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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 Salinas, the suburbs of Salinas, other nearby places such as Campbell, Santa Cruz, 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  • You are withdrawn or avoiding friends and family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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Chelsea Moyer
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build your coping skills, practice mindfulness, harness your strengths/resources, explore underlying wounds, create new healing experiences, promote body/nervous system regulation, allow full expression, and integrate insights into daily life.


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build your coping skills, practice mindfulness, harness your strengths/resources, explore underlying wounds, create new healing experiences, promote body/nervous system regulation, allow full expression, and integrate insights into daily life.

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that it is founded in trauma-informed, person-centered, and culturally responsive care. From this foundation I integrate a variety of holistic approaches attuned to your strengths and needs. I focus on guiding you to reconnect with your resilience.

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  • Chronic Illness
  • College Students
  • Grief
  • Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorders
  • Teen Anxiety
  • Trauma
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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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Norma Villalobos
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build trust and connection. I believe that empathic listening, caring, and warmth are essential for creating a safe space for you to express yourself fully.


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build trust and connection. I believe that empathic listening, caring, and warmth are essential for creating a safe space for you to express yourself fully.

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I use an integrative approach, which combines elements from various therapeutic techniques to create a tailored treatment plan. I believe it's important to look at the different parts of yourself, past and present, to become free and transform

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Abuse
  • Anxiety
  • Assault
  • Caregivers
  • Chronic Pain
  • Depression
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Domestic Violence
  • Eating Disorders
  • End of Life
  • Grief
  • Panic Disorders
  • Rape and Sexual Assault
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Stress
  • Stress-Related Disorders
  • Trauma From Abuse
  • Trauma-Related Disorders
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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:
  • 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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Erin Martin
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Devise your goals for therapy and create a treatment plan that is uniquely tailored to you, geared toward overcoming the obstacles preventing you from experiencing your best life. With me, you will have a safe space to express your authentic self.


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Devise your goals for therapy and create a treatment plan that is uniquely tailored to you, geared toward overcoming the obstacles preventing you from experiencing your best life. With me, you will have a safe space to express your authentic self.

Something to know about my approach is:

It is primarily Person-Centered; I meet you where you are in your journey toward wholeness of mind/body/spirit. I draw from a diverse set of theories, including Psychodynamic (Jungian & Object Relations), Attachment, CBT, Narrative, and Existential.

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  • Autoimmune Disorders
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Couples
  • Diabetes
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Perfectionism
  • Self-Esteem
  • Shame
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