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A cancer diagnosis is scary, and while your focus may be on your physical health, your mental health may also be at risk. Many sufferers of cancer, radiation, or chemotherapy end up with mental disorders or challenges ranging from anxiety to depression, which can make life even harder.

Luckily, Mental Health Match can match you with a therapist who can help you manage the stress, fear, and angst surrounding a cancer diagnosis, oncology, and treatment. Whether you are located in downtown Oakland, Adams Point, Bushrod, Eastmont, or even Fairview Park, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Signs You May Need Cancer Counseling

If you’re not sure whether you need cancer counseling, we can help. Here are some signs that indicate that you should consider therapy:

  • You are overwhelmed by fear or sadness.
  • You are withdrawn or avoiding friends and family
  • You no longer want to do things that used to excite you.
  • You’ve lost your appetite.
  • You can’t sleep.

Read this article to learn more about distress caused by a cancer diagnosis.

Feel Better with Cancer Counseling

Now is the best time to seek treatment for concerns about cancer. Mental Health Match can help you get started by connecting you with the most suitable therapist for your needs. Browse below or use our free therapist matching tool.

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determine if life pressures are becoming too much to handle? Are you unhappy in your career or family? Are you experiencing anxiety, anger, grief, or hopelessness? If you want answers, support, and normalization, I am the right therapist for you.


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determine if life pressures are becoming too much to handle? Are you unhappy in your career or family? Are you experiencing anxiety, anger, grief, or hopelessness? If you want answers, support, and normalization, I am the right therapist for you.

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I provide a warm, supportive, understanding, and non-judgmental environment. My comprehensive method combines cognitive-behavioral techniques, EMDR, somatic work, and interventions for emotional well-being.

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  • Anxiety in Relationships
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  • Christian Women
  • Depression
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  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Infertility
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Together we will problem solve and work on coping skills to help you reduce feelings of anxiety and depression.


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Together we will problem solve and work on coping skills to help you reduce feelings of anxiety and depression.

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My approach to counseling is to allow you a safe place to explore the issues that bring you to counseling. By talking through things, it allows you to gain insight into what is going on and make sense of things.

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  • Adult ADHD
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Life Adjustment
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Help you will learn what things you can control in life and what things you can't control in life. To do this, you will learn skills and techniques that will help you manage better those things you can control in life and let go of those you can't.


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Help you will learn what things you can control in life and what things you can't control in life. To do this, you will learn skills and techniques that will help you manage better those things you can control in life and let go of those you can't.

Something to know about my approach is:

I am trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which is a therapy that helps you better understand and make change to your thoughts and behaviors. In addition, I am trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, to help with psychological flexibility.

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  • Acute Grief
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  • Adult ADHD
  • Aging and Getting Older
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Anxiety-Driven Anger
  • Anxiety Management
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  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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  • High-Functioning Depression
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  • Job Stress
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  • Seasonal Depression
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We'll work on finding solutions and strategies to problems you're facing today, but we'll also look at patterns that recur and keep you locked into repeating problems again & again. This way, you'll finally be able to make changes that last!


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We'll work on finding solutions and strategies to problems you're facing today, but we'll also look at patterns that recur and keep you locked into repeating problems again & again. This way, you'll finally be able to make changes that last!

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I have a lot of experience working with all different types of people, and I love learning from my clients. I hope you'll find our work together to be collaborative, empowering, and meaningful. I'm here to help you hear your voice more clearly.

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  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Caregivers
  • Chronic Illness
  • Depression
  • End of Life
  • Finding Meaning or Purpose
  • Life Transitions
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Annalisa Sciullo
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I guide clients in cultivating coping tools, self compassion, insight, and ultimately becoming one’s own friend. With gentleness, collaboration, and evidence based treatments, we can work together to get you back in alignment with your values.


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I guide clients in cultivating coping tools, self compassion, insight, and ultimately becoming one’s own friend. With gentleness, collaboration, and evidence based treatments, we can work together to get you back in alignment with your values.

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I believe that our bodies and our minds are not the enemy and also acknowledge that sometimes it will not feel that way. Regardless of where our struggles stem from, whether it be internal or external factors, our healing comes from within.

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  • Adjustment to Medical Diagnosis
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