Tuesdays, 1:00-1:30pm
The 'core' is made up of muscles that are responsible for proper posture, efficient functional movement, balance and stability. Learn about the muscle groups that make up and control your core. Facilitator: Stephen Cerne, BS, NSCA-CPT, ACSM/ACS-CET
Groups for parents and children who have experienced the death of a loved one due to cancer. Sessions include expressive age-appropriate activities. Facilitators: Adelle Gates, MA, CCLS - Tori Matejka, MA, CCLS
Join us for various activities for the whole family! Held monthly.
Groups for families with an adult with cancer, using art, play and discussion to process emotion and enhance coping skills as a family. Facilitators: Michelle Miller, LISW-S, ACHP-SW, Adelle Gates, MA, CCLS, Tori Matejka, MA, CCLS
Held at UH Avon Fitness Center 1997 Healthway Dr, Avon, OH 44011, on Tuesday from 5:00-6:00pm.
In this series, participants will explore different ways to exercise in an aquatic environment to build strength, endurance, and improve balance before and after cancer treatment. First priority to those with a cancer diagnosis/survivors and/or those trying this series for the first time. Participants are encouraged but not required to complete all classes in the series.
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:00-12:45pm
Exercise is rooted in function and how you apply it to everyday activities. Proper form and mechanics lead to more mindful, effective, efficient, and functional movement. To address function, this program combines simple strength, endurance, core, balance, and flexibility exercises. Held virtually via Zoom on Tuesdays and at our Wellness Center on Thursdays.
Weekly support group for adults with any kind of cancer. Facilitated by: Brittani Davis, MA, LPCC-S, LICDC on Mondays, 6:30-8:00pm & Sarah Axner Gilmore on Thursdays, 6:30-8:00pm.
Support group for caregivers, family members and friends of those diagnosed with cancer. Facilitated by: Susan Marinac, MSSA, LISW-S on Mondays, 6:30-8:00pm & Karelys Ortiz Santiago, MSW, LSW on Thursdays, 6:30-8:00pm.
Individuals who are coping with a cancer diagnosis come together for mutual support and an opportunity to discuss issues important to older adults. Meets the third Friday of every month, 10:30am-12:00pm at The Gathering Place Westlake. Facilitator: Karen Hatfield, MMT, MT-BC, CHPCA
Monthly support group for women diagnosed with gynecological cancers (non-ovarian). This support group provides a safe space for women to talk about their diagnosis and treatment of gynecologic cancers, side effects, late effects and related thoughts and emotions. Each person's cancer story is different. It can be healing to learn from others, to ask questions and to share ways they have coped. Meets the third Thursday of every month, 6:30-7:30pm. Facilitator: Andrea Sonnie, LISW-S, OSW-C