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

Long Beach Memorial Medical Center (LBMMC)
Rehabilitation Hospital, West Entrance - Across from parking garage Long Beach, CA.
    Patient Support Group  Thursdays, 5:00 - 7:00 PM
    Family Support Group  Thursdays, 5:00 - 7:00 PM

    Tai Chi/Chu Kung  Thursdays, 3:30 - 4:45 PM
    Facilitated by Rick Harvey, certified instructor of the Nam Hoa Temple of Internal Arts, as
    taught by Jim Scott-Bebrends, Master. At Veterans Park in Long Beach, directly across from
    Long Beach Memorial Medical Center’s West Entrance.
The class will take place just East of the Veterans Park Community Center, which is at 101 E 28th St., Long Beach, CA 90806.


Grupos al Harbor UCLA - Medical Center
Oncology Primary Care Diagnostic Center
Lower Level
1000 West Carson Street
Torrance, CA.
    Patient Support Group
    2nd Friday - 9:30 -11:00 AM (Spanish Speaking) 
    & 4th Friday - 9:30 -11:00 AM (English Speaking) 


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


Torrance Memorial Medical Center (TMMC)
Health Conference Center, Room 3
Medical Center Drive
Torrance, CA.
    Lymphedema Support   Last Tuesday, 12:00 - 1:30 PM


 NEW GROUP!
The Breast Center at Beach Cities
Health District Building - Conference Room - 1st Floor
514 N. Prospect Avenue, Redondo Beach, CA.
    "EMBRACE": A support and educational group for women diagnosed with cancer.
    No Fee - No RSVP. For additional information call Lizz Castillion, RN @ 310-303-7097
    or Anne Clary, MFT @ 310-373-9229.  Every Tuesday, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
 

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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
mondays      6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
this group is 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

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additional networking groups
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.
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. 

Brain Tumor
 2nd Monday, 1 PM - 3 PM

Carcinoid & Neuro-Endocrine Tumor
1st Saturday, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

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

Gynecological Networking
2nd Saturday, 10 AM -12 PM

Lung Cancer
3rd Thursday, 6 PM - 8 PM

Leukemia, Lymphoma & Multiple Myeloma
2nd Thursday, 1 PM – 3 PM

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

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

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