A childhood cancer diagnosis can bring intense emotions like fear, panic, confusion, anger, depression, and loneliness. Accepting the diagnosis and starting treatment is hard, and radiation and chemotherapy can cause cognitive issues, making it even harder to process emotions.

The Walking Miracles Family Foundation offers a referral network of counselors providing emotional and spiritual support for cancer patients, siblings and caregivers. They help reduce distress and anxiety, foster empowerment and hope, and provide coping strategies. Cognitive testing to address memory and processing issues is also available. The program serves children, adolescents, young adults, caregivers, and family members affected by cancer in West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania.

Walking Miracles counseling program is available to any West Virginia child, adolescent and young adult being treated for cancer in West Virginia, as well as caregivers and/or family members are eligible for this benefit.

Walking through cancer (or life after it) can bring anxiety, grief, relationship stress, and big identity shifts. Calm Pittsburgh offers therapy support both in-person (Lawrenceville, PA) and via telehealth, with counselors who specifically include oncology counseling alongside broader mental health care. Some of their counselors are cancer survivors themselves, bringing a level of lived understanding that can help clients feel truly seen.

• Oncology counseling, grief counseling, and trauma support
• Mindfulness, narrative therapy, and person-centered approaches
• Help navigating the emotional and practical stress of diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship
• CBT, DBT, solution-focused, compassion-focused, and strength-based therapy

Insurance accepted: Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, CHIP, Cigna, Highmark, Optum, United Healthcare, UPMC