Living Better
With Cancer
Life since your diagnosis has been an emotional rollercoaster.
Thinking about missing out on your loved ones' milestones keep you up at night.
You worry about the future. You worry about dying. You even worry about worrying.
You don’t recognize yourself. Your body aches. You can’t figure out what your “new normal” is supposed to look like or feel like. You've asked yourself "Why me?" many times.
From the moment you get diagnosed, you're expected to make decisions for which you were not prepared. You are asked to commit to treatments and medical appointments. And life in between doctors' appointments is overwhelming.
You go home with instructions to manage treatments side effects, but no one gives you a handbook on how to cope with the sadness, the fear, the guilt that ebb and flow.
Most days, you feel
exhausted and overwhelmed. Going through cancer often feels
lonely. You try to keep it together and stay "positive" because that's what you've been told to do. But it feels impossible. And here is what I want you to know: You don't have to!
You are so much more than a “cancer patient” or “cancer survivor.” You are a partner, a parent, a child, a best friend. Together, let's find a new way to give voice to all of you.
Therapy can help you deal with all the emotional and physical ups and downs of cancer, at the time of diagnosis, throughout treatments and survivorship, at the end of life.
I can't "fix" cancer. But I will help you cope with anxiety, grief, fear of recurrence, finding a "new normal", pain or insomnia, and feeling less lonely!
I will help you find new ways to connect with yourself and others
Therapy offers a safe space to share the complex and moving emotions that make up your experience; the fears, the hope, the sadness, and everything in between. In sessions, you won't have to "stay strong" or "keep it all together", you can show up as yourself and find the support you need.
As we work together, I will give you the tools to improve your quality of life and manage the emotional and physical side effects of your cancer diagnosis. And most importantly, I will help you reconnect with the things and people that matter to you.
Therapy is also a place to feel supported and listened to as you process the difficult parts of living with cancer, all the things that you're not quite ready or comfortable sharing with your loved ones.
There's no "perfect" way to respond to cancer. It's messy, confusing, and ever-changing. But therapy can help get back into a life that is more than your diagnosis. Because life can be challenging and meaningful. Painful and filled with love.
Therapy can help with:
- Managing anxiety and learning new ways to promote relaxation
- Coping with fear of cancer recurrence
- Sleeping better
- Finding meaning throughout the illness trajectory
- Feeling less lonely
- Coping with feelings of depression and overwhelm
- Managing chronic pain
- Receiving support at the end-of-life
- Coping with chemo brain
- Asking for and receiving help
- Finding a "new normal"
- Coping with treatment side effects
- Preparing for and recovering from surgery
- Finding words to discuss your diagnosis (with friends, loved ones, colleagues)
It takes a village to go through cancer treatments. In this video, Dr, Lucette, Miami psychologist, offers some ideas on how to help someone through their treatments, including offering support with day-to-day activities, staying in touch, providing support to the caregiver, and asking for permission.
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Living with cancer or chronic illness comes with emotional and physical challenges. Accepting the new reality of one's diagnosis is a continuous process. In this article, Dr. Lucette, Miami psychologist, discusses what acceptance is and what it is not.
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Dr. Aurelie Lucette
7600 Red Rd, Suite 215, South Miami, FL
305-988-0560