Emotional support for children and families.
Childhood cancer can affect the emotional wellbeing of the whole family. These organisations provide psychological, emotional and psychosocial support for children, parents, siblings and caregivers.
Organisations that can help.
The resources below were selected because their official websites describe psychological, psychosocial, emotional or family support connected to childhood cancer.
Österreichische Kinderkrebshilfe
Supports children and families affected by childhood cancer through psychological and psychosocial services, including funding for psychotherapeutic care and aftercare programmes for children, adolescents, parents and siblings.
Österreichische Kinderkrebshilfe →PSAPOH — Psychosocial Care in Paediatric Oncology
A professional network supporting psychosocial care for children and adolescents with cancer and their families. Its resources cover psychological and psychosocial support throughout treatment, rehabilitation, and follow-up care, with psychosocial teams working in pediatric oncology centres.
PSAPOH / GPOH →Acreditar
Provides professional psychological support to children and young people with cancer, parents, siblings and survivors. Sessions can be individual or family-based and available in person or remotely.
Acreditar →Asociația P.A.V.E.L.
Provides free psycho-emotional support and psychological counselling for children and young people with cancer and their families, including support in paediatric oncology hospitals in Bucharest.
P.A.V.E.L. →NURDOR
Provides psychosocial support through psychologists and social workers, counselling, workshops for children and parents, rehabilitation programmes and support for families experiencing bereavement.
NURDOR →Fundacja ISKIERKA
Provides psychological and informational support for families affected by childhood cancer. Its ONKOPORADNIK project, created by a psychologist and psychotherapist, addresses communication, emotions, behaviour changes and coping with childhood cancer.
Fundacja ISKIERKA →Vereniging Kinderkanker Nederland
Provides information, peer connection and support around the psychosocial effects of childhood cancer, including emotional wellbeing, anxiety, depression, relationships and long-term effects for survivors and their families.
Vereniging Kinderkanker Nederland →FIAGOP
The Italian federation of childhood cancer parent organisations coordinates psychological, social and family support across paediatric oncology organisations, including programmes designed to improve quality of life during and after treatment.
FIAGOP →Barnekreftforeningen
Provides guidance and support for families affected by childhood cancer, including information on accessing psychologists in hospital departments and support for children, parents and siblings.
Barnekreftforeningen →Viața fără leucemie
Supports children with cancer and their families in Moldova through psychological and social programmes. Its work includes parent support, emotional support for children and a psychological support group for parents experiencing bereavement.
Viața fără leucemie →Children with Cancer UK
Provides families affected by childhood cancer with access to emotional support resources, including counselling, bereavement support, family support organisations and wellbeing services.
Children with Cancer UK →Children Cancer Foundation
Supports families affected by childhood cancer in Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany and helps connect families with additional services through professional guidance and networking with support organisations.
Children Cancer Foundation →Liechtenstein
Germany
A note about psychological support
The type of support varies between organisations. Some provide direct psychological or psychotherapeutic care, while others offer psychosocial counselling, peer support, family programmes or connections to professional services. Availability can also depend on the child's location, age and treatment centre. Check the organisation's official website for current eligibility and contact information.
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