Treatment support programme follow up group
Did you find the Treatment Support Programme (TSP) helpful? Have you completed all 4 sessions but would like to continue with this support and feel connected with others?
If so, then you are welcome to join the monthly TSP follow up group whenever you like. We meet via Zoom on the 3rd Thursday of every month from 1-2pm (except August and December).
This group is an ongoing supportive community for emotional support, sharing ways in which we can build our resilience and for discussing issues like treatment side effects, navigating post-treatment life, and living with uncertainty.
We aim to listen and support each other with compassion, share challenges and suggestions, and try to answer any questions that may come up*. Sessions are hosted by one of the Integrative Doctor team and the Treatment Support Coordinator.
To book your place on a TSP follow up group session, please select ‘book’ below on your chosen date(s). You’re very welcome to join us as frequently as feels useful. Once you have booked a session, you will receive a confirmation e-mail with a zoom link. If you need to cancel, please contact Client Support on 0303 3000 118 or email clientsupport@pennybrohn.org.uk.
This session is for those who have already completed the Treatment Support Programme.
*We understand some of you may be coming with questions for the doctor team and we will try and deal with those that are suitable for a group setting. Please note that if there is a large group then we may not have enough time for everything. If you need more input than is possible in a large group session, we may suggest you consider one of our Personal Consultations with one of our integrative doctors, counsellors, nutritional therapists, exercise specialists or complementary therapists. Please contact clientsupport@pennybrohn.org.uk to arrange these.
If you have any questions about the service before booking, please do so by phoning 0303 3000 118 (Mondays – Fridays, 10am – 4pm or emailing Client Support)
Meet our Treatment Support Programme team
Stephanie Saker - Treatment Support and NHS Liason Coordinator
DipION, mBANT, CNHC
Steph has worked for Penny Brohn UK since 2018, joining the charity after years of working in the NHS. She is a registered Nutritional Therapist with an strong belief in a whole-person, integrative approach to physical and mental wellbeing. Steph supports local NHS colleagues and patients, working directly from the Bristol Haematology and Oncology Hospital, helping people to access the charity, finding the right services for them and providing individual support. She also co-delivers Penny Brohn UK’s online Treatment Support Programme for people in active cancer treatment.
Dr Catherine Zollman - Integrative Doctor
BA Physiol (Oxon), MBBS, MRCP, MRCGP, Fellowship in Integrative Medicine (University of Arizona) Committee member of College of Medicine, BSIO, SIO
Catherine trained to registrar level in Medical Oncology before qualifying as a GP in 1995. She completed a Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona in 2010. In addition to her role at Penny Brohn UK, Catherine works part-time as an NHS GP and is an Honorary Clinical Lecturer at University of Bristol. She was a GP Clinical Cancer Lead for Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG for 5 years.
Dr Zena Rajathurai - Integrative Doctor
BM BS, BMed Sci (hons), MRCP, MSc, Cert Ed
Zena joined the medical team at Penny Brohn UK in 2022, having worked as a Palliative Medicine Consultant in Bristol, and then a full-time mum. The career break enabled Zena to experience the need for ‘more than medicine’ through the integrative approach to healthcare and healing first hand. Zena is on the GMC Specialist Register and brings her experience and training to complement the offering at PBUK to people living well with cancer through the Whole Life approach.
