Group Therapy

THERAPEUTIC SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN AFFECTED BY

BREAST CANCER, IN TREATMENT OR POST TREATMENT

FRIDAYS from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., JC Robinson, M.D. Regional Cancer Center

Doctors Medical Center, 2000 Vale Road, San Pablo,CA

Meeting with me, the group leader, required prior to attending the group. Please contact me with questions, for additional information, or to schedule a time to meet. Meeting is free.

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POST-POST BREAST CANCER GROUP FOR WOMEN

FROM SURVIVING TO THRIVING

Follow-up care for the rest of your life.

Treatment ends and you think you should feel happy, grateful to be alive, ready to get back to life. Friends and loved ones are thrilled that you made it; you're lauded as a survivor! But maybe you don't feel happy. You might even feel depressed. You may be flooded by a mix of emotions, some bubbling up for the very first time. Life seems unsteady, upside down even. You feel unexpectedly vulnerable, confused, upset. It's important to know that there is nothing odd or unusual here; in fact these kinds of feelings are quite common.

Many women who have been through breast cancer come out of it profoundly altered. You looked mortality in the eye. You faced humiliating poking and prodding, biopsies, lumpectomies. You may have suffered the removal of a breast or both breasts and reconstructive surgery. You endured chemotherapy and/or radiation, exhaustion, baldness. It seemed like every part of your body was effected. You lost time from family, work, friends, hobbies, engaging in what made you feel alive and happy. You may wonder, what does it all mean? What is my life all about? Am I content with the status quo? I survived, now, how do I want to live?

From Surviving to Thriving is deep personal work. Join with other women who really "get" what you are going through; express your feelings without worrying about the impact on family and friends; improve communication with the important people in your life; deal with the challenges that illness brings to relationships, trust and intimacy; share joys, sorrows, companionship and wisdom; be accepted and heard.

Some examples of issues that may arise:

Wanting your "old" self or life back.
Fear over the return of cancer.
Emotional and physical scars.
Self image, body image, sexuality.
Old interactions or patterns that aren’t working.
How others are responding to the changes in you.
Welcoming the new you out of the old box.
Your hopes, aspirations and goals.

Please contact me with any questions or for additional information.