Cancer counseling.

A cancer diagnosis changes far more than physical health. It can alter your sense of safety, identity, relationships, plans for the future, and the way you experience your own body. Whether you are living with cancer, navigating treatment, adjusting to life after cancer, supporting someone you love, or grieving a loss, you deserve a place where your experience is understood in all of its complexity.

My approach begins with recognizing that there is no "right" way to move through cancer. Some people feel determined and hopeful. Others feel overwhelmed, angry, numb, frightened, or exhausted. Many experience all of these emotions within the same day. Together, we create a space where every part of your experience is welcome, without pressure to stay positive or hide the difficult moments.

I specialize in helping people navigate the emotional realities that often accompany cancer. We may work with anxiety before scans or appointments, uncertainty surrounding diagnoses or changing prognoses, treatment-related trauma, fears of recurrence, body image concerns, chronic pain, fatigue, or the challenge of rebuilding life after treatment. Many clients also struggle with changing family roles, loss of independence, career disruptions, and the feeling that life no longer resembles what they expected. Therapy offers an opportunity to process these experiences while developing practical ways to cope with them.

My work is shaped not only by professional training but also by personal experience. I spent many years caring for my mother throughout her cancer journey and was with her through the final stages of her life. I understand, both personally and professionally, that cancer creates ripple effects reaching spouses, children, parents, friends, and entire families. Caregivers often carry tremendous emotional and physical burdens while trying to remain strong for everyone else. They deserve support, too.

As a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate, I integrate evidence-based counseling with mindfulness, body awareness, and experiential approaches that help calm the nervous system. Serious illness can leave people feeling disconnected from their bodies or constantly on alert. Together, we gently rebuild a sense of safety, helping you relate to your body with greater compassion rather than fear. Sessions may include mindfulness, breathing practices, guided reflection, or simple body awareness exercises when they feel appropriate and supportive.

Because every person's relationship with cancer is different, therapy is always individualized. Some clients need practical coping skills for the week ahead. Others want space to process grief, explore questions about identity and meaning, strengthen communication with loved ones, or reconnect with the parts of themselves that illness has overshadowed. There is no agenda beyond what matters most to you.

I also support people facing anticipatory grief, survivorship, medical uncertainty, and bereavement. Even after treatment ends, many people discover that the emotional impact of cancer continues long after others expect them to "move on." Survivors often describe feeling isolated, struggling with ongoing anxiety, or wondering how to make sense of a life that has been profoundly changed. These experiences deserve care just as much as the medical journey itself.

Above all, I believe you are more than your diagnosis. Cancer may have changed many aspects of your life, but it does not define your worth, your relationships, or your future. My role is not to tell you how to feel or who to become. It is to walk alongside you with curiosity, compassion, and steady support as you navigate one of life's most difficult experiences. Together, we work toward greater resilience, deeper self-understanding, and the possibility of finding moments of peace, connection, and meaning—even in the midst of profound uncertainty.