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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 Rafael, the suburbs of San Rafael, other nearby places such as Novato, Berkeley, 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  • You are withdrawn or avoiding friends and family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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Kristin Marguerite Doidge
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We will explore creative blocks/barriers to creativity/productivity, burnout prevention, relationship conflict/distress, boundary-setting, symptom management, anxiety, depression, ADHD, communication skills, assertiveness skills, overcoming trauma.


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We will explore creative blocks/barriers to creativity/productivity, burnout prevention, relationship conflict/distress, boundary-setting, symptom management, anxiety, depression, ADHD, communication skills, assertiveness skills, overcoming trauma.

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I will help you build upon your own unique set of strengths to find greater clarity, more creativity, and an improved sense of purpose and fulfillment.

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  • Adult ADHD
  • Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents
  • Aging Parents
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Artists and Creative Personalities
  • Attachment Issues
  • Attachment Styles
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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  • Negative Self-Talk
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Relationship Distress
  • Relationship Skills
  • Self-Compassion
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Worth
  • Spiritual Trauma
  • Stress
  • Trauma
  • Work-Life Balance
  • Writers
  • Young Women
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Samantha Keung
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Identify stressors, process emotional pain, ease anxieties and/or sadness caused by experiences, work through attachment issues and relationship problems that may come from trauma. Gain awareness, learn supportive coping tools, healing emotionally.


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Identify stressors, process emotional pain, ease anxieties and/or sadness caused by experiences, work through attachment issues and relationship problems that may come from trauma. Gain awareness, learn supportive coping tools, healing emotionally.

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
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Stress
  • Trauma
  • Violence
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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.

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

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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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Evelyn Nankanja
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Through our work together, we’ll restructure your beliefs. We'll explore how your past experiences could be leading to your current beliefs and feeling. You will feel empowered and able to find purpose in life.


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Through our work together, we’ll restructure your beliefs. We'll explore how your past experiences could be leading to your current beliefs and feeling. You will feel empowered and able to find purpose in life.

Something to know about my approach is:

My approach is collaborative, solution focused and compassionate. I provide a safe and empathetic space for you to explore your challenges and work towards meaningful change.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Career Counseling
  • Christian Counseling
  • Chronic Pain
  • Couples
  • Depression
  • Grief
  • Infertility
  • Parenting
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Pregnancy and Infant Loss
  • Relationship Trauma
  • Surrogacy
  • Trauma-Related Disorders
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Rachael Gay
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We will collaborate to identify and work towards the changes you want to see, brainstorm ways to overcome patterns you feel stuck in, and support you in gaining the insight needed for progress. We will identify and celebrate each moment of progress.


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We will collaborate to identify and work towards the changes you want to see, brainstorm ways to overcome patterns you feel stuck in, and support you in gaining the insight needed for progress. We will identify and celebrate each moment of progress.

Something to know about my approach is:

My therapeutic approach is relational, strength-based, and trauma-informed. I bring empathy, humor, and a nonjudgmental approach to the therapy space. I use a holistic perspective to the work that allows for shared exploration.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adjustment Issues
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Body Image
  • Boundaries
  • Chronic Illness
  • Depression
  • Family Dynamics
  • Job Stress
  • Life Transitions
  • Mind-Body Connection
  • Panic Attacks
  • Panic Disorders
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Relationship Distress
  • Sadness
  • Stress
  • Trauma
  • Women’s Health
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