The R.P.B. Auditorium on UCLA's campus, adjacent to the Jules Stein Eye Institute. The group provides psychological support and rehabilitative services for patients with cancer and other chronic illnesses. Rapkin, a hypnosis expert who has led research on the links between hypnosis and recovery from surgery, is the founding director of the group and an assistant clinical professor of surgery at the UCLA School of Medicine. Dafter, associate director of the group and an assistant clinical professor of surgery at the UCLA School of Medicine, is a hypnosis specialist and has conducted innovative research on how emotions affect healing. Williams, a clinical instructor and clinical program coordinator for the group, specializes in hypnosis, psychotherapy for patients with cancer or other chronic illnesses and pain management.
Admission is free.
Reflections, the appearance-enhancement store for cancer patients, will extend its regular business hours to 7 p.m. prior to this event.