How to find a counselor for myself, caregiver of spouse with cancer?

Posted by lmhgator80 @lmhgator80, Mar 3 9:52am

Hi everyone, how can I find a counselor for myself as a spouse of my husband with cancer. I am not looking for a support group, I need one on one counseling.

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royce | @royce | Mar 4 9:23am

Where is he receiving care? They should have a counselor who can help you there.

ejbauer | @ejbauer | Mar 4 9:25am

He is recovering care ar mass general hospital in Massachusetts

royce | @royce | Mar 4 11:27am

In reply to @ejbauer "He is recovering care ar mass general hospital in Massachusetts" + (show)

They should have some counseling available there. It may be social worker staff or some other caregiver advisory staff.

Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Mar 4 7:30pm

@lmhgator80, Like @royce, I also recommend asking for a consult with an oncology social worker where your husband receives care. They support caregivers as well as patients. They may provide the one-on-one counseling you are looking for or can give you information about services and resources:

Learn more here:
- How an Oncology Social Worker Can Help https://connect.mayoclinic.org/blog/cancer-education-center/newsfeed-post/how-an-oncology-social-worker-can-help/

Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | 19 hours ago

In reply to @ejbauer "He is recovering care ar mass general hospital in Massachusetts" + (show)

Hi @ejbauer, how is your loved one doing? What is he recovering from? How are you doing?

Judy Nauman Churchfield | @judychurch | 5 hours ago

In reply to @colleenyoung "@lmhgator80, Like @royce, I also recommend asking for a consult with an oncology social worker where..." + (show)

Thank you for the advice! My daughter has stage 4 metastatic breast cancer and I asked my GP for a recommendation for a counselor...two months later the counselor gave me 1) a list of books to read and 2) a list of psychologists who may or may not accept Medicare. It was a complete waste of time (1/2 hour). I came out of that meeting shaking my head and a bit angry, to be honest.