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Not sure where you are located geographically--and I'd only know specifics for my city, but have some general ideas. A cancer center should have free groups for breast cancer patients led by a qualified social worker. Most oncologists should be able to refer. Some are in person and some on zoom. A nurse navigator or hospital social worker should have some resources for referral. Have you tried these avenues at all? Community medical centers have low cost therapy--at least the one here does. As to insurance, can you call them and find out what practitioners accept your insurance? Sometimes insurers have different kinds of support. Do you have a sense of what might work in your situation?

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I agree with this. The minute you step out of the hospital/cancer center network, it gets risky. You really need someone who understands the experience professionally, without personally having had the experience. When I finished treatment 5 years ago, I reached out to a therapist who I thought would work. Turns out she was a triple positive bc survivor, and we ended up talking about her cancer in the sessions. Last year I was diagnosed and treated for a gyn cancer. Once again after surgery was done, I reached out to another therapist who I started seeing. Unfortunately she has been diagnosed with bc but is pretending it's not happening, therefore I never feel comfortable talking about cancer; continuing in this would necessitate denying a key part of my history. Neither approach was helpful to me. In person support groups are also tremendously helpful. It's a lot to take in at first. It is wise to seek help navigating everything. Social workers/therapists on site can be extremely helpful. I found this to be the case even in my little "cottage hospital" near home. I wish everyone the very best in all ways.