Spiritual & Emotional Support
Courage for Caregivers Support Group
This group offers caregivers an hour away to renew the energies and callings of caregiving and reflect on the belovedness they share with the people they care for. This supportive experience invites caregivers to share their stories, and the workbook invites reflections on the gifts of caregiving that bring restoration for the season that lies ahead. To join the group, call 320-229-5100.
Grief/Bereavement Support Series
When you lose a loved one to cancer, we’re here to help. This 8-week series includes time for personal sharing, education on a topic related to grief, resilience and identifying healthy ways of coping. To join the group, call 320-229-5100.
Healing & Hope Support Group
For all those who have or are on the cancer journey, we invite you to be part of a caring and supportive group. Here — through reflection and group discussion — you can discover unexpected strength, courage, compassion and spiritual growth. To join the group, call 320-229-5100.
Individual Emotional Support
Need to talk with someone? Get help when:
- Struggling with a cancer diagnosis
- Anxiety or depression concerns may be getting in the way of cancer treatments
- Preparing for end-of-life and need a safe place to talk, gain support, process feelings and a space to grieve
- Caregivers struggle with feelings of anxiety or being overwhelmed
- Referrals are needed to mental health or additional community support resources.
- This is not for crisis intervention. View suicide prevention resources.
To schedule an appointment, call 320-229-5100.
Spirituality Series
Classes discuss:
- Gratitude Practices: Seven easy gratitude exercises that make everyone — even the most pessimistic people — feel happier.
- Forgiveness: We are often told to “forgive and forget” but does that advice free us from our suffering? In this session we’ll explore our resistance to forgiveness, including forgiving ourselves and learn an 8-step process toward healing and new life.
- Spiritual Challenges, Spiritual Growth: Childhood adversity and trauma are linked to adult health in many ways, including cancer, and has generational impact. Spiritual struggle is a common response to these challenges and presents opportunity for spiritual growth. Learn about the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, explore your spirituality and possible ways forward.
- Spirituality Loss & Grief: How does my spirituality equip me to face the losses sustained due to challenging circumstances in my life? How does it prepare me for the resulting grief I experience due to those losses? The session will help us identify where we find meaning and purpose, comfort, hope, peace, strength, joy and how we might begin to access these day-to-day — even during pain, suffering and grief.
Your Story
Guided by a CSB/SJU student-partner, writing prompts are explored, together in Your Story — our creative writing program. Examples could include writing about your wedding day, first car or the birth of a child and — with your student-partners’ help — turning this experience into a poem or short story! This is a free service available at Coborn Healing Center for people with cancer and their caregivers. To request an appointment, call 320-229-5100.
