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At the Trinity CancerCare Center, programs are available for patients during and following treatment.

Through the CancerCare Center’s Survivorship Program, patients are given the opportunity to recover, physically and emotionally, while receiving treatment or post-treatment.

“I feel that the groups are very beneficial to our patients as it allows them to express their emotions and thoughts regarding their diagnosis and treatment in various ways besides traditional talk-therapy groups,” explained Cassandra Hemphill, LMSW, an oncology social worker at the Trinity CancerCare Center.

•Look Good, Feel Better – This program provides a hands-on workshop to help cancer patients manage appearance-related side effects of cancer treatment. “A lot of times, we have patients who struggle with ‘how do I deal with losing my eyelashes or eyebrows,’ and they’ll teach how to manage those losses,” Hemphill said, remarking on how patients can lose hair due to treatment options such as chemotherapy.The program is open to women age 18 or older who are currently undergoing cancer treatment, are about to undergo cancer treatment, or recently completed cancer treatment.

•Yoga – A “gentle yoga session” for cancer patients and their family members is available at the CancerCare Center. The sessions are an hour long and led by certified yoga instructors, Hemphill said. “No experience is needed, and we provide a yoga mat if you don’t have one of your own.”

•Painting Through the Pain – This program offers five weeks of art therapy for cancer patients. Studies have shown that art therapy can provide a form of emotional support and a means of communicating difficult feelings about a patient’s cancer experience. The artwork done by the patients is hung in the hallway at the CancerCare Center for other patients and families to view.

•Writing Through Cancer – Similar to the art therapy group, a journaling program is available for cancer patients. No writing experience is necessary, Hemphill said. This program starts in October.

All programs are available to cancer patients free of charge, thanks to funding from the Trinity Health Foundation. For more information, or to RSVP, please contact Cassandra Hemphill at the Trinity CancerCare Center by calling 701-857-2829