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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 Independence, the suburbs of Independence, other nearby places such as Overland Park, Kansas City, or anywhere else in Missouri, 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  • You are withdrawn or avoiding friends and family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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Barbara Geren
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We will outline a genogram to see trends in mental health issues across family and establish goals for treatment. I will challenge you at times to think outside the box and may engage in role play in order to build on a person's strengths.


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We will outline a genogram to see trends in mental health issues across family and establish goals for treatment. I will challenge you at times to think outside the box and may engage in role play in order to build on a person's strengths.

Something to know about my approach is:

I will expect any clients to participate fully in therapy and like to share my sense of humor. I take a holistic and approach therapy from a cognitive perspective. I value schema therapy.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Dementia
  • Grief
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DR HOLLY BATCHELDER
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Work collaboratively in the areas where you feel immobilized or burdened, uncover unnoticed behavioral patterns, and discover fresh approaches to your challenges, boosting your self-assurance and confidence.


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Work collaboratively in the areas where you feel immobilized or burdened, uncover unnoticed behavioral patterns, and discover fresh approaches to your challenges, boosting your self-assurance and confidence.

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Our initial meetings focus on creating a comprehensive plan to meet your goals. I guide you in altering your thought patterns to diminish the influence of fears, enabling you to enhance your connections with others and increase your meaning in life.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs)
  • Couples
  • Couples Sex Therapy
  • Dermatillomania/Skin Picking/Excoriation
  • Fears and Phobias
  • Harm OCD
  • Hoarding
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Relationships
  • Stress-Related Disorders
  • Trichotillomania/Hair Pulling
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DR HOLLY BATCHELDER remote and phone therapy in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina...
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Andrea Onukwue, LCSW-R/CCTP
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identify thoughts, hurts, and behaviors that are interfering with fulfillment and peace, implementing strategies for improvement during weekly sessions with life work resources. Let’s begin together today!


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Together, we will:

identify thoughts, hurts, and behaviors that are interfering with fulfillment and peace, implementing strategies for improvement during weekly sessions with life work resources. Let’s begin together today!

Something to know about my approach is:

focuses on cultivating a freed mindset as essential to a healthy, productive, and enjoyable life. My approach emphasizes improving communication, managing expectations and establish and maintaining healthy boundaries in interpersonal connections.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Bereavement
  • Boundaries
  • Communication Skills
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Entrepreneurial Women
  • Executive Coaching
  • Family Trauma
  • Fertility Challenges
  • Goals/Accountability
  • Healing From Relationships
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Job Stress
  • Life Transitions
  • Personal Growth
  • Postpartum Mood Disorders
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Procrastination
  • Prolonged Grief Disorder
  • PTSD from Abuse
  • Racial Trauma
  • Relationship Skills
  • Rumination
  • Therapist for Other Therapists
  • Women’s Health
  • Work Stress
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Andrea Onukwue, LCSW-R/CCTP remote and phone therapy in Missouri, New York
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Raymond Annable
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Learn how to come to terms with past events that have led you to this point and accept, rather than fight, feelings such as anxiety, grief, guilt, and shame. I can also help you learn skills to build a life that you are happy to wake up and live.


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Together, we will:

Learn how to come to terms with past events that have led you to this point and accept, rather than fight, feelings such as anxiety, grief, guilt, and shame. I can also help you learn skills to build a life that you are happy to wake up and live.

Something to know about my approach is:

Many of my clients come to me at pivotal points in life. Times in life where you know you can't keep living the way you are but you can't see a way forward.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adjustment to Medical Diagnosis
  • Alcohol
  • Anxiety
  • Health Anxiety
  • High Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • Illness and Disease
  • Social Anxiety
  • Substance Use
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Raymond Annable remote and phone therapy in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, No...
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William Hoekstra
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Together, we can address problems involving sleep, psychological trauma, anxiety, and depression. My 24+ years of practice give me an excellent grounding for accurate diagnosis and effective treatment of a wide range of psychological conditions.


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Picture of William Hoekstra, mental health therapist in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North ...
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Together, we will:

Together, we can address problems involving sleep, psychological trauma, anxiety, and depression. My 24+ years of practice give me an excellent grounding for accurate diagnosis and effective treatment of a wide range of psychological conditions.

Something to know about my approach is:

I collaborate closely with you to set goals, choose evidence-based approaches, answer questions, and track progress. I will always personalize your treatment to best meet your needs while staying flexible to adapt whenever necessary or required.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Abusive Relationships
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Childhood Abuse or Neglect
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Depression
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Trauma From Abuse
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William Hoekstra remote and phone therapy in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, N...