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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. Whether you are located in downtown Pittsburgh, Bloomfield, Downtown, Greenfield, or even Highland Park, 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  • You are withdrawn or avoiding friends and family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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Amber Moskowitz
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Explore where you have been, discuss where you want to be and make realistic plans to get there


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Explore where you have been, discuss where you want to be and make realistic plans to get there

Something to know about my approach is:

I will encourage and empower you to take the steps as you are ready. Therapy is a lot of work but most people are stronger than they know.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents
  • Autism-Related Challenges
  • Chronic Illness
  • Neurodivergence
  • Perfectionism
  • Self-Acceptance
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Samantha Levinson
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We will work together on your exploring your life and goals. I would be happy to assist you through your journey to mental wellness.


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We will work together on your exploring your life and goals. I would be happy to assist you through your journey to mental wellness.

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I utilize a broad range of evidence-based modalities to help assist clients through their journey to mental wellness. These treatment modalities include: cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and play therapy.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Acute Grief
  • Adult ADHD
  • Anticipatory Grief
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Asexuality
  • Attachment Disorders
  • Attachment Issues
  • Attachment Styles
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Autism-Related Challenges
  • Autism Spectrum
  • Binge Eating
  • Birth Trauma
  • Bisexuality
  • Borderline Personality
  • Children of Divorce
  • Chronic Stress
  • Compassion Fatigue
  • Confidence
  • Co-Parenting
  • COVID-Related Stress and Anxiety
  • Cultural Identity
  • Cultural Trauma
  • Depression
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Disenfranchised Grief
  • Disordered Eating
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Eating Disorders
  • Families
  • Family Trauma
  • Financial Stress
  • Gay
  • Gender Identity
  • Gender Transition
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief
  • High Anxiety
  • Illness Anxiety Disorder
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Job Stress
  • Lesbian
  • LGBTQ Family Development
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Manic Depression
  • Marriage
  • Mind-Body Connection
  • New Job Transition
  • Nightmares
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (OCSDs)
  • Panic Attacks
  • Panic Disorders
  • Parenting
  • Parenting Children With Autism
  • Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorders
  • Persistant Depressive Disorder
  • Postpartum Anxiety
  • Premarital Counseling
  • Prolonged Grief Disorder
  • Racial Trauma
  • Relationship Distress
  • Religious Trauma
  • School Issues
  • School Resistance
  • Self-Acceptance
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Harm
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexual Trauma
  • Social Anxiety
  • Stress Eating
  • Test/Performance Anxiety
  • Transgender
  • Trauma
  • Trichotillomania/Hair Pulling
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Jess Schiermeister
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Collaboratively work in your journey to healing, whatever that may look like. I have worked with adolescents, young adults, and adults. I especially connect with the LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent communities.


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Collaboratively work in your journey to healing, whatever that may look like. I have worked with adolescents, young adults, and adults. I especially connect with the LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent communities.

Something to know about my approach is:

Everyone is different and each approach is tailored to the client. My main approaches include dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and grief counseling.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Abortion
  • Adult ADHD
  • Anticipatory Grief
  • Autism Spectrum
  • Borderline Personality
  • Cancer
  • Caregivers
  • Depression
  • End of Life
  • Grief
  • Hospice
  • Illness and Disease
  • Neurodivergence
  • Polyamory
  • Self-Harm
  • Sexuality
  • Sex Workers
  • Suicidal Ideation
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Alexis Witkovitz
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Exploration of emotional responses, focusing on how they settle in the body. I also take a holistic approach will help you connect with these experiences, drawing out your strengths and developing new coping strategies.


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Exploration of emotional responses, focusing on how they settle in the body. I also take a holistic approach will help you connect with these experiences, drawing out your strengths and developing new coping strategies.

Something to know about my approach is:

My approach harmonizes mindfulness-based practices, person-centered therapy, and existential ideologies. I believe in honoring each individual's creative identity and meaningful purpose.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Career Burnout
  • Caregivers
  • Chronic Disease
  • Chronic Stress
  • College Students
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Healing From Relationships
  • Life Adjustment
  • Psychosomatic Issues
  • Seasonal Depression
  • Situational Stress
  • Starting College
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Caitlin Dwyer
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Dive deep to better understand your current challenges and barriers to change. We will find ways to bring relief to your anxiety and stress. We will work together to get you reconnected to what matters most to you.


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Together, we will:

Dive deep to better understand your current challenges and barriers to change. We will find ways to bring relief to your anxiety and stress. We will work together to get you reconnected to what matters most to you.

Something to know about my approach is:

My approach is collaborative. I want to work along side you to explore what's getting in the way of you creating the meaningful and fulfilling life you want. Through compassionate and thoughtful curiosity, we'll partner together to find solutions.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Chronic Disease
  • Chronic Illness
  • Depression
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • Life Transitions
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