Your doctors, psychologists, social worker, physical therapist, or occupational therapist all should be qualified professionals. These people should be licensed and required to have certain levels of training.
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Coping With Cancer
Talk to a Social Worker Professionally trained oncology social workers can provide emotional support through individual counseling, help in understanding how to communicate with your health care team, information about local resources, education about cancer,...
Cancer: Organizations that Help
Find organizations the help people and families effected by cancer.
Talking to Your Children About Cancer
By Diane Blum, MSW Introduction Talking to a child about your cancer can be a very frightening and upsetting experience for you both. Here are some practical tips to help to your child understand what is happening during this difficult time. Give your children...
How to Talk with Children About a Parent’s Serious Illness
By Victoria M. Rizzo, LCSW, PhD, and Kristen Kirkland, MSW In part as a result of advances in early disease detection and trends towards later marriage and child bearing, today's parents are more likely than ever before to develop a serious illness, such as advanced...
Living With Illness: What you need to know
If you become disabled on a long-term basis, you may qualify for a number of programs which help pay for medical bills and treatment.
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Staying mentally healthy during a pandemic
By Darryl Webster, MSW, LICSW As a clinical social worker and former doomsday thinker in my youth, I grew up thinking all sorts of negative and catastrophic thoughts that stressed me out. I thought I was going to die from all kinds of maladies. These thoughts and my...
How to deal with stress during (and after) a pandemic
By Lynn Hagan, PsyD, LCSW In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans, especially those affected first-hand, coped with the consequences; others want to respond in some way to help survivors and others affected. This tip sheet offers practical advice for...
How to Get Help for Your Child with a Disability or Mental Health Challenge
By Karen Zilberstein, LICSW Rearing children is hard, and it becomes even more time-consuming and complex when parents are raising children with a disability or mental health challenge or while lacking sufficient financial resources. A large number of families...