Support for Cancer Patients & their carers
$250 / $350* | 60 min
(Individual)
$450 / $600* | 90 min
(Joint / Couples / Family)
$ 80 | 100* Additional for home / hospital visits
* Psychologist fees
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$250 / $350* | 60 min
(Individual)
$450 / $600* | 90 min
(Joint / Couples / Family)
$ 80 | 100* Additional for home / hospital visits
* Psychologist fees
While innovations in treatments and improved outcomes in so many areas offer more hope than ever before, facing a diagnosis of and treatment for cancer can feel overwhelming.
The stresses, worries and uncertainties faced by patients and their families following diagnosis, and both during and after treatment, can be significant. Yet dealing with the often difficult thoughts, feelings and challenges faced following diagnosis is often overlooked, as patients and carers understandably focus on dealing with immediate medical needs.
Both Alison and Yolande have personally cared for a close family member during their treatments for cancer. This experience brings a deep understanding of the multiple ways in which diagnosis and treatment can impact patients and their carers. It is our privilege to be able to support patients and their carers, both during and following treatment.
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Each person’s journey through treatment for cancer is individual, as are their needs and preferences for support. Our counselling services are flexible and are tailored to meet each client’s changing needs at any point in time.
We can offer support whether you are looking for help processing thoughts and emotions linked to your diagnosis and treatment, or relating to issues that existed for you previously. We will listen to your concerns with empathy, work with you collaboratively to develop goals for your therapy, and explain how we can offer support. Together we will agree on a plan of support that feels right for you.
We are happy to travel to your home or hospital where appropriate, to make accessing support as easy as possible. Online counselling is also an option if preferred.
Support for carers is often overlooked as they focus on providing much-needed support for the person who is facing treatment. Yet the carer’s role can be complex and is often mentally and emotionally challenging.
Counselling can provide support for carers in many ways; whether as a safe space to share and process difficult thoughts and feelings, to consider how best to handle multiple demands on their time, to practice / improve communication or other skills as needed, or for help working through the many practical issues that may need to be dealt with.
At it’s core our approach is person-centered and strengths-based
Common issues faced by both patients and carers include dealing with fear, anger, anxiety, loneliness, grief and depression. While these issues can sometimes feel overwhelming, they can be effectively addressed through counselling.
We help our clients build healthy coping strategies, providing them with the tools and skills they may need when dealing with the difficult thoughts and emotions that often arise following diagnosis, and during and following treatment.
Specific tools and approaches from the following models of therapy are used to help our clients:
