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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 Lansing, the suburbs of Lansing, other nearby places such as Flint, Kentwood, or anywhere else in Michigan, 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  • You are withdrawn or avoiding friends and family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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I provide a place you can reveal your thoughts and feelings without being concerned about a negative reaction. We work together over time to achieve the goals you desire, along with helping you become self-sufficient to deal with life’s curveballs.

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We will do a lot of work together, but my goal is to make “walking through” your uncomfortable moments more bearable. Sessions will begin with what is currently on your mind. Our work is a gradual and continuous, even outside of our sessions.

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Together we will get to the root causes of your suffering and learn new healthy patterns, while decreasing the disturbances in your mind and body.


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Together we will get to the root causes of your suffering and learn new healthy patterns, while decreasing the disturbances in your mind and body.

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I utilize EMDR, Transactional analysis and IFS to assist your nervous system in decreasing in intensity and somatic exercises to calm your body. I am trauma informed and integrate many techniques for your unique experience.

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  • Adult ADHD
  • Ancestral Trauma
  • Chronic Pain
  • Codependency
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Couples
  • Dissociation
  • Family Trauma
  • Functional Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Intergenerational Trauma
  • Mood Regulation
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Panic Attacks
  • People Pleasing
  • Perfectionism
  • Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
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help you get back to doing more of the things that make you feel like YOU. Pain, illness, and the emotions that come with it it do not have to define you anymore, and I can help you lean strategies to get you back on track.


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help you get back to doing more of the things that make you feel like YOU. Pain, illness, and the emotions that come with it it do not have to define you anymore, and I can help you lean strategies to get you back on track.

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My passion is working with people who have chronic pain or illness to reclaim their sense of control and power over their life that medical issues may have taken away. Anxiety, Stress, Depression, & Anger are all common and we can work on that too.

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We believe in meeting you where you are at and structuring our treatment to match with the goals that you have for yourself. Your life is your journey to navigate, we are here to be a support while you do and to offer you tools to help along the way!


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We believe in meeting you where you are at and structuring our treatment to match with the goals that you have for yourself. Your life is your journey to navigate, we are here to be a support while you do and to offer you tools to help along the way!

Something to know about my approach is:

At our practice we have several counselors available to speak with you! We are queer and neurodivergent owned and aim to ensure our clients feel seen for who they are. Most of our therapists use CBT, Mindfulness, and strength-based approaches.

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  • Anxiety
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Autism-Related Challenges
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Chronic Illness
  • Depression
  • Ethical Non-Monogamy
  • Gender Identity
  • LGBTQ+
  • Racial Trauma
  • Religious Trauma
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Together, we will explore your narrative through employing parts work and somatic work, while drawing on the transformative power of curiosity and creativity to embrace your strengths, and foster resilience, hope, and joy.


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Together, we will explore your narrative through employing parts work and somatic work, while drawing on the transformative power of curiosity and creativity to embrace your strengths, and foster resilience, hope, and joy.

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Working with children 6+, teens, and adults, my commitment to inclusivity includes LGBTQIA+ issues, disability, trauma, ADHD, autism, depression, and anxiety.

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  • ADHD in Womxn or Femme Populations
  • Adolescent Anxiety
  • Adolescent Trauma
  • Adult ADHD
  • Betrayal Trauma
  • Chronic Illness
  • COVID-Related Stress and Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Eco-Anxiety
  • Family Trauma
  • Gay
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  • Gender Fluid
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  • Gender Non-Conforming
  • Gender Transition
  • Gender Transition in Families
  • Health Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Autism
  • Lesbian
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  • LGBTQ+ Children
  • LGBTQ Family Development
  • Medical Trauma
  • Neurodivergence
  • Nonbinary Gender Identity
  • Political Anxiety
  • Queer
  • Religious Trauma
  • Secondary Trauma
  • Transgender
  • Transgender (FTM)
  • Transgender (MTF)
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