Our guest blogger, CanTeen counsellor Elizabeth May, tells us that counselling can help young people cope with your parent's cancer.
Hi everyone, it’s lovely to meet you!
As I become more acquainted with young people and their cancer stories I am always impressed by your ability to reach out and grab support where and when you need it. It seems that family, mentors, teachers and very importantly friends and other young people in similar situations are huge supports and help you to process what you’re feeling and to keep some routine during difficult times.
For some people your existing support networks offer you all the space you need to express what’s going on for you. I am also aware that for others there may be times when it would be helpful to have somebody outside of your existing relationships that can offer a safe and confidential space to express yourself and feel heard, a space that is all about YOU!
There are different services all around Australia that specialise in offering support to young people with cancer stories. One of these spaces is CanTeen. CanTeen offers a FREE counselling service to young people age 12-24, who have a parent living with cancer or who have a parent who has died due to cancer. CanTeen’s counsellors are always interested in hearing your stories and are happy to talk about what you want to talk about. School? Friends? Relationships? Family? Cancer?...any of these sound familiar?
CanTeen’s counselling service is available all across Australia and depending on where you live you can choose from Face-2-Face, Telephone, or Online Counselling. If you’re curious to find out more about us or other services that might work for you, head to our counselling section and ask away! We will try our best to point you in the right direction!
In the next few weeks I hope I can blog again and share some stories about what counselling is and dispel some of the myths about what counselling looks like and who might benefit.
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