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Supportive Care Program
Support Groups

 

Many groups are offered to help you at this difficult time. Contact the Supportive Care Program for more information about the following groups:
 
·         Support Group for Children Who Experience Cancer within their Family: A six-session group experience for children 5 to 11 years of age, who have a family member with cancer. It provides them with accurate information about cancer and a chance to share their experiences with other children.
 
·         Get Together For Teens With Cancer: A support group for teenagers, led by a social worker and a nurse with experience in working with teens who have cancer. This group helps youth offer and receive support from one another, and learn more about cancer and how it can be treated.
 
·         Young Adult Grief Group: A support group for teens and young adults who have experienced the death of a family member. It is an opportunity to express grief , share stories and struggles with others; learn about the normal emotions of grieving; interact with others on issues related to death and to offer and receive support; develop coping strategies; and get ideas on how to adjust to a new family environment.
 
·         Young Adult Support Group: A group for teens and young adults who have a family member with cancer. It helps them to share and exchange information, such as learning more about cancer and its treatment, talking about their feelings and experiences, and learning how to cope.
 

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·         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
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