Cancer support groups such as the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship provide information and resources on support and life after a cancer diagnosis. Wayne Avenue, Suite 300, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. Your healthcare plan, local hospital, or regional cancer center are other sources for cancer information. Your healthcare plan may cover individual and family counseling. If not, speak to the healthcare plan social worker about mental health resources within your community.
Many hospitals consider group counseling a necessary part of cancer treatment.
Group counseling helps those faced with cancer to explore their feelings. People, who have had cancer and who have been treated for a malignancy, actively participate in these groups. They share their experiences of going through the process after a diagnosis of cancer is made. These people have experienced the psychological factors as well as the treatment factors for the diagnosis of cancer. Some groups meet only with the patients, while others include spouses, family members, and other special people.