Psychological Support

What is Counselling?
Counselling means someone listens to you in a supportive way.

How it works?
An initial assessment is made with the patient to see whether Link to Life counselling services would be helpful. This is done in confidence.

Individual Counselling
Individual counselling also known as one to one supportive counselling is when the patient is able to talk about his/her problems, worries, cancer diagnosis, cancer treatment to the counsellor in confidence.

The patient can also have access to phone counselling in case he/she cannot come to Link to Life’s premises.

For both Individual and phone counselling, the patient talks to the counsellor who is trained to listen and help the former to explore his/her thoughts and feelings.

Talking to a counsellor can help one: learn how to cope with a cancer diagnosis, feel less overwhelmed and more in control, manage anxiety and depression, cope with symptoms and side effects such as pain and fatigue, deal with emotional concerns such as self-image.

Group Therapy
Group therapy is a type of psychotherapy that involves one or more counsellors working with several people at the same time.

The group contains members at different stages of the treatment process. Seeing people who are coping or recovering gives hope to those at the beginning of the process.

Being part of a group of people who have the same experiences helps people see that what they are going through is island wide and that they are not alone in this trauma.

Group members are able to help each other by sharing information.
Group members are able to share their strengths and help others in the group, which can boost self-esteem and confidence.

By interacting with other people and receiving feedback from the group and the counsellor, each individual can gain a greater understanding of himself or herself.
Because the group is united in a common goal, members gain a sense of belonging and acceptance.

Sharing feelings and experiences with a group of people can help relieve pain, guilt, or stress.

At Link to Life Group Therapy is organized twice monthly to share experiences among cancer patients. On these days patients can discuss with our counsellors whether in groups or individually.

Home visits
Link to Life’s home visit service is carried out by the counsellor/psychotherapist and the social worker. It is performed on appointment basis only and in cases where the patient is bed-ridden. Psychological support is provided both to the patient and the family.