional Challenges of Lymphedema
  • Overcoming the Emotional Challenges of Lymphedema
  • Responding to Noncompliance
  • Enhancing the Treatment Relationship
  • Therapeutic Use of Self to Optimize Treatment
  • Effective Communication: How to Talk to Your Healthcare Provider
  • Effective Communication: How to Talk to Your Patients
  • Preventing Personal Burnout
  • Using Positive Psychology to Improve Your Work and Your Life

Click on the Events link above for information about upcoming talks.
Contact us to arrange a speaking engagement.


 

 

Upcoming events--
September 7, 2012:
Friday
 Responding to Nonadherence
Omni Hotel, Dallas, TX
 
Past events--
November 12, 2011:  Handling Holiday Stress
1st United Methodist Church, Fremont, CA
 
April 18 to 20, 2011:  Improving Treatment of Phobias Using Virtual Reality
Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health, Washington, DC