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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 Oceanside, the suburbs of Oceanside, other nearby places such as Escondido, Vista, or anywhere else in California, 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  • You are withdrawn or avoiding friends and family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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Ryan Kozisek
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Identify what *you* want your goals for therapy to be. Then, we'll discover what supports you in that work, both in therapy sessions and out in your daily life. I offer long and short term options, and letters in support of gender affirming care.


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Identify what *you* want your goals for therapy to be. Then, we'll discover what supports you in that work, both in therapy sessions and out in your daily life. I offer long and short term options, and letters in support of gender affirming care.

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My approach is non-pathologizing, liberatory, and decolonial. I integrate a variety of evidence-based therapies, including Gestalt, EFT, EMDR, and mindfulness to tailor the right fit for each client.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • ADHD in Womxn or Femme Populations
  • Adult ADHD
  • Anxiety
  • Asexuality
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Bisexuality
  • Chronic Illness
  • Chronic Pain
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • COVID-Related Stress and Anxiety
  • Gay
  • Gender Affirmative Surgery Letters
  • Gender Dysphoria
  • Gender Fluid
  • Gender Identity
  • Gender Non-Conforming
  • Gender Transition
  • Gender Transition in Families
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief
  • Grief from Losing a Pet
  • Lesbian
  • LGBTQ+
  • Neurodivergence
  • Nonbinary Gender Identity
  • Political Anxiety
  • Polyamory
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Queer
  • Spirituality
  • Transgender
  • Transgender (FTM)
  • Transgender (MTF)
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Lupita Rojas
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Identify stressors, emotional pain, ease anxieties, sadness caused by trauma, work through attachment issues and relationship problems that may come from trauma. Work through the emotions that have held you back from your best version of YOU!


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Identify stressors, emotional pain, ease anxieties, sadness caused by trauma, work through attachment issues and relationship problems that may come from trauma. Work through the emotions that have held you back from your best version of YOU!

Something to know about my approach is:

I begin with a less directive & structured approach because I want you to feel seen and heard. Together we will dig deeper through your stress/anxiety molded by your past. The way it has stored in your mind and body. Teach you coping & find serenity.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Abuse
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Auto Accidents
  • Betrayal Trauma
  • Childhood Abuse or Neglect
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Complex Trauma
  • Depression
  • Eating Disorders
  • Infidelity
  • Postpartum
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Stress
  • Trauma
  • Violence
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Dr. Christiana Silva
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Work on overcoming challenges and identify patterns that do not serve you. We will process the difficult experiences or trauma you may have had and learn strategies to cope with and overcome the uncomfortable feelings that may still linger.


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Work on overcoming challenges and identify patterns that do not serve you. We will process the difficult experiences or trauma you may have had and learn strategies to cope with and overcome the uncomfortable feelings that may still linger.

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I use a strengths based approach with the knowledge that each client has the inherent ability to work through challenges with a little support. I see the client-therapist relationship as a collaboration and meet each individual where they are at.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Bullying
  • Child Abuse
  • Child Behavior Issues
  • Children of Divorce
  • Chronic Pain
  • Confidence
  • Depression
  • Developmental Trauma
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Grief
  • LGBTQ+
  • Mood Disorders
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Self-Esteem
  • Stress
  • Substance Use
  • Trauma
  • Young Adults
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Michal Rogers
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Address the problems you a facing today with the strengths you already have, look for unhelpful thought patterns and create a plan of action to address them, and have open conversations free from judgement.


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Address the problems you a facing today with the strengths you already have, look for unhelpful thought patterns and create a plan of action to address them, and have open conversations free from judgement.

Something to know about my approach is:

Strengths-based: Let's identify the strengths you already have & use them to accomplish your goals Client-centered: You know you best! I'm here as a facilitator not a director Evidenced-based: I love to geek out on data & use science

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adult ADHD
  • Anxiety
  • Asexuality
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Autism Spectrum
  • Chronic Pain
  • Kink
  • LGBTQ+
  • Sex Therapy
  • Sexual Issues
  • Sexuality
  • Sexual Orientation
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Michal Rogers remote and phone therapy in California
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Samantha Schumann
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Breakthrough trauma and get you feel better about yourself fast. The talk therapy part breaks down many problems that are influenced by societal/cultural pressures while the somatic work helps heal trauma, attachment wounds, and performance issues.


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Breakthrough trauma and get you feel better about yourself fast. The talk therapy part breaks down many problems that are influenced by societal/cultural pressures while the somatic work helps heal trauma, attachment wounds, and performance issues.

Something to know about my approach is:

I work with adults and teens who struggle with neurodiversity (ADHD, Autism) & complex trauma. I use a unique talk therapy as well as an effective deep brain-based therapy called Brainspotting. I use unique and modern therapeutic methods.

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  • Anxiety
  • Athletes
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Concussion/Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
  • Confidence
  • Creatives
  • Depression
  • Disenfranchised Grief
  • First Responders
  • Grief
  • Life Transitions
  • Panic Disorders
  • Performance
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Self-Esteem
  • Trauma
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