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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 Burr Ridge, the suburbs of Burr Ridge, other nearby places such as Lemont, Willow Springs, or anywhere else in Illinois, 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  • You are withdrawn or avoiding friends and family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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Jelena Bulic Milenovic
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As someone who grew up in unstable socio-political circumstances and as an immigrant, I have reinvented myself many times, and I can help you do the same. I am a fierce fighter for social justice and a supporter of oppressed people.


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As someone who grew up in unstable socio-political circumstances and as an immigrant, I have reinvented myself many times, and I can help you do the same. I am a fierce fighter for social justice and a supporter of oppressed people.

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I am a bilingual (English/Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian) therapist. I offer culturally informed therapy and acknowledge individual, intergenerational, historical, racial, and social trauma. These traumas are often at the root of modern human issues.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Academic Issues
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Career Counseling
  • Children of Immigrants
  • Chronic Disease
  • Complex Trauma
  • Depression
  • Domestic Violence
  • End of Life
  • Immigrants
  • LGBTQ+
  • Life Transitions
  • Neurodivergence
  • Self-Acceptance
  • Women
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Naomi Rawitz
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Gain insight into your internal system and approach healing both body and mind holistically. We will explore how systems of oppression and past traumatic experiences may have shaped present challenges and help you pursue a meaningful path forward.


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Gain insight into your internal system and approach healing both body and mind holistically. We will explore how systems of oppression and past traumatic experiences may have shaped present challenges and help you pursue a meaningful path forward.

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I believe that you are the expert of your lived experience. In our work together, I will support you in listening to your internal wisdom so that you can honor and actualize your values and goals.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Burnout
  • Caregivers
  • Chronic Illness
  • Chronic Pain
  • Couples Sex Therapy
  • Gender Identity
  • Gender Transition in Families
  • Perfectionism
  • Relationship Trauma
  • Sex Anxiety
  • Sexual Pain
  • Sexual Self-Esteem
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R. Scott Furda
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We change when something is emotionally important. We will explore what gets your attention and use that energy to your advantage. Self-Care can be challenging but we have to get it in there somehow. Alienation, anger, fear, hurt, guilt can haunt us.


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We change when something is emotionally important. We will explore what gets your attention and use that energy to your advantage. Self-Care can be challenging but we have to get it in there somehow. Alienation, anger, fear, hurt, guilt can haunt us.

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When we drive we have blind spots. When we live we have blind spots. To improve awareness we will explore your inner world, feel it, think about it, give it words or images and be creative thinkers. We can use books, movies, dreams or music to help.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adjustment to Medical Diagnosis
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Family of Origin
  • Feeling Stuck
  • Grief
  • Identity
  • Interpersonal Difficulties
  • Life Adjustment
  • Traumatic Loss
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Cristol Klicker
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work on you living your best life! Whether it be relationships, grief/loss, stress, or a new struggle in your life, I’m here to help you work through it. Your goals will remain at the center of our journey together.


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work on you living your best life! Whether it be relationships, grief/loss, stress, or a new struggle in your life, I’m here to help you work through it. Your goals will remain at the center of our journey together.

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I believe each individual and their experiences/circumstances is unique. Your goals and needs are always at the center of our journey together. There is no problem too big or too small that we can't handle together.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adjustment Disorders
  • Adjustment to Medical Diagnosis
  • Adolescent Anxiety
  • Bereavement
  • Children
  • Chronic Disease
  • Chronic Fatigue
  • Chronic Fear
  • Chronic Illness
  • Chronic Pain
  • Chronic Stress
  • Complex Anxiety
  • Couples
  • Depression
  • Eating Disorders
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief
  • Grief from Losing a Pet
  • High Anxiety
  • Illness and Disease
  • Job Loss
  • Life Adjustment
  • Life Balance
  • Life Changes
  • Life Skills
  • Life Transitions
  • Mid-Life Issues
  • Mild Depression
  • Parenting
  • Personality Disorders
  • Political Anxiety
  • Sadness
  • Seasonal Depression
  • Social Anxiety
  • Teenagers
  • Teen Anxiety
  • Teen Depression
  • Traumatic Loss
  • Work-Life Balance
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Della S. Lusk, Ph.D.
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Address almost any issue you wish to make changes in. I'm trained as a Bilingual Clinical Psychologist; my training and experience allows me to work with the widest range of issues possible.


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Address almost any issue you wish to make changes in. I'm trained as a Bilingual Clinical Psychologist; my training and experience allows me to work with the widest range of issues possible.

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I generally use a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) approach with most clients. Together, we will craft a personalized approach using proven methods to help you create a healthier you.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adolescents
  • Adult Children of Alcoholics
  • Adulting
  • Adults
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Child or Adolescent Therapy
  • Children
  • Codependency
  • College Students
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Executive Coaching
  • Graduate Students
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • Illness and Disease
  • Neurodivergence
  • Overwhelm
  • Personal Growth
  • Psychological/Neurocognitive Evaluations
  • Relationships
  • Starting College
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Della S. Lusk, Ph.D. remote and phone therapy in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North...