Videos

Fear of Recurrence

Role Play – Dealing with Colleagues when Returning to Work

Dr. Christine Corbasson reviews this technique to help deal with colleagues when returning to work.

How to Change Unhelpful Thoughts

Dr. Christine Corbasson reviews this technique to help change unhelpful thoughts in on the job situations.

How to Manage Your Anxiety about your Return to Work

Dr. Christine Corbasson reviews this technique to help manage stress or anxiety about your return to work.

Tina

Tina works as an Administration Manager for subsidized housing for First Nations. She was diagnosed with breast cancer aged 41. In this video, Tina talks about trying to find support during her breast cancer treatment and her reactions to her body’s changes.

Lindsay

Lindsay was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at age 29. Her treatment consisted of two rounds of chemotherapy, stem cell transplant, full-body radiation and then spinal-tap radiation. Watch as she talks about her diagnosis, isolation, lost and rekindled friendships, returning to the world, and finding her balance.

Jen

In this video, Jen talks about dealing with endodermal sinus, a rare form of ovarian cancer, as a young adult. She talks about how hard it was to go back to being dependent on her mother through treatment and her slow and difficult return to work. Jen also shares how finding a support group of young-adult cancer survivors helped her heal.