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Coping With Cancer
Talk to a Social Worker Professionally trained oncology social workers can provide emotional support through individual counseling, help in understanding how to communicate with your health care team, information about local resources, education about cancer,...
Cancer: Organizations that Help
Find organizations the help people and families effected by cancer.
Talking to Your Children About Cancer
By Diane Blum, MSW Introduction Talking to a child about your cancer can be a very frightening and upsetting experience for you both. Here are some practical tips to help to your child understand what is happening during this difficult time. Give your children...
How to Talk with Children About a Parent’s Serious Illness
By Victoria M. Rizzo, LCSW, PhD, and Kristen Kirkland, MSW In part as a result of advances in early disease detection and trends towards later marriage and child bearing, today's parents are more likely than ever before to develop a serious illness, such as advanced...
Living With Illness: What you need to know
If you become disabled on a long-term basis, you may qualify for a number of programs which help pay for medical bills and treatment.
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Recent Articles
How to Date in a Post-Pandemic World
By Marisa Markowitz, LMSW, CASAC-T and Daniel Pollack, MSW, Esq. Updated May 2023 During the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns, dating was a challenge. Safety restrictions created an environment where apps and virtual dates were the only ways to meet new people. But...
How to Cope with Race-Based Stress
By Crystal Mullens-Johnson, LCSW Systemic racism, social injustice, oppression, voter suppression and police brutality have negatively impacted the mental health of people who are Black and other races for generations. Trauma witnessed and experienced is very personal...
Self-Care and Mindfulness in Trying Times
Self-care, when practiced daily, can improve the health of individuals, families and communities. What is self-care, and how do we fit it into an already busy life? Self-care falls into several categories: Self-care at work enable a person to work at a consistently...