PHILOSOPHY & MISSION

Philosophy

Cancer changes how you and the people you love, live. We at LIVING WITH DIGNITY understand the trauma associated with Cancer and AIDS. Time and again we have witnessed the profound effect that counseling and supportive therapy can have on people faced with life threatening illness – that simple contact with another human has a healing power not found in the isolated sufferer

Mission

Our mission is to heal, strengthen and empower the emotional immune system through counseling and supportive therapy, with primary concentration to individuals, families and caregivers who are or have been living with cancer and AIDS. For us, our work is a calling to which we must listen.

What is counseling?

Counseling provides an individual with an opportunity to vent emotional distress in a safe and confidential environment. The main objective is to give an individual support and guidance which, in turn, leads the individual towards resolution.

Psychotherapy is an in depth exploration of a person's thoughts, feelings, and actions. The goal of psychotherapy is to allow an individual to resolve the inner conflicts from the past that may be interfering with his/her present day situation. Psychotherapy is a process that allows the unconscious to surface and create awareness of unresolved issues.

This process of uncovering hidden truths allows for the individual’s healing and inner growth. Support groups provide individuals with a forum to share a common mission and learn from one another. Often illness lends itself to many common denominators that are best identified with others who share the same or similar circumstances. The group setting encourages the process of normalizing feelings and thoughts by creating a warm and nurturing atmosphere

Support Services

We network a wide variety of community referrals and outreach – both medical and non-medical. Proactive life planning including social security and disability application processing, financial planning, residential placement options, and end of life planning including funeral and burial assistance.

Bereavement care

Grief therapy in either individual or group sessions aimed at coping with the loss of a loved one.

Cancer care

Full psychological support including individual, family and marital therapy both in office, at home, and telephone sessions. Our main focus is to help with the myriad adjustments that accompany initial diagnosis, treatments and end-of-life decisions.

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