SEX + BODY VIRTUAL: Sex, Body Image and Breast Cancer

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Rethink Breast Cancer

Exploring all the various issues that impact your relationship with your body, while navigating treatment and beyond

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A breast cancer diagnosis comes with physical and emotional changes that can leave you with a complicated relationship with your body, in addition to feelings of grief around the changes that cancer treatment brings. Perhaps you even feel emotionally detached from your post-cancer body, and that can impact so many other areas of life: body image, sex and intimacy, relationships and more. At the same time, we know many of you are open to talking about your relationship with your body – we hear you! Our bodies are capable of doing amazing things! Join us for this session where we will discuss navigating all the various issues that arise around body image while navigating treatment and beyond, and provide some tools build a more positive relationship with your body. Please note that this session is open to anyone diagnosed with breast cancer at any stage. This is meant to be a safe space for all who attend, so please be mindful of the different experiences in the room. These group sessions are facilitated and moderated by a professionally trained and registered social worker or psychotherapist and provide that safe space to unpack what you’re feeling; to learn, share and connect with others.Rethink’s psychosocial support program offers these virtual support group sessions to the community for free. WHEN: Thursday April 9th at 7:00pm EDTWHERE: Zoom Meeting (Link will be sent by separate email to ensure everyone's privacy)WHO THIS IS FOR: Women diagnosed with breast cancer who need support * If the session is full, you will automatically be added to our waitlist.**If you have already registered and need to cancel your attendance, please cancel your ticket on the Eventbrite event page to make space for someone on our waitlist!

Your Facilitator: Dr. Kim CullenDr. Kim Cullen is a Clinical and Health Psychologist, and sex therapist who works with a diverse range of client concerns including mood and anxiety disorders, relationship difficulties, gender and sexuality, women’s health, and life transitions. Kim is especially passionate about supporting individuals and couples facing challenges with intimacy as a result of illness, pain, and altered mobility/ability, particularly in the context of cancer. In addition to her clinical work in private practice, Kim is a member of Rethink's Healing Collective, often participating as an expert speaker on the topic of sex and cancer, facilitating workshops and retreats, and provides support and education to health care providers. She has also served on various sexual health and education committees, and was an expert reviewer for the Canadian Cancer Society’s informational booklet on sex, intimacy, and cancer. Through her collaboration with Rethink, Kim has participated in panel discussions, delivered workshops at Stretch Grow Heal, and developed an educational video and blog series on sex and breast cancer. Kim hopes to empower women to openly discuss the impact of breast cancer on their sexual wellbeing and sense of self, and is an advocate for the development of accessible resources to address these issues. Kim believes in a bio-psycho-social model of care that integrates community and connection as an integral part of healing and growth.

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