weekly support groups

Our weekly support groups are facilitated by licensed family therapists and are available to people with any type or stage of cancer. We also have groups for caretakers, friends, spouses, and family members of someone with cancer. In order to join a group, we ask that you first attend one of our "Welcome to Wellness" meetings, which are held every Friday at 11:00am, or every Monday evening at 6:30pm. This introductory session provides the background, purpose, and philosophy of our program.

It is our hope and desire that you will find strength, hope, and friendship from your support group to help encourage you in your fight for recovery.  All groups listed here meet at our Redondo Beach facility, 109 W. Torrance Blvd., Redondo Beach, CA  90277.  Below are the weekly meeting times:

Cancer Patient or participant groups
(any and all types of cancer)

 

Tuesdays,         6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Wednesdays,  6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Thursdays,        2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

 

offsite groups

Patient Support Group Thursdays, 5:00 to 7:00 PM
Family Support Group
Thursdays, 5:00 to 7:00 PM
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center (LBMMC)
Memorial Center Drive at Long Beach Boulevard, Senior Health Center
Long Beach, CA.

Grupos al Harbor UCLA Usually 2nd & 4th Friday, 8:30-11:00 AM
Medical Center
Oncology Primary Care Diagnostic Center
Lower Level
1000 West Carson Street
Torrance, CA.

Prostate Cancer Group 2nd Wednesday, 5:00 - 7 PM
Kaiser Permanente - Harbor City
25825 South Vermont Avenue
Parkview Medical Blvd., 2nd Floor Conference Room
Harbor City, CA.

Lymphedema Support Last Tuesday, 12:00 noon
Torrance Memorial Medical Center (TMMC)
Health Conference Center, Room 3
Medical Center Drive
Torrance, CA.

Updated May 22, 2009

 

newly diagnosed breast cancer group

 

2nd & 4th Mondays   6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Tuesdays  6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Wednesdays 6:00 pm to 8:00

 

 

family and partners group is the place for support persons so they can learn to care for themselves; and there-by they can become the best caregiver or support person for their loved one

 

                               

                               

 

newly diagnosed breast cancer groups offer women the time and place to explore their own feeling and to find support with others; these groups are open ended, providing information and emotional support

 

   

 

after treatment breast cancer support group

 

 

 

 

Tuesdays,        6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Wednesdays  6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

family/partners group

 

 

 

Monday, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Wednesdays, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
these groups are for people whose loved one has died from cancer; regardless if they or the person with cancer attended one of the Wellness Community family groups. call for more information.

family transition group
109 W. Torrance Boulevard
Redondo Beach, California 90277
Phone: 310-376-3550     

Fax: 310-372-2094
E-Mail: info@wellnessandcancer.org

South Bay
A FREE program of emotional support, education, and hope for people with cancer and their loved ones
                             

OUR MISSION is to help people affected by cancer enhance their health and well-being through participation in a professional program of emotional support, education, and hope - all completely free of charge.

The Wellness Community

 

South Bay Cities
109 West Torrance Boulevard
Redondo Beach, California 90277
Phone: 310-376-3550
Fax: 310-372-2094
E-Mail: info@wellnessandcancer.org

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South Bay Cities, All Rights Reserved

 

 

networking groups

Networking groups meet less frequently than  our weekly groups. These groups offer participants and their support persons opportunities to meet with others who are facing treatment similar cancer, such as lung, leukemia, breast, etc. or treatment side effects, such as lymphedema. While these groups don't meet as often as "the heart of our program weekly groups," they do engender in those attending a feeling of Community. The networking groups are all drop-in. You don't need to attend a Welcome to Wellness meeting before coming to the networking group. 

completing treatment for any patient can be a time for celebration and a time for new anxieties; learning to traverse the 'survivorship' experience requires community, information and preparation. this group is for those women no longer in active treatment.

Brain Tumor
 2nd Monday, 1 PM - 3 PM

Carcinoid & Neuro-Endocrine Tumor

1st Saturdays, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Colo-rectal Networking
2nd Thursday, 6 PM - 8 PM

Gynecological Networking
2nd Saturday, 10 AM -12 noon

Lung Cancer
3rd Thursday, 6 PM - 8 PM

Leukemia, Lymphoma & Multiple Myeloma

2nd Thursday, 1 PM – 3 PM

Lymphedema Support Group at TMMC
Last Thursday, 12 noon – 1:30 PM

Prostate Cancer

1st & 3rd Wednesday, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
 
Prostate Cancer at Kaiser-Harbor City
2nd Wednesday, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Sarcoma Alliance Networking
2nd Saturday,11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

additional networking groups