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A Stress Management and Coping Intervention: Offered twice annually, From Cancer to Health is an innovative, evidence-based program designed to help participants reduce stress, improve coping skills, and strengthen their social support system, while minimizing physical side effects from treatment. This 18-week group is appropriate for people who have been recently diagnosed with cancer or who are currently in treatment. Pre-registration is required. Next session starts November 10, 2016.
2nd and 4th Tues of each month, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
An ongoing monthly group offering education and support for grieving adults.
Wednesdays 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Open to adults with any type of cancer, at any stage, at any point along the journey from diagnosis through survivorship, along with their adult family members and friends. Through discussion and guided exercises, participants will have the opportunity to explore what it means to live well when cancer has impacted your life.
1st & 3rd Tuesday of each month, 10:30 a.m.-noon.
A group for people impacted by metastatic and/or advanced cancer. Through discussion and guided exercises, participants will have the opportunity to explore ways to cope with the challenges of living with (or loving somebody who has) advanced illness and to continue to find meaning and hope. Individuals with advanced cancer meet together, while loved ones/companions will meet in a separate group. A telephone consult with a facilitator is required before attending.
1st & 3rd Tuesday of each month, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
A social support group for young adults, ages 19-39, impacted by cancer.
Last Wednesday of each month, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Education and support for men living with prostate cancer, also open to their loved ones/caregivers. Sessions involve both guest presenters and open forums for discussion.
A 6-week series on Cancer & the Spirit: Offered annually, Sojourn is appropriate for adults with cancer who are interested in exploration, conversation, and respectful dialogue related to spirituality and cancer. Sessions will focus on spiritual practices that bring comfort and strength during times of challenge and stress: mindfulness, acceptance, forgiveness, gratitude & joy, renewal, and finding purpose & meaning. Pre-registration is required.
Mondays, 4:15-5pm
This activity-based support group created just for kids impacted by cancer meets weekly and offers a regular time to connect with other children, understand their cancer experience better, and learn how to cope with the many difficult feelings that are experienced.
Appropriate for ages 6-12 year old, Pre-assessment required.
Every Thursday, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
This group for adolescents, ages 12+, offers a comfortable environment to talk, learn more about cancer, and engage in activities with other teens impacted by cancer.
Thursdays, 6:00-7:00 p.m. at St. Mary’s Hospital, 93 Campus Ave, Lewiston
Peer-facilitated, the tobacco support group is open to anyone interested in quitting tobacco. This group is offered in collaboration with Healthy Androscoggin.
1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
This group is open for women with any type of cancer at any point along their journey from diagnosis through survivorship.
