I work with clients and carers through their cancer journey, from the suspicious stage through post treatment, using a client-centred approach.

Psycho-oncology focuses on what happens outside of treatment and whether lifestyle adjustments are required.

The focus might also include how the client feels about their diagnosis, the impact on family, friends, work, relationships, their emotional experience, their doctor/oncologist interaction, the client’s need to come to term with the situation, the treatment they are receiving and so on.

The treatment of cancer is a multifaceted journey, characterised by several stages, as a counsellor my role involves providing psychosocial and emotional support to my client to reduce distress and enhance coping and adaptation to illness and along their treatment journey.