When a client shares a cancer diagnosis in therapy, everything shifts.
Even the most seasoned clinician can feel nervous as uncertainty and fear show up – because nothing about psychotherapy is simple when cancer is in the room.
And if you’re like most therapists, you were never trained for this.
Supporting clients through fear of the unknown isn’t the same as typical anxiety treatment … the classic tools for depression won’t improve clients’ mood when they feel hopeless and depleted … and helping clients grieve the loss of normality just isn’t standard grief work.
Add to that the medical, ethical, and existential complexities that go along with cancer – and it’s easy to feel unprepared.
That’s why Dr. Jessica Vanderlan psychotherapy service manager at one of the nation’s top cancer hospitals, created this training where you can quickly get the essential information and strategies you need to support your clients with cancer – whether they’re newly diagnosed, navigating medical decisions, already in the midst of treatment, adjusting to life after chemotherapy, or facing a terminal diagnosis.
Packed with tools you can use right away and designed to boost your confidence, this training will give you:
REGISTER NOW! Don’t wait to learn about cancer until you’ve already encountered it in your caseload – it will be too late for the client who needs you now.
All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.
NOTE: Each purchase includes CE credit for one individual (participants in full attendance will be able to print the certificate of completion after passing the online post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). Instructional methods will include PowerPoint, didactic lecture, Q&A, and others.
Continuing Education Information: Credits listed below are for full attendance at the live, interactive webinar only. This webinar is being broadcast live in real-time and must be attended live, in its entirety, in order to earn credit. You will be able to type questions to the speaker. The speaker will see the questions and address them during the presentation as time allows. Please note, your licensing board dictates whether web-based activities are an acceptable form of continuing education, as well as which credit types are acceptable for continuing education hours. Please refer to your licensing board's rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact info@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.
For Planning Committee disclosures, please see the statement above. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.
Earn up to 3.25 CE hours. Please see below, for more details, as credit amounts vary by jurisdiction and profession.
PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association to offer continuing education for counsellors and psychotherapists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This activity is approved for 3.0 credit hours.
PESI, Inc., #1062, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2026 - January 27, 2029. Social workers completing this course receive 3.25 Clinical continuing education credits.
Course Level: Intermediate Format: Synchronous distance. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.
Canadian Social Workers: Canadian provinces may accept activities offered by providers approved by the ASWB ACE program for ongoing professional development.
This activity qualifies for 195 continuing education minutes as required by many national and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.
PESI, Inc. is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Nurses in full attendance will earn 3.25 contact hours. Partial contact hours will be awarded for partial attendance.
Jessica Vanderlan, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and manager of the Siteman Psychology Service at the Siteman Cancer Center, where she provides therapy to patients with cancer and cancer caregivers. She is a board member and director of professional education for the American Psychosocial Oncology Society and co-chair for the National Comprehensive Cancer Network’s distress guidelines panel. Dr. Vanderlan’s research focuses on psycho-oncology, distress screening, psychological functioning in gynecologic oncology, program development, and integrated psychological care. She is voluntary psychiatry faculty at the Washington University School of Medicine where she assists in training medical students and residents.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Jessica Vanderlan has employment relationships with Siteman Psychology Service, Washington University School of Medicine, Washington University, and Ponce Health Sciences University. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Jessica Vanderlan serves on the board of American Psychosocial Oncology Society and the on the Distress Management Guidelines panel for NCCN. She is a reviewer with Society for Health Psychology APA Division 38 and is an ad hoc reviewer for the Journal of National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Psychological Medicine, and Supportive Care in Cancer.
For live CE credit, you must watch the live webcast in its entirety at its scheduled time and complete the CE quiz and evaluation within one week. You will have access for 90 days after the program for review.
Please note: There will be a 15-minute break mid-morning. Actual break start time is at the discretion of the speaker. A more detailed schedule is available upon request.
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Cancer and Psychotherapy
From First Diagnosis to Survivorship
Psychosocial Concerns in Cancer
Key Psycho-Oncology Interventions
Essential Pain Management Strategies
Additional Clinical Concerns
Life Forever Changed
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