Self-Help
General information, tips, and addressesSelf-help organizations are communities of people who share a condition and volunteer their time. They are oriented toward the needs of those affected and their loved ones and represent their interests. As a rule, self-help organizations are registered societies.
We at the Comprehensive Cancer Center Freiburg – CCCF cooperate with various self-help support groups in the region. Since October 2017, we have also maintained a Chair of Self-Help Research endowed by German Cancer Aid.
Psychosocial Cancer Counseling Service
The Freiburg Psychosocial Cancer Counseling Service is offered by the Comprehensive Cancer Center Freiburg – CCCF. If provides patients and their relatives help and counseling on social and psychological issues.
Contact:
Telephone: 0761 270-77500
krebsberatungsstelle@uniklinik-freiburg.de
List of links with (psychological) counseling services
The Psychosocial Cancer Counseling Service at the Comprehensive Cancer Center Freiburg – CCCF has compiled a list of links (in German) to counseling services across Germany.
Freiburg Self-Help Office
This is where to find out addresses of local support groups for people with cancer:
Schwabentorring 2
79098 Freiburg.
Telephone: 0761/ 2168735
Fax 0761/ 2168737
selbsthilfe@paritaet-freiburg.de
www.selbsthilfegruppen-freiburg.de (in German)
Office hours:
Tuesday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Thursday, 3 to 6 p.m.
NAKOS: Self-help groups and like-minded people:
Visit the NAKOS homepage to find groups across Germany, Europe, and worldwide, or groups for rare diseases and problems:
http://www.nakos.de/site/ datenbanken/
Website on "Experiences of Illness":
This website contains first-hand accounts of experiences of illnesses (in German), such as breast cancer, colon cancer, and prostate cancer.