Mental Health Care During a Crisis

Caring for our mental health during a crisis is sometimes neglected. And many times we don’t even notice until it’s too late.

Childhood Cancer Community remains committed to providing valuable resources to help our families cope with all of the stresses in their life.

On February 20, 2022 we invited Mr. Ted Matthews to address our parents/caregivers and give advice on how to care for our mental health. Mr. Matthews is a mental health practitioner with over 30 years of experience in counseling. He has been the director of mental health services during 5 natural disasters. Matthews provides outreach training and public speaking related to stressors, nationwide. He also has extensive counseling experience in the areas of PTSD, crisis intervention, family issues, suicidology, depression, anxiety, domestic abuse, and more. He has been featured on the Huffington Post, MPRNews, CNN, AgriNews, Successful Farming, Prairie Farmer, the StarTribune, and many others.

We are grateful to Mr. Matthews for spending the evening with us, and for providing various tools necessary to care for our mental health in the face of a childhood cancer diagnosis.