Support Groups
Virtual Young Adult Drop-in Support Group
This group is open to young adults (ages 18 - early 40s) diagnosed with cancer or a blood disorder. The group is held twice per month on the first Monday and the third Wednesday from 5:30-7 p.m. ET on Zoom.
To learn more about this group, please email yap@dfci.harvard.edu or call 857-215-2291.
Virtual Young Adult Peer Program
This program is open to Dana-Farber young adult patients aged 18 - early 40s on active treatment. There are six 75-minute Zoom sessions over six weeks. Each session focuses on topics pertinent to the young adult cancer experience (examples listed below) with additional time to share with your peers. A brief introductory Zoom meeting with the clinician who facilitates the program before the start of the group is required. Topics include:
- Changes and disruptions
- Living with uncertainty
- Relationships
- Communication
- Making meaning
Please complete our interest form to sign up. The YAP will contact you when the next round of this group is announced.
Virtual Young Adult Peer Program interest form
Virtual Young Adult Post-Treatment Program
The Post-Oncology Survivorship Talks (POST) group is open to young adult patients (ages 18 - early 40s) who have completed treatment or are no longer in treatment at Dana-Farber. There will be six 75-minute Zoom sessions over six weeks. Each session will have 30 minutes of educational material and 45 minutes of discussion.
Some examples of topics for the sessions will be:
- Living with long-term treatment side effects
- Fear of recurrence & living with uncertainty
- Sexual health, dating, and relationships
- Returning to work or school
