Macmillan Psychological Support (MaPS) team
Receiving a diagnosis of cancer and treatment can be a life-changing experience and can affect your thoughts, feelings, quality of life, relationships and your sense of who you are.
The Macmillan Psychological Support (MaPS) team offer psychological and emotional support for people with a cancer diagnosis, their families and other loved ones, at all stages of your experience with cancer.
Everyone’s experience of cancer is different, but common issues include:
- Living with uncertainty
- Feelings of depression, anxiety and anger
- Coping with change and loss
- Changes in self-esteem or sense of self
- Coping with pain, discomfort, fatigue, and treatment side effects
- Communicating with family, friends, or children
- Employment, including changing jobs or stopping work
- Coping with how cancer affects your relationships and/or sexual functioning
- Difficulties in making decisions
- Thinking about death and dying
- Feeling unhappy about changes in your appearance
- Managing the demands of life alongside cancer
Talking to someone can really help. We offer confidential sessions with a psychological therapist who can offer a range of approaches to help you. If you feel that you might benefit from psychological therapy, please let your clinical team know.
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Contact
You can call or email us directly or or ask for a referral via the Macmillan Advice Guidance Service.
Phone: 020 8333 3336
Email: lg.maps@nhs.net
The team are available 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday (except bank holidays).