psychotherapy for cancer & illness

cancer & illness

Perhaps we can all go through life at times feeling immune to the worst of things – that we’re safe from the life threatening illnesses that happen to other people. Until we’re not, and that sense of safety is so shockingly broken. 

The psychological effects of illness can feel as brutal as the physical: the sheer fear, helplessness and injustice of it all; or how it jolts your perspective on everything, with a new and constant sense of how fragile life and your body truly are. It can affect deeply how you feel being around other people – whether that be friends and family, or doctors and the medical profession too. 

You may have a terminal diagnosis, and need someone to talk to openly, in trying to come to terms with and prepare for your death. 

Or perhaps you’re supporting someone who is; the impact on you can’t be underestimated either – living through every moment with your loved one. If you’re feeling numb or irritable or anxious or simply exhausted, it may be a sign that you need support too.