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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 Park, the suburbs of Oakland Park, other nearby places such as North Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, or anywhere else in Florida, 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  • You are withdrawn or avoiding friends and family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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Laura Geftman
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navigate your distress and celebrate your successes so that you can feel confident and comfortable in being you. You will become more aware of your core beliefs and better understand your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.


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navigate your distress and celebrate your successes so that you can feel confident and comfortable in being you. You will become more aware of your core beliefs and better understand your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

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I will strive to make you feel seen, heard, understood, and inspired to positively impact your mood, functioning, and interpersonal relationships and connect with yourself, others, and the world around you.

FOCUS AREAS:
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  • Corporate Leaders
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  • Depression
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  • Emerging Adults
  • Emotional Intelligence
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  • Entrepreneurial Women
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  • Failure to Launch
  • Gay
  • Gender Identity
  • Graduate Students
  • Graduating
  • Healing From Relationships
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • High-Achieving
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Infidelity
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  • Job Stress
  • Leaving Home
  • Lesbian
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Jannie Engel
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Together we can discuss your individual needs such as depression, anxiety, stress, relationships, health issues, grief, isolation, career challenges, or feeling overwhelmed. Very serious or just needing to process your thoughts, I am here for you.


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Together we can discuss your individual needs such as depression, anxiety, stress, relationships, health issues, grief, isolation, career challenges, or feeling overwhelmed. Very serious or just needing to process your thoughts, I am here for you.

Something to know about my approach is:

My counseling style is warm and interactive. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, and I do not believe in stigmatizing labels. My approach is person centered, no one knows you better than yourself.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Aging and Getting Older
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Chronic Illness
  • Depression
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Andrea Elkon
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Dig deep into the beliefs you have about yourself, your performance, and the influence of forces around you. We will see how those thoughts connect to your feelings and your actions, so that you can feel emotionally healthy and perform your best.


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Dig deep into the beliefs you have about yourself, your performance, and the influence of forces around you. We will see how those thoughts connect to your feelings and your actions, so that you can feel emotionally healthy and perform your best.

Something to know about my approach is:

One size does not fit all when it comes to therapy. We will explore the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that have you the most "stuck." Behavior change comes when we understand the "what's" and the "why's" of those thoughts and emotions.

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  • Anxiety
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  • Sports
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Tamara Halliburton
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learn about what is troubling you and find coping skills and tools you can use to make your life better. Sometimes, you will just need to vent - that's ok too.


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learn about what is troubling you and find coping skills and tools you can use to make your life better. Sometimes, you will just need to vent - that's ok too.

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that I am here to support you. I am here to walk alongside you, providing the guidance, tools, and skills you need to overcome obstacles and live a fulfilling life.

FOCUS AREAS:
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  • Cultural Issues
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • Relationship Distress
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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).

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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:
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  • Aging and Getting Older
  • Aging Parents
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  • Burnout
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  • Job Loss
  • Job Stress
  • Loving Someone with a Mental Health Disorder
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  • Moving and Relocation
  • New Job Transition
  • Prolonged Grief Disorder
  • Retirement
  • Secondary Trauma
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  • Self-Actualization
  • Self Care
  • Self-Compassion
  • Self-Esteem
  • Situational Grief
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  • Stress-Related Disorders
  • Suicide loss
  • Therapist for Other Therapists
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