Patient Support

Counseling Services

Often people and their families dealing with a cancer diagnosis need someone to talk to who can help them sort through all the complex emotions and issues that such a diagnosis brings. The Comprehensive Cancer Program at CMMC offers professional counseling for individuals and couples, as well as professionally facilitated cancer support groups.

Highly skilled and professionally trained in counseling, clinical oncology social workers are on hand to provide short-term counseling to our patients and their family members.

Individual and Family Counseling can be helpful with:

• Adjustment to diagnosis and treatment
• Coping with life changes
• Crisis intervention
• Intimacy and relationships
• Grief and loss
• Stress management and relaxation techniques
• Guided imagery/meditation

To schedule a counseling appointment with one of our oncology social workers, please call either 795-2692 or 795-7118.

Spiritual Guidance and Counsel

CMMC also has a Pastoral Care Department and our chaplains are available to provide spiritual guidance and counsel.

Spiritual Guidance and Counsel can be helpful with:

• Exploring one’s relationship with God during times of illness and stress

• Exploring key spiritual concerns such as:

• the meaning & purpose of life

• hope

• suffering

• grief

• dying and death

• Exploring how one’s religious/spiritual history can help or challenge one’s adjustment to illness

• Exploring loss of faith

• Exploring issues of forgiveness

• Exploring sources of strength and comfort

To arrange to speak with a chaplain, please call 795-2291.