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Cancer and the Workplace

With an integrated rehabilitation, educational and support model, Wellspring offers Returning to Work for cancer patients who are anticipating a return to work.

Returning to Work was designed to provide the following outcomes:

  • Evaluation of readiness to return to work
  • Successful and sustained return to work
  • Learning techniques to reduce physical, emotional or psychological concerns associated with the cancer journey and returning to work
  • Mutual support of other group members concerned about returning to work

Over the course of a 6-week program, topics include:

  • assessment of one’s readiness to return to work
  • increasing personal resources in anticipation of a return to work
  • processing the grief associated with a. cancer diagnosis
  • strategies for communication with employers and insurers
  • developing a self-care plan to support one’s health after returning to work 

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