Cancer is complicated enough, finding a therapist who can support you through it doesn’t have to be.
Cancer Support Therapy
You Don’t Have To Navigate This Alone
A cancer diagnosis changes everything.
It changes how you see your body.
It changes how you relate to your partner.
It changes how you think about time, control, sexuality, identity, and safety.
At Boutique Psychotherapy, our clinicians provide structured, emotionally intelligent therapy for individuals, partners, and caregivers affected by cancer in New York, New Jersey, and Florida — both in person and virtually.
Because cancer isn’t just medical.
It’s psychological.
It’s relational.
It’s existential and your support is essential.
The Emotional Weight of Cancer
Even the strongest, most capable people find themselves overwhelmed by:
Fear of recurrence
Anxiety before scans or appointments
Body image changes after surgery or treatment
Loss of identity or purpose
Caregiver burnout
Anticipatory grief
Survivor’s guilt
You may look “fine” on the outside while feeling completely destabilized internally.
Therapy creates space for the conversations that don’t always fit into oncology appointments — the anger, the grief, the shame, the fear, the resentment, the disorientation.
We help you process what’s happening without letting it define who you are.
Therapy That Moves You Forward —
Even in Uncertainty
At Boutique Psychotherapy, we are not passive.
We are compassionate and structured.
Cancer can make life feel out of control. Therapy helps you reclaim agency where you can by learning to let it move with you.
Our work may include:
Regulating anxiety around medical uncertainty
Processing trauma from treatment experiences
Rebuilding sexual confidence and intimacy
Supporting couples navigating changing roles
Helping caregivers manage exhaustion and resentment
Grief counseling for loss and identity shifts
Developing tolerance for fear without shutting down
You cannot control the diagnosis.
But you can strengthen how you respond to it.
That is powerful.
Support for Every Stage
We work with:
Newly diagnosed patients
Individuals undergoing active treatment
Survivors navigating life after remission
Partners struggling to “stay strong”
Adult children supporting sick parents
Families facing terminal illness
Whether you are in crisis, recovery, or long-term survivorship,
therapy meets you exactly where you are — and helps you build steadiness from there.
When Strength Feels Heavy
Many of our clients are high-functioning professionals, parents, caretakers — people who are used to holding everything together. Here at Boutique Psychotherapy we say, “we’re in control, so you don’t have to be”.
Cancer humbles even the strongest nervous systems.
You do not have to be the resilient one every moment.
You are allowed to fall apart in here.
And then we help you rebuild.
Cancer Support Therapy in NY, NJ, CT & FL
Boutique Psychotherapy offers:
In-person therapy in New York
Virtual therapy across New York, Connecticut, New Jersey & Florida
If you are searching for:
Cancer therapy near me
Oncology counseling NYC
Grief therapy NJ
Support for caregivers Florida
Therapy after cancer treatment
You are in the right place.
Therapy shouldn’t feel like another appointment, but rather a space to relieve your mind and free your soul
Passionate about women’s health and the intersection between medical and mental health support, Founder of Boutique Psychotherapy Dr. Carli Blau has worked with and lectured for wonderful organizations such as the Woman to Woman program at Mount Sinai Hospital and The Breasties to educate, inspire and support women affected by cancer. Whether patients, previvors, family members, advocates, or lovers, Boutique Psychotherapy is a private practice in NY catered to supporting all people impacted by cancer.
Therapy can be magical and supportive, but sometimes daunting in that clients report feeling exhausted by the amount of emotion that comes up in sessions. In an effort to provide therapeutic support with structure, Dr. Blau created these specific protocols to guide clients through the most common presenting stressors related to cancer and tools that can empower and support the client to feel heard, seen and validated and provide tools to experience life a bit differently afterward.