Cancer sucks. Come to this group to learn tools for coping, thriving, choosing, healing, and decision-making.
NOTE: The start date and times will be determined once we have at least 10 members.
Who is this group for?
This group is for those recently diagnosed with cancer who are having difficulty coping and navigating the decision-making process when faced with multiple medical and surgical options related to this new reality.
Please note
If you are not newly diagnosed but feel a group like this would be helpful to you, or for others who are farther along in their fight against cancer, contact me and we’ll start that group too. Why? Because we can, and we should.
What will we do?
The focus of our group will be on the psychological impact of this diagnosis and how it affects your emotional health, overall well-being, decision making, and your family’s health and well-being, while helping you thrive.
The format will be small group sessions to allow for the development of psychoeducational insights for one’s overall health, as well as provide time for emotional processing and sharing.
Sessions will be tailored to group member’s interests.
Topics offered for discussion include the following
The “C” word—dealing with the diagnosis.
Refocusing, resiliency, self-care, stress management, values work, and growth.
Exploring the benefits of an integrative approach in support of recovery—acupuncture, nutrition, meditation, and oncology massage. Brief presentations by specialists in these areas are available.
Surgical possibilities—and the options and impacts on emotional healing. Brief presentations by oncologists available.
When will we meet?
This is a 6-week psychoeducational and skills-based group. We will meet weekly at a mutually agreeable time for 1-2 hours per session.
This group will be limited to 20 people—however, we will begin as soon as we have 10 interested members.
What is the treatment approach and who will lead this group?
This group will be based on the principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI). It will be led primarily by Julie Seel, Ph.D., an experienced, successful clinician educator and specialist in both modalities of treatment.
If this group sounds interesting to you…
Please email, Julie@livelifewellnc.com, or call (919) 908-6465.
Cost
$200.
Scholarships available for those in need—in honor of my mother, Patricia Steele-Dysard.
https://www.otthaverstock.com/notices/Patricia-Steele-Dysard
