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Choices: Services and support
Expert advice, support and care for all those affected by cancer
Contact usWesley Choices programs to improve your quality of life
At The Wesley Hospital Choices Cancer Support Centre, our unique and free programs aim to improve your quality of life and help you navigate the sometimes very daunting cancer experience. We provide information and support to men and women affected by cancer and their families with respect for culture, values and spirituality, no matter where you receive treatment.
Located onsite at The Wesley Hospital, Choices is a welcoming space where we can answer your questions and provide you with the practical and emotional support you need during your cancer experience.
What we do
A large focus of our Wesley Choices services is on health and wellbeing throughout the cancer experience, regardless of your diagnosis and prognosis. However, it’s not only about support and exercise programs – we are able to help with decision making, managing treatment side-effects, and those broader life issues associated with a cancer diagnosis.
Choices’ year-round program of events is designed to support anyone affected by cancer including family and carers. Download the calendar here.
Our clinics help with making important decisions about surgery and ongoing treatment, as well as providing one-on-one peer support, and advice about broader life-related topics. We offer:
- Counselling Clinic.
- Wellness Clinic: Managing menopause, sexuality and intimacy, and fertility concerns; ongoing treatment side-effects; and decision making.
- Expert peer support, incorporating survivorship strategies and decision making.
- Breast prosthesis and bra display and information, with decision-making support.
- Wig loan service and turbans.
Our complementary therapies promote wellbeing to improve your quality of life, and include:
- Stress management.
- Reiki.
- Reflexology.
- Indian head massage.
- Guest programs led by practitioners who specialise in music therapy, and creative art and writing.
We provide exercise and lifestyle programs to access during and after treatment, including:
- Women’s Wellness After Cancer Program.
- Strength program.
- More Choices Gym Program – for women and men (access during and after treatment).
- Tai chi.
- Yoga.
- Pilates.
Our support groups and programs bring together those who share similar personal experiences, and include:
- Younger women (all cancers).
- Secondary (advanced) cancer (all cancers).
- Head and Neck cancerCARE – Cancer And Risk ConnEction for hereditary cancers.
- Women who Partner Women (all cancers).
- Man to Man – for men who support women with cancer.
- Art4Healing – art class and support.
- Rural and regional outreach program.
- Information sessions for different cancers.
- Educational events and workshops: In Brisbane and surrounding areas and rural and regional Queensland and NSW. Topics include sexuality, menopause, depression, wellness and survivorship.
- Community education workshops: For schools, businesses and community groups to raise awareness about cancer issues.
Annual fundraising events and your generosity help raise vital funds to support women, men and their families affected by a cancer diagnosis. Find out about upcoming fundraising events and how you can donate to Choices here.
The Choices team
You are not alone. Our caring and experienced team are ready to support you and your loved ones through your cancer experience. The Choices team consists of:
- Specialist cancer care nurses with expertise in the management of treatment side-effects, psychosocial issues, and counselling.
- A peer support specialist.
- Counsellors.
- Exercise physiologists.
- Physiotherapists.
- Nutritionists.
- Complementary therapists.
- Volunteers who have personal cancer experiences.
Our team is backed by the surgical, oncology and allied health services provided by The Wesley Hospital.
Contact us
You are welcome to call 07 3232 6548 or drop in between 8.30am and 4pm, Mondays to Thursdays; and between 8.30am and 2.30pm on Fridays. Otherwise, please complete the form below and we will get back to you as soon as we can.