Emotional Support For Cancer and Motor Neurone Disease Patients
Compassionate Ways Our Cancer and Motor Neurone Disease Support Centre Can Help You
We offer a variety of services focused on providing emotional support and comfort during your journey.
Dealing With the Emotional Impact of Cancer and MND
Counselling
Who Can Benefit From Counselling?
Going through a cancer or MND journey can evoke a lot of emotional distress, including anxiety, depression, and grief – you don’t have to try and process this one on your own.
How We Provide Counselling
We provide a safe, confidential space for individuals affected by cancer or MND, whether you’re a patient, carer, or family member.
What Counselling Involves
Our counsellors offer support and strategies to help you navigate your emotional journey with cancer or MND. They are tailored to individual needs, promoting emotional well-being during this difficult time.
Bereavement Support
Who Can Benefit From Bereavement Support And Why?
Navigating the grief that comes with losing a loved one to cancer or MND is a profoundly challenging journey, filled with complex emotions such as sadness, loneliness, and sometimes confusion about how to move forward.
How We Offer Bereavement Support?
Our compassionate team provides a listening ear and practical strategies for managing grief.
What Bereavement Support Includes?
We offer both group and one-on-one sessions that cater to your unique journey through sorrow.
Duration: 1 hour sessions
Peer Support
Who Can Benefit From Peer Support During A Cancer or MND Journey?
You do not have to go on your cancer journey alone, there are other who are before and after you who can help but also need help.
How Does Peer Support Work?
Sharing the load and connecting with others on a similar path helps you to deload emotional and get answers to questions by other on a similar path.
What Peer Support Groups Involve?
Peer support groups provide a vital network where individuals facing cancer can share experiences, offer emotional support, exchange practical advice, and find a sense of community and belonging.
Duration: 1 hour sessions
Complementary therapies
Who Can Benefit From Complementary Therapies?
Undergoing cancer or MND treatment can come with physical side effects. They shouldn’t be allowed to spiral and be left unchecked to impact the quality of your day to day life.
How Do They Work?
Aiming to reduce stress, alleviate pain, and enhance the overall sense of well-being during the challenging journey of cancer or MND treatment.
What Are Complementary Therapies?
Our expert therapists work to address the physical side effects of cancer or MND. Tailoring each therapy to the individual’s needs, we aim to provide relief and improve well-being in a holistic manner.
We offer several therapies including;
Aromatherapy:
Utilising the fragrant essence of plants, this therapy aims to soothe the mind and body, potentially easing stress, anxiety, and other conditions.
Relaxation Techniques:
Various methods, such as deep breathing, meditation, or guided imagery, designed to help reduce stress and anxiety levels.
Acupuncture:
This traditional Chinese medicine technique involves inserting fine needles into the body’s specific points to alleviate pain and offer various health benefits.
Mindfulness:
Practices that encourage living in the moment and awakening to experience, helping to manage stress and enhance overall well-being.
Counselling:
Professional support offering a confidential space to explore feelings, thoughts, and behaviours, often leading to improved emotional well-being.
Group Activites
How Can Group Therapies Help Those With Cancer or MND?
When dealing with cancer or MND it is important to stay active but also keep social. Group activities are designed to help enhance mental well-being, helping to reduce stress and anxiety.
We offer several options;
Walking Groups:
Boost fitness, bone strength, and balance while enjoying fresh air in a social setting, with 1-2 mile walks accessible to all abilities, accompanied by a qualified nurse.
Mindfulness Groups:
Focus on the present moment to reduce stress and enhance life quality, with support from our nurses for individual or group therapy, and techniques you can practise at home.
Singing Groups:
Experience physical, mental, and social benefits including improved lung function, stress relief, increased happiness, and community connection through group singing.
Yoga Groups:
Engage in restorative yoga for stress reduction, improved flexibility, and a heightened sense of well-being, with classes tailored to all levels and emphasising gentle stretching and relaxation.
Tai Chi Groups:
Discover gentle exercises to enhance body awareness, promote relaxation, improve posture and mobility, and strengthen muscles, all at your own pace.
Gardening Groups:
Reduce stress and foster well-being through gardening, with opportunities for socialising and learning from guest speakers on various gardening topics.
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