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A cancer diagnosis is scary, and while your focus may be on your physical health, your mental health may also be at risk. Many sufferers of cancer, radiation, or chemotherapy end up with mental disorders or challenges ranging from anxiety to depression, which can make life even harder.

Luckily, Mental Health Match can match you with a therapist who can help you manage the stress, fear, and angst surrounding a cancer diagnosis, oncology, and treatment. Wherever you are located in Illinois from Chicago to Zion or even Lindenhurst, or anywhere else nearby, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Signs You May Need Cancer Counseling

If you’re not sure whether you need cancer counseling, we can help. Here are some signs that indicate that you should consider therapy:

  • You are overwhelmed by fear or sadness.
  • You are withdrawn or avoiding friends and family
  • You no longer want to do things that used to excite you.
  • You’ve lost your appetite.
  • You can’t sleep.

Read this article to learn more about distress caused by a cancer diagnosis.

Feel Better with Cancer Counseling

Now is the best time to seek treatment for concerns about cancer. Mental Health Match can help you get started by connecting you with the most suitable therapist for your needs. Browse below or use our free therapist matching tool.

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Jessica Beaston
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People can talk to me about fears, challenges, and obstacles affecting their true happiness and well-being. We can also discuss coping skills, life transitions, or difficulties in connecting with others.


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People can talk to me about fears, challenges, and obstacles affecting their true happiness and well-being. We can also discuss coping skills, life transitions, or difficulties in connecting with others.

Something to know about my approach is:

I have a "no-nonsense" approach that gently encourages you to step out of your comfort zone, examine different perspectives, and identify thoughts that might hinder your personal growth.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Childhood Issues
  • Coaching
  • Codependency
  • Confidence
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Family Conflict
  • Friendships
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Life Transitions
  • Parenting
  • Pregnancy
  • Relationships
  • Self-Esteem
  • Weight Management
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Dr. Heidi Strohmaier
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Identify your greatest challenges and top priorities. We will collaboratively set goals and a timeline for achieving them. I will teach you skills to improve your symptoms, accomplish your objectives, and enhance your quality of life.


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Identify your greatest challenges and top priorities. We will collaboratively set goals and a timeline for achieving them. I will teach you skills to improve your symptoms, accomplish your objectives, and enhance your quality of life.

Something to know about my approach is:

I use scientifically-based interventions to help you achieve your goals in a way that is sensitive to your unique strengths, beliefs, and background. My solution-focused approach helps you set, work toward, and achieve goals efficiently.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Depression
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Postpartum
  • Stress
  • Weight Management
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Dina Owen
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Rewrite your life's narrative, find balance, harmony, and fulfillment, and overcome family conflicts, relationship issues, burnout, and life's imbalances.


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Rewrite your life's narrative, find balance, harmony, and fulfillment, and overcome family conflicts, relationship issues, burnout, and life's imbalances.

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I prioritize creating a warm atmosphere, and together, we'll work on practical solutions to rewrite your life's narrative. I offer genuine understanding, deep insights into your situation, and a sense of empowerment to move forward.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Career Counseling
  • Chronic Illness
  • Chronic Stress
  • Confidence
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Family Conflict
  • Friendships
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Life Transitions
  • Parenting
  • Premarital Counseling
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Relationships
  • Self-Esteem
  • Sports
  • Stress
  • Weight Management
  • Women
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Amelia Styer
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Explore your challenges, identify goals, and work toward your desired change. To do this, we look closely at your personal history and present day patterns, cultivating deeper self-awareness and an increased sense of emotional freedom.


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Explore your challenges, identify goals, and work toward your desired change. To do this, we look closely at your personal history and present day patterns, cultivating deeper self-awareness and an increased sense of emotional freedom.

Something to know about my approach is:

I believe that growth and healing occur by gaining deeper insight into our thoughts, emotions, and behavior patterns. I use a number of therapeutic approaches, leaning most heavily on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and mindfulness practices.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Career
  • Depression
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Life Transitions
  • Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorders
  • Postpartum Anxiety
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Relationships
  • Stress
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Melissa Jermann
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Start with an intake process followed by value and goal setting, psychoeducation, and skill development. As you develop skills, I will guide you in developing insight to facilitate self-exploration, understanding, and behavioral change.


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Start with an intake process followed by value and goal setting, psychoeducation, and skill development. As you develop skills, I will guide you in developing insight to facilitate self-exploration, understanding, and behavioral change.

Something to know about my approach is:

If talk therapy isn't working for you, we will be a great fit. I implement evidence-based treatments and provide my clients with skills to navigate their concerns outside of the therapy room. My approach will always be tailed to fit your exact needs!

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Abusive Relationships
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Anxiety Management
  • Binge Eating
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Chronic Pain
  • Chronic Stress
  • Complex Anxiety
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Couples
  • Disordered Eating
  • Driving Anxiety
  • Family Trauma
  • Food Allergy Anxiety
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Harm OCD
  • Health Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • Illness Anxiety Disorder
  • Medical Trauma
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Pedophilic Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (POCD)
  • Perfectionism
  • Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorders
  • Postpartum Anxiety
  • Postpartum Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Relationship Skills
  • Relationship Trauma
  • Social Anxiety
  • Stress
  • Test/Performance Anxiety
  • War Trauma
  • Work Stress
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Melissa Jermann remote and phone therapy in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Ca...