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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 San Diego, Black Mountain Ranch, Carmel Mountain Ranch, La Jolla, or even Miramar Ranch North, 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  • You are withdrawn or avoiding friends and family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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Rochelle Perper Ph.D
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Work in partnership to develop realistic goals and plan a course of action to achieve them.

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We believe it is important to begin by providing you with relief from the symptoms that are negatively impacting your life. We teach you valuable tools and techniques and provide resources to help you feel more like you again.

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  • Addictions
  • Adoption
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Domestic Violence
  • Family Conflict
  • Fears and Phobias
  • Grief
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • LGBTQ+
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Parenting
  • Postpartum
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Pregnancy
  • Prenatal
  • Racial or Ethnic Identity
  • Relationships
  • Self-Esteem
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Substance Use
  • Transgender
  • Trauma
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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.

Something to know about my approach is:

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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Lynn Northrop
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Help you live your one precious life with purpose and meaning, even when you are faced with big stressors, losses and pain (physical and emotional).


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Help you live your one precious life with purpose and meaning, even when you are faced with big stressors, losses and pain (physical and emotional).

Something to know about my approach is:

I've been a psychologist for 20+ years. Prior to 2023, I worked in hospitals - providing care & training hundreds of young professionals to do the same. I am proud to report that the folks I trained are my biggest referral source. They trust me.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Acute Grief
  • Adjustment Issues
  • Aging and Getting Older
  • Aging Parents
  • Anticipatory Grief
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Burnout
  • Caregivers
  • Caretakers
  • Chronic Stress
  • Compassion Fatigue
  • Complicated Grief
  • Depression
  • Driving Anxiety
  • Fears and Phobias
  • Finding Meaning or Purpose
  • Gender Identity
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief from Losing a Pet
  • Health Anxiety
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • Illness Anxiety Disorder
  • Job Loss
  • Job Stress
  • Loving Someone with a Mental Health Disorder
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Memory Loss
  • Menopause
  • Mind-Body Connection
  • Mindfulness
  • Moving and Relocation
  • New Job Transition
  • Prolonged Grief Disorder
  • Retirement
  • Secondary Trauma
  • Self-Acceptance
  • Self-Actualization
  • Self Care
  • Self-Compassion
  • Self-Esteem
  • Situational Grief
  • Situational Stress
  • Stress-Related Disorders
  • Suicide loss
  • Therapist for Other Therapists
  • Vicarious Trauma
  • Work Stress
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Olivia Belknap
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Identify and accommodate your physical and emotional needs, connect with your authentic self, find meaning in your life, and build connections with people and communities that understand.


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Identify and accommodate your physical and emotional needs, connect with your authentic self, find meaning in your life, and build connections with people and communities that understand.

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As a client, you're the expert of your own experience. I can work with you to build self compassion, advocate for your needs, and better support yourself. I use a strengths-based approach to help build a life that works for you, on your terms.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • ADHD in Womxn or Femme Populations
  • Adult ADHD
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Autism in Adults
  • Autism in Womxn or Femme Populations
  • Autism Spectrum
  • Chronic Fatigue
  • Chronic Illness
  • Chronic Stress
  • COVID-Related Stress and Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Long COVID
  • Neurodivergence
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Parenting Children With Autism
  • Teenagers
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Berkley Cobb
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We will talk about what is behind the big emotions, where the patterns begin, what is working for you and how would you like to grow. Therapy is difficult, but worth the effort.


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We will talk about what is behind the big emotions, where the patterns begin, what is working for you and how would you like to grow. Therapy is difficult, but worth the effort.

Something to know about my approach is:

I do not believe in a 'one size fits all' route to therapy. I pull from different therapeutic approaches to help my clients reach their greatest version of themselves!

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Autism-Related Challenges
  • Autism Spectrum
  • Chronic Illness
  • Dating and Romance
  • Depression
  • Giftedness
  • Interracial Relationships
  • LGBTQ+
  • Mild Depression
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Parenting
  • Parenting Children With ADHD
  • Parenting Children With Autism
  • Parenting Special Needs Children
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Relationships
  • Relationship Skills
  • Sibling Relationships
  • Teenagers
  • Teen Depression
  • Therapist for Other Therapists
  • Trauma From Abuse
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Berkley Cobb remote and phone therapy in California, Colorado