Penny Brohn UK wellbeing services

At GenesisCare, we understand that cancer can be an overwhelming and life-changing experience that can impact much more than your physical health. That’s why we’ve partnered with national cancer charity Penny Brohn UK to provide a unique and evidence-informed approach to supporting your emotional and physical wellbeing.

Penny Brohn UK is a pioneer in integrative cancer care practices. Through our partnership, established in 2013, we’re able to offer you appointments with Penny Brohn UK Wellbeing Consultants who will assess you holistically, give you individual health and wellbeing advice, and help you select a bespoke programme of specialist therapies such as reflexology, acupuncture, relaxation and mindfulness training, and counselling.

When you’re referred to GenesisCare, you’ll be assigned a Penny Brohn Wellbeing Consultant, either in person, online or by phone. You’ll have a holistic needs assessment with your Wellbeing Consultant to reflect on how you are responding to your current health situation and to identify areas where you might need more support. This enables you to identify what concerns you most about your diagnosis, treatment and general wellbeing. From this, we will design a personalised programme of support including therapies that aim to alleviate your concerns and build your emotional and physical resilience.

Many of our centres offer Penny Brohn support face-to-face and we’ll aim to fit any sessions around your treatment times. The range of wellbeing therapies we offer will be personalised to you based on your needs and will aim to alleviate your concerns and improve your quality of life. This may include:

• Counselling
• Mindfulness meditation
• Relaxation
• Reflexology

We offer consultations with your Penny Brohn Wellbeing Consultant at our centres or via telephone or Zoom video conferencing. Our Wellbeing Consultant will contact you to arrange a suitable time to have your consultation and discuss how best you can be supported.

Research shows that optimising nutrition, sleep and physical activity levels can improve cancer treatment outcomes and reduce treatment side effects. It also shows that emotions like fear, anger and shock may increase stress and result in the immune system not working at its best. We can’t eliminate these natural emotions from our lives, but integrative cancer care approaches, which focus on the mind, the emotions and the spirit, as well as the body, can help you manage them better.

The vast majority of our patients come away from their Penny Brohn UK experience feeling a lot more optimistic about their life with cancer and what the future holds for them. Our assessments continuously show that Penny Brohn UK services significantly improve people’s cancer-related concerns and wellbeing.

This type of Integrative care is now widely seen by cancer experts as a key part of recovery and survivorship. We’re using our knowledge to help educate doctors about the importance of taking an integrative approach to cancer care.