Melanoma Counselling

Melanoma Patients Australia

Cancer counselling Emotional support

Service available in:

All states and territories

What the service does

The Counselling Service offers personalised emotional support for people affected by melanoma. This includes families and carers. Counselling can help people adjust to diagnosis, manage distress, cope with fear of the cancer coming back, and find meaning. It also supports people living with advanced or metastatic melanoma (cancer that has spread) and life after treatment. Support is provided across Australia by phone or video. It includes one 50-minute session, with up to 2 follow-up sessions if needed. A telehealth nurse appointment is required first.

Key details

Operating hours

Mon–Fri 9am–5pm

Delivery methods

Phone
Video call
Email
Online

Cost

Completely free

Eligibility / Role

Person with cancer
Carer
Family/friends

Accessibility

Appointments are available with closed captions via video call. Easy to Read documentation for patients
carers and family members

Language and community

Offer in-language support

Support by Translating and Interpreting Services

Language supported other than English

No information found, please check with organisation for more information

Community and identity

Tailored information available for:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
LGBTQIA+ community

Cancers supported

Cancer type

  • Melanoma
  • Eye melanoma

Cancer stage

  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Recovery/post treatment
  • Advanced cancer