· Support Group for Women with Advanced Illness: A monthly group for women with recurrent cancer. Its goal is to offer women the opportunity to meet and support each other.
· Laryngectomy Support Group: This group, which was initiated by patients and their caregivers, provides support and information to new and surviving laryngectomy patients. Speech Language Pathologists attend the group to provide support and guidance.
· Stress Management Program for Cancer Patients: This 4 session program helps patients cope with the impact of cancer, and learn skills to live better in spite of the worries brought on by the disease. Patients learn about the causes of stress, ways to cope with it, and relaxation techniques. Patients have an initial meeting with a counselor, before starting the program.
· Support Group for Cancer Caregivers: This professionally facilitated group provides emotional support, information, and skill development in a group setting for caregivers, and allows them to support one another.
· Circle of Strength Facilitators Meeting: This group provides a forum to address operational and group process issues that peer group facilitators experience in providing peer led support for women diagnosed with breast cancer. This group provides a forum for peer group facilitators to address their individual issues, which are not addressed in the peer group as they are in the facilitators’ role.
To register and/or to obtain more information please call:
(705) 522-6237 Ext 2175
or toll free 1-877-228-1822