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Your Cancer Road Map by 
Living with Cancer: A Step-by-Step Guide for Coping Medically and Emotionally with a Serious Diagnosis by 
Life after the Diagnosis: Expert Advice on Living Well with Serious Illness for Patients and Caregivers by 
Coping with Cancer: DBT Skills to Manage Your Emotions--and Balance Uncertainty with Hope by 
The Big Ordeal: Understanding and Managing the Psychological Turmoil of Cancer by 
Reclaiming Your Life after Diagnosis by 
The Human Side of Cancer: Living with Hope, Coping with Uncertainty by 
How to Live Well with Chronic Pain and Illness by 
Cancer Out Loud! by CancerCareCancer Out Loud features conversations with people living with cancer, caregivers, survivors, loved ones and the bereaved. Wherever you are in your experience, CancerCare is here to provide help and hope.
For more recommended podcasts, see our Cancer Basics InfoGuide.
Ridley-Tree Cancer Center - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Addressing Unhelpful Thought Patterns through the Cancer Journey - 28:40 minutes
In this video, Ridley-Tree Cancer Center Oncology Social Workers discuss cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), an evidence-based approach for helping to treat many common diagnoses, such as anxiety and depression. CBT can teach people to better cope with the difficult feelings that may arise from a cancer diagnosis, challenge unhelpful thought patterns and replace them with more helpful ones. The video also includes an interactive relaxation training exercise.
Cancer.Net - Navigating Challenges: Finding Emotional Support after a Cancer Diagnosis - 11:00 minutes
After a diagnosis of cancer, many people find it difficult to get the emotional support they need. This is for different reasons including the fear and uncertainty cancer brings and the complexity of family relationships. This video offers guidance on how patients can navigate these challenges. This video offers perspectives on this topic from both survivors and health care professionals.
American Cancer Society - Tips for Working through the Emotions of Cancer - 3:45 minutes
Going through cancer treatment can be an emotional roller coaster. Psychiatric Oncologist Dr. Wendy Baer gives some tips to keep you moving forward.
The Ridley-Tree Cancer Center's Oncology Social Work Services offers many support groups to help patients cope with life with cancer. All programs are offered free-of-charge and are facilitated by professional staff. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, support groups are currently meeting online via Zoom. For more information including how to register, see the Ridley-Tree Cancer Center calendar or email Rosario Campuzano-Cortez at rcampuza@ridleytreecc.org.
Tools for Coping with a Cancer Diagnosis
This group provides a safe place for those who are newly diagnosed with cancer to share and learn coping skills for the cancer journey. The group will discuss common issues that affect most people when they are initially diagnosed, such as shock, sharing the diagnosis or not, regaining control, dealing with a new self-image, living with uncertainty, and more.
Schedule
3rd Thursday of each month, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Life After Cancer Treatment: Discovering Your New Normal
This group provides a safe place where cancer experiences can be shared and where tools to manage life more effectively during and after cancer treatment will be introduced. Individuals who are one year past diagnosis are welcome to attend.
Schedule
1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month, 12:00 noon - 1:15 pm
Managing Metastatic Cancer
This group provides a safe place for those with advanced stage cancer, where patients can openly share with others living with similar challenges. This group explores topics such as talking with family and friends, quality of life, self-care, end of life concerns & advanced care planning.
Schedule
3rd Tuesday of each month, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Support Group
This support group provides a place where young adults, ages 18-40, can share their cancer experience, support one another, and exchange information. This program is offered free-of-charge and is open to young adults in all stages of diagnosis and recovery from cancer.
Schedule
3rd Thursday of each month, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Cancer can involve significant psychological, social, and economic challenges for patients and their families. How and if these challenges are addressed is an important aspect of a patient’s care plan. The Ridley-Tree Cancer Center employs clinical social workers who provide emotional and practical support for patients, their families, and their friends. Oncology Social Workers can provide advocacy and referrals as well as individual and family counseling services.
Services are available at no cost and are available to anyone in our community, regardless of where they are receiving medical care.
For more information, call (805) 879-5690.
