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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 Tacoma, Central, Eastside Enact, Fircrest, or even Newtacoma, 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  • You are withdrawn or avoiding friends and family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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Maggie Eastman
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set goals, create an actionable plan to reach goals, and continue to evaluate the process and where we're seeing success. We'll also look at ways to practice maintaining outside of therapy sessions.


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set goals, create an actionable plan to reach goals, and continue to evaluate the process and where we're seeing success. We'll also look at ways to practice maintaining outside of therapy sessions.

Something to know about my approach is:

I like to bring brain science into therapy to help clients understand what will help them be successful in making changes. I will always ask what the best use of our time is, and my clients control the direction of their therapy.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adjustment Disorders
  • Adjustment Issues
  • Adjustment to Medical Diagnosis
  • Anticipatory Grief
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Anxiety Management
  • Cancer
  • Chronic Stress
  • COVID-Related Stress and Anxiety
  • Depression
  • End of Life
  • Fear of Failure
  • First Responders
  • Functional Anxiety
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief
  • Grief from Losing a Pet
  • Health Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Life Adjustment
  • Mild Depression
  • Political Anxiety
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Prolonged Grief Disorder
  • Relationship Distress
  • Seasonal Depression
  • Situational Grief
  • Situational Stress
  • Suicide loss
  • Traumatic Loss
  • Work Stress
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Natalie Goobes
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Together, we will collaborate on goals for your dream life and will work on the stepping stones to get you to where you want to go. Anxiety, couple distress, life adjustment, ADHD, and illness are some of the general themes that I have worked with.


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Together, we will collaborate on goals for your dream life and will work on the stepping stones to get you to where you want to go. Anxiety, couple distress, life adjustment, ADHD, and illness are some of the general themes that I have worked with.

Something to know about my approach is:

I am a client-centered, strengths-based, and trauma-informed therapist trained to bring openness, curiosity, respect, and accountability into therapy. I am trained in various therapy models which I uniquely tailor to each of my clients.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Cancer
  • Children of Immigrants
  • Chronic Illness
  • Couples
  • Intergenerational Trauma
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Shelley Spector
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work on the issues that are important to you and figure out how to help you navigate whatever challenges you are facing.


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work on the issues that are important to you and figure out how to help you navigate whatever challenges you are facing.

Something to know about my approach is:

that I utilize cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Chronic Illness
  • Depression
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Chelsea Kramer
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We will understand what you've already done to tackle your challenges so you don't try the same thing over and over. We will focus on your values, how you want to spend your time, energy and focus. We will become more adaptable and resilient to life.


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We will understand what you've already done to tackle your challenges so you don't try the same thing over and over. We will focus on your values, how you want to spend your time, energy and focus. We will become more adaptable and resilient to life.

Something to know about my approach is:

I see clients as part of greater systems that inform how they interact with the world. You can't run away from suffering, but have to learn how to ride the wave of life during the good and challenging times. I focus on building resiliency.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adjustment to Medical Diagnosis
  • Anxiety
  • Health at Every Size (HAES)
  • Infertility
  • Medical Trauma
  • Menopause
  • Pregnancy and Infant Loss
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Miranda Denison
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Focus on you, your goals, and the changes you're wanting to see. This includes focusing on your whole self, including different aspects of your identity as well as past experiences that may still be impacting you.


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Together, we will:

Focus on you, your goals, and the changes you're wanting to see. This includes focusing on your whole self, including different aspects of your identity as well as past experiences that may still be impacting you.

Something to know about my approach is:

I strongly believe in using methods that have been shown in empirical research as helpful and effective. Because of that, my approach is interactive--I'm not just here to listen. My approach is person-centered, multicultural, and relatable.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Burnout
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Life Transitions
  • Loneliness
  • Mindfulness
  • Multicultural Identity
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Panic Attacks
  • Panic Disorders
  • Perfectionism
  • Racial or Ethnic Identity
  • Relationship Skills
  • Self-Acceptance
  • Self-Esteem
  • Social Anxiety
  • Work-Life Balance
  • Work Stress
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Miranda Denison 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, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North...