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A nationally acclaimed speaker in the busines of giving care and caring for those who give, Elise NeeDell Babcock is a true pioneer in medical care. She was the founder and 14-year President of Cancer Counseling (CCI), which for 25 years has been providing free professional counseling during any stage of the disease, the first such agency of its kind in the nation. She's the best-selling author of When Life Becomes Precious (Bantam), which has been endorsed by the Director of the National Cancer Institute and the President of the National Family Caregivers Association.

It all started at age 17, when Elise NeeDell Babcock spent time with a friend with cancer. The night he died, he sent her a message, “Thank you.” And in that moment a single spark of compassion exploded into a lifelong commitment to providing the care that people need when it counts the most--and to teach others to do the same.

Since 1982, Elise NeeDell Babcock has taught thousands of people how to create and celebrate victories that anchor us, day by day to what makes life truly meaningful. Your audience too, will leave her program renewed, strengthened and equipped to deal with whatever daily demands and obstacles they face—on and off the job.

From the very start, Elise NeeDell Babcock combined her passion for people with unsurpassed business savvy to transform the field of healthcare for patients and those that care for them. Referring patients for education and counseling at the point of diagnosis became a national model for the international families treated by CCI at the Texas Medical Center. During her leadership, Elise NeeDell Babcock also supervised a staff of psychiatrists, psychologist and social workers and ran support groups with them. Her audiences today will hear courageous stories form these group experiences. In a healthcare first, she and a psychiatrist led the nation’s first couple’s groups for couples coping with cancer for 8 years. She also developed and led Fortune 500 programs for coping with cancer in the workplace.

Today Elise NeeDell Babcock is an enthusiastic and dynamic speaker who combines humorous stories with invaluable techniques for taking care of each other at work and at home. She’s the best selling author of When Life Becomes Precious (Bantam, second edition) which is endorsed by the Director of the National Cancer Institute and the National Family Caregivers Association and more than 60 healthcare organizations.

Innovative, practical and always right on target, Elise NeeDell Babcock's powerful proven ideas are helping medical centers, associations, organizations and businesses nationwide. Her topics include Giving Without Giving Out and Celebrating Every Victory.