Holistic Therapy Day, 2024

Each year in July, Holistic Therapy Day encourages people to think about ways of taking care of their ‘whole self’ – this means considering physical, emotional and social aspects of wellbeing. 

If you’re affected by lymphoma, your medical team should help you to identify and address any physical, practical, emotional, social or spiritual needs you have that could help to enhance your overall wellbeing. Sometimes, this is called a holistic needs assessment (HNA).

As part of addressing your holistic needs, you might consider a complementary therapy. While complementary therapy doesn’t treat lymphoma, some people find it helps to improve how they feel overall. There are lots of different types of complementary therapy, including acupuncture, massage and mindfulness meditation.

Find out more about complementary therapy on our newly updated webpage. On it, you’ll find information about some of the popular types of complementary therapy and how they might help. There are tips on finding and working with a complementary therapist and signposts to more information. We also outline some of the safety precautions to be aware of if you have lymphoma, though please remember to take advice specific to you from a member of your medical team. 

You might also be interested in our:

• health and wellbeing resources, to help promote your emotional and physical wellbeing
• Helpline Services, to find out about the range of ways we can support your holistic wellbeing 
• information about living with and beyond lymphoma, including our Living with and beyond lymphoma book
• Lymphoma voices podcast – Focussing on your emotional wellbeing, in which psychologist Angela Waind talks about strategies to support positive mental wellbeing to support both physical and emotional health.