How can we help?
We provide direct specialist psychological support for people who are experiencing significant and persistent distress associated with their cancer diagnosis.
We can provide advice on signposting to appropriate services.
Who do we see?
We work with people over the age of 18 who have a diagnosis of cancer. We support the needs of both people coping with the impact of cancer in their lives and the professionals working alongside them.
What can we help with?
The support we offer is individualised, dependent on the reason as to why a person has decided to seek help from a psychologist. Below are some of the things we can help with but are not limited to.
- Making sense of how you have been feeling
- Managing feelings such as anxiety, sadness, anger, loss, and depression
- Making decisions about treatment
- Managing worries and living with uncertainty
- Coping with how cancer or a palliative condition affects your relationships.
- Moving forward with life after treatment has finished
- Managing the demands of home and family life while caring for yourself
- Feeling unhappy about the way you look
- Coping with adjustment, change and loss
- Coping with pain, discomfort, fatigue, and treatment side-effects
- Coping with how cancer affects self-esteem and sense of self-esteem