Today, February 4th, is World Cancer Day.
It’s a fact that almost one in two of us will get cancer in our lifetime. That means that all of us will likely be touched by it in some way. Certainly, cancer has touched my family, just as I know it will have touched many of yours. Losing family members to cancer at different points in my life is what set me on the path to becoming a counsellor, though I didn’t necessarily know it at the time.
As I often tell people when they ask about what made me want to become a counsellor, it was one single call to the Samaritans when I was feeling overwhelmed following the loss of a parent. I reached out because I didn’t want to burden other family members who were grieving themselves. We’d had multiple losses that year, so it made this reaching out even harder. I just wanted someone impartial to share my feelings with.
And that’s very much what talking therapy is. Whether you yourself or a family member have been affected by cancer or if you have another important life issue you want to talk about, counselling offers you an impartial non-judgemental space to talk about whatever is troubling you.
Cancer charities such as Cancer Research UK and Marie Curie have lots of useful information, helplines and resources and can signpost you to the relevant support you need, but if you want to talk, I’m here to listen, so get in contact with me to organise a free, no obligation consultation call.
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