These organizations provide psychological, emotional, psychosocial, or family support for children with cancer and the people caring for them. Some offer direct counselling and therapy, while others provide child-life services, support groups, or professional guidance.
Support can look different from one organization to another. Some services are available directly to children and parents, while others work through hospitals, social workers, or specialized pediatric oncology programs.
India’s pediatric psycho-oncology program provides psychological counselling, teletherapy, expressive therapies, parent support groups, child-life interventions, psychoeducation, and bereavement support for children with cancer, caregivers, and survivors.
CanKids KidsCan →Provides counselling as part of its holistic support for children undergoing cancer treatment and their families, including support for emotional and psychological needs and guidance for parents.
St. Jude India →Provides psychosocial care for children with cancer and their families through casework, counselling, therapeutic play, child-life services, emotional support, and caregiver support groups.
Children’s Cancer Foundation →Supports children affected by childhood cancer through integrated programs that include counselling and therapeutic activities such as art, music, language, cognitive, and play therapy.
Childhood Cancer Korea →Offers counselling by social workers specialized in childhood cancer, along with self-help groups, activities for children, siblings and parents, and other family support programs.
Children’s Cancer Association of Japan →Supports children with cancer and blood disorders and their families with psychosocial care. The organization also helps parents talk through their emotions and connects families with additional support and resources.
CHANCE Association →Its psychosocial oncology program includes psychology services, individual and family counselling, supportive groups, child-life services, play therapy, coping strategies, psychoeducation, and support for siblings and families.
King Hussein Cancer Center →Works with children with cancer and their families throughout Israel. Its hospital-based welfare support focuses on the emotional and social side of childhood cancer and provides ongoing family accompaniment.
Hayim Association →Provides free counselling and psychological services, including face-to-face and telephone counselling. Its programs for young cancer patients also include creative activities designed to reduce stress and help children cope with treatment.
Indira Cancer Trust →Supports families dealing with childhood cancer through a holistic approach that includes emotional and spiritual care, psychosocial support, coping strategies, and family support.
Everlasting Hope →Provides psychosocial accompaniment for children with cancer and their families through certified social workers, including regular support, monitoring of psychosocial needs, counselling, and family-support activities.
Pita Kuning →Its childhood-cancer halfway-home services include psychosocial support for children and caregivers, including counselling, therapy, support groups, and cancer information during treatment.
National Cancer Society Malaysia →Services vary by organization, location, eligibility, and treatment stage. Some organizations provide direct counselling or therapy, while others offer psychosocial support, child-life programs, peer groups, or referrals to specialists. Please check the official website before contacting an organization, as programs and availability can change.
Finding emotional support can be an important part of caring for a child with cancer — and for taking care of yourself, too.