Counselling Service for Cancer Patients

This leaflet is for patients or their family members who require emotional support at diagnosis, during treatment or after treatment has finished.

Counselling service

This service is available to patients or members of their family who are affected by cancer and can be accessed via your medical professional at the hospital. Please ask to be referred and we will get back to you. We can offer:

• Telephone counselling
• Video counselling via Attend Anywhere
• Face-to-face counselling
• Signposting to other community services.

Alternative external sources of support

Macmillan Cancer Support
This is a charity that knows how a cancer diagnosis can affect everything. They offer support to help you take back some control in your life. This can range from money worries, advice about work, to someone who will listen if you just want to talk.

0808 808 0000
www.macmillan.org.uk

Steps2Wellbeing Southampton and Dorset
This service is a free, confidential NHS counselling service for adults across the county of Dorset.

0800 484 0500
www.steps2wellbeing.co.uk

The Dorset Self-Management Service
This is a support service for people living in Dorset whose lives are affected by a long-term medical condition. It provides non-clinical general support from specially trained health coaches who can help you manage and control your condition.

0303 303 0153
www.helpandcare.org.uk/services/self-management

About this leaflet

Author: Sylvia Carpenter, Counsellor
Written: March 2016
Updated and approved: February 2023
Review date: February 2026
Edition: v3

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