Cancer and its treatments can affect your everyday life and relationships. It can bring up a lot of emotions for everyone affected - patient, carers, family and friends.
Our Nurse Counsellors can offer free, short-term phone counselling to help you and those closest to you work through any cancer related concerns.
Counselling services are provided via telephone at a time that is convenient to you.
Supports available
Staffed by experienced cancer nurses who have completed further education to become Registered Counsellors, our Nurse Counsellors can assist with a range of concerns including:
- Adjusting to life with cancer
- Stress and difficulty coping
- Sleep difficulties
- Treatment side-effects
- Uncertainty about the future
- Cancer-related depression and anxiety
- Loss
- Family or relationship problems
- Sexual problems
- Survivorship
- Fear of recurrence
- Therapy related to end of life
- Bereavement support
Access this service
Call Cancer Council 13 11 20 to speak to one of the team who can assess your needs and eligibility* and refer you to the Nurse Counselling service . You can call between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays). Counselling appointments are available Monday to Friday during business hours.