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Support Groups

For many people diagnosed with cancer, support groups can be an important path to better wellness and recovery. Not only can they bridge patient’s medical and emotional needs, but they also function as a safe place to learn practical coping skills from others who are navigating a similar path.

Capital Health Cancer Center is proud to offer a number of supportive programs to help you work through challenges you may be experiencing  and to let you help others as well.

All groups and programs require advance registration. Click here to register. If you have any questions, please contact our oncology social worker Lauren Kriegel, LCSW, OSW-C at 609-303-4068 or LKriegel@capitalhealth.org.

Women’s Cancer Support Group Open to all women with any cancer diagnosis

  • Schedule: 4th Tuesday of each month (5:30 pm – 7:00 pm)
  • Location: Rotate between in-person (odd numbered months) at Capital Health Cancer Center in Hopewell and virtually on Zoom (even numbered months).

Living with Cancer Support Group Open to anyone who cares for a cancer patient

  • Schedule: 2nd Tuesday of each month (5:30 pm – 7:00 pm)
  • Location: Rotate between in-person (even numbered months) at Capital Health Cancer Center in Hopewell and virtually on Zoom (odd numbered months).

Caregivers Support Group Open to anyone who cares for a cancer patient

  • Schedule: 1st Thursday of each month (2 – 3:30 pm)
  • Location: Virtually on Zoom

Advanced Stage Cancer Support Group Open to anyone with an advanced stage or metastatic cancer

  • Schedule: 3rd Thursday of each month (10:30 am – 12 pm)
  • Location: Virtually on Zoom

Monthly Mindfulness

  • Open to all patients and caregivers and will consist of a combination of breathing exercises, guided meditation, and mindfulness-based stress reduction techniques
  • Schedule: 4th Friday of each month (12 – 12:30 pm)
  • Location: Virtually on Zoom

Brain Tumor Support Group

  • Schedule: 3rd Thursday of each month (3 – 4:30 pm)
  • Location: Virtually on Zoom

Breast Cancer Support Group

  • Schedule: 3rd Tuesday of each month (6 – 7:30 pm)
  • Location: In-person, rotating between Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell and Capital Health – Hamilton

GYN Cancer Support Group

  • Schedule: 2nd Tuesday of each month (10 – 11 am)
  • Location: Virtually on Zoom

Prostate Cancer Support Group

  • Schedule: 3rd Thursday of each month (5 – 6 pm)
  • Location: Virtually on Zoom

Peer-to-Peer Connection Support Program

It is natural to feel like an outlier when you are diagnosed with cancer, with feelings of loneliness and anxiety. But many others have gone through what you’re going through and come out on the other side healthy and well. And they’re here to help you do it too.

This free program matches cancer patients with volunteer peer mentors that have gone through treatment for the same type and/or stage of cancer as you. And because of this shared experience, the peer mentor is able to provide one-on-one guidance and support for you in a safe, confidential, and nonjudgmental environment.

Our goal is to provide support in order to ease the stresses, anxieties, and fears that may come about as you go through treatment. Because people who have a strong support system often have greater success in adapting to and completing their treatment.

For more information on the program, download our the PDF version of our brochure here.