Life with Cancer offers seminars, support groups, individual and family counseling and consultation, workshops to provide assistance in times of crisis, and information about specific cancers. The goal is to help people get the information and support they need to cope with cancer and its treatments in the best way possible.

Life with Cancer’s Licensed Clinical Social Workers offer short-term counseling to individuals, couples and families as they meet the challenges of their cancer journey. Many patients or their families seek support for adjusting to life with cancer, stress reduction, relationship issues, decision making, end-of-life, survivorship and/or grief work. Short-term counseling is offered at the Life with Cancer Family Center and several hospital settings. Please visit our Resource Center for additional helpful resources. To register, call 703-698-2526, or see our list of current classes.

Life with Cancer Support Groups:

All classes are held at the Life with Cancer Family Center unless otherwise specified. Please Note: Holidays may cause a change in the scheduling of classes and groups.

• Breast Cancer
  
• Other Cancers
  
• Mind-Body / Wellness Programs
  
• Seminars and Groups of General Interest
  
• Children and Teens

Breast cancer

• A Tour of Care: Pre-op classes for women having a lumpectomy or nodal biopsy; Wednesdays, bimonthly
• A Tour of Care: Pre-op classes for women having mastectomy and/or reconstruction; Wednesdays, bimonthly
• Breast Cancer Group: Inova Fairfax Hospital; first and third Wednesdays, monthly
• Breast Cancer Group: Inova Alexandria Hospital; fourth Tuesday, monthly
• Breast Cancer Group: Sunrise Assisted Living - Fair Oaks; first Wednesday, monthly
• Young Women with Breast Cancer: Inova Alexandria Hospital; second Tuesday, monthly
• Coalesce I: metastatic breast cancer group: Inova Fairfax Hospital; every Friday
• Coalesce II: metastatic breast cancer group: Sunrise Assisted Living; Thursdays, bimonthly
• Counseling and education for women with metastatic breast cancer
• Partners of women with metastatic breast cancer; monthly
• In Motion: gentle exercise and seminars for breast cancer survivors; periodically throughout the year

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Other Cancers

• Brain Tumor Group: first Tuesday, monthly
• Carcinoid Cancer Group: third Saturday, monthly
• Colorectal Cancer Group: fourth Thursday, monthly
• GYN Cancers Group: for women with cervical, endometrial, and ovarian cancers; second Wednesday, monthly
• Heads Up: for patients with head and neck cancers; second Wednesday, monthly
• Leukemia Group: second Thursday, monthly
• Lung Cancer Group: third Wednesday, monthly
• Lymphedema Group: fourth Wednesday, monthly
• Lymphoma Group: Sunrise Assisted Living; third Monday, monthly
• Melanoma: first Thursday, monthly
• Multiple Myeloma Group: third Tuesday, monthly
• Prostate Cancer Support Groups
• Inova Fairfax Hospital: second Tuesday, monthly
• Inova Alexandria Hospital, third Tuesday, monthly
• Thyroid Cancer Group: first Saturday, monthly
• United Ostomy Association Group: first Sunday, monthly

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Complementary approaches 

• Drama workshop
• Expressive arts: art, movement, music/sound, writing
• Healing touch, therapeutic touch
• Massage
• Meditation
• Reiki: monthly
• Relaxation and imagery
• Qi gong, tai chi chih, yoga
• Writing to Wellness: monthly

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Seminars and groups of general interest

• Bone Marrow Transplant/Peripheral Stem Cell Group
• Caregivers Meeting: Wednesdays, weekly
• Celebration of Life: annually
• Couples Workshop: monthly
• Moving On: semi-weekly exercise class
• Good Grief: eight-week adult grief group
• Handling the Holidays: annually
• I Can Cope (co-sponsored with ACS)
• Look Good...Feel Better: second Tuesday, bimonthly
• Look Good...Feel Better: Sunrise Assisted Living; second Wednesday, bimonthly
• Nutrition Counseling and Classes, cooking classes; monthly
• On My Own: second Monday, monthly
• Seminars for Survivors: third Thursday, monthly
• Spirituality Quest: second Tuesday, monthly
• Young Adults Group: fourth Thursday, monthly

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Children and teens

• Children's Educational Support Program
• Teens' Educational Support Program
• Good Grief for Children
• Good Grief Dinner for Teens: monthly
• Teens Living with Cancer social activities: monthly
• Annual picnic for children, teens and families
• Sibling Days

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