Cancer & Caregiver Support

I offer therapeutic support to people living with cancer, living beyond cancer and to caregivers via cancer  counselling, cancer coaching, hypnotherapy and mindfulness, using an effective and proven combination of cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy, compassion focused therapy and coaching. These approaches have been shown to be very effective at helping to reduce anxiety, stress, insomnia, depression, fear of cancer recurrence, and pain management.

Challenging emotions, a feeling of a loss of control, stress and feeling overwhelmed in response to cancer or the diagnosis of a loved one, are common and to be expected. If you are experiencing any of these symptoms you are not alone. A diagnosis of cancer can present us with a number of emotional challenges that are sometimes overlooked when we are faced with such devastating physical ones. However, addressing the emotional challenges that accompany a diagnosis of cancer can make a significant difference to how we are able to manage the physical ones. Therapy provides people living with or surviving beyond cancer and their families, the opportunity to receive much needed and valuable emotional support.

How can Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy help?

Depending on your specific situation together we will devise a bespoke plan to help you with whatever you are struggling with. Hypnotherapy for cancer and relaxation techniques allow you to relax quickly and naturally, bringing immediate relief. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) can help you identify and change any triggering thinking patterns that may be contributing to stress and anxiety. Hypnotherapy has been found to help to reduce anxiety, fear, pain and treatment induced sides effects while increasing feelings of emotional resilience and acceptance. Hypnotherapy has been shown to be safe and effective, and can help patients with all types of cancer and for many different purposes, and there’s evidence of its value and efficacy. 

A study found that Hypnosis can also help to alleviate treatment related symptoms. Patients about to begin chemotherapy or radiation therapy may find that hypnotherapy can drastically reduce or eliminate the side effects of these treatments such as nausea, tiredness, etc. Hypnotherapy can help patients relax, and better cope with treatment and pain. 

How can Compassion Focused Therapy help?

Compassion Focused Therapy is very effective at helping us to turn towards our own suffering with compassion as opposed to judgement. Compassion Focused Therapy helps us to learn to treat ourselves the way we would treat a loved one. To give ourselves support when we need it most. It can help us to turn towards our own distress and discomfort with acceptance. There are certain aspects of life we cannot change or control, but we can learn how to change how we react when life throws us curve balls. 

Improving psychological wellbeing during the cancer journey can be very beneficial to both patients and carers and depending on requirements can take approximately 4-8 sessions depending on your requirements.

If you are looking for a cancer coach cancer counselling, hypnotherapy for cancer or hypnosis for cancer then contact me to see how I can help.