Support groups

Our support groups are facilitated by specialist counsellors. These groups provide a safe space for our clients to share helpful information and coping strategies with their peers. These include groups for young people, people with early breast cancer, people with metastatic breast cancer and partners of people with breast cancer.

A support group is simply a group of people who meet on a regular basis, sharing common issues and support one another through their experiences. Some clients find one or two sessions sufficient; others attend regularly for up to two years. There are various locations throughout the metropolitan and regional areas.

Research has shown that the top five reasons a person joins a support group is to:

• know they are not alone
• learn how other people deal with cancer and compare their experiences
• hear about current medical research
• become more informed about cancer treatment and side effects, and
• relax with others who understand what they are going through.