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 therapeutic programs, peer connection, or pathways to professional care.
Psychological support can include counselling, child-life therapy, peer groups, family programs, or help connecting with a psychologist. The type of support and eligibility can differ between organizations.
Provides free emotional and mental health support to children with cancer, parents, carers, siblings, and extended family members. Services include children's counselling, adult counselling, social work, group support, music therapy, and grief support.
Redkite →Supports children affected by cancer through Child Life Therapy, family camps, kids' camps, therapeutic activities, and professional counselling pathways. Its programs focus on resilience, confidence, connection, and helping children cope with the cancer experience.
Camp Quality →Provides free, tailored counselling and psychosocial support to young people aged 12–25 affected by cancer. Support includes individual counselling, peer connection, online support, and specialist services for young people with cancer.
Canteen Australia →Funds psychosocial and clinical-care programs that address the psychological and emotional distress experienced by children with cancer. Supported professionals include paediatric psychologists, mental health clinicians, play therapists, art therapists, and music therapists.
Children’s Cancer Foundation →Provides counselling and psychological support to children with cancer and their families in South Australia and the Northern Territory. Services include individual counselling, sibling programs, survivorship counselling, and grief and loss support.
Childhood Cancer Association →A national support pathway created by Canteen, Redkite, and Camp Quality. Families affected by cancer can connect with a specialist team that assesses their needs and links them with practical, psychosocial, and emotional support services.
Cancer Hub →Provides family-to-family support for families affected by neuroblastoma. Volunteer parent contacts can help families discuss experiences such as accessing psychological support, supporting siblings, communicating a diagnosis, and managing the challenges of treatment.
Neuroblastoma Australia →Supports children with cancer and their families throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. Its family support includes emotional wellbeing services, dedicated Family Support Coordinators, peer connection, and access to counselling through its Counselling Network.
Child Cancer Foundation →Offers free psychology and counselling services for people affected by cancer and their family/whānau. Services include individual and group sessions, local counselling, referrals, and psychological support depending on the region.
Cancer Society NZ →Provides a home-away-from-home and wraparound support for families with a child receiving hospital treatment. Family Rooms and Houses offer a safe place to rest, stay together, connect with other families, and access support during stressful periods.
RMHC New Zealand →Provides family-centered support around children's hospital care, including family accommodation, Family Rooms, activities for siblings, and a supportive environment designed to reduce the emotional and practical stress of prolonged hospital stays.
RMHC Australia →Supports children with cancer and their families through programs designed to improve wellbeing during treatment. Families can also be connected with practical and emotional support services through the Foundation's network of childhood cancer organizations.
Kids with Cancer Foundation Australia →Services vary by organization, location, age, diagnosis, and family circumstances. Some organizations provide direct counselling or psychology services, while others offer therapeutic programs, peer support, family wellbeing services, or connections to professional care. Please check the official website before contacting an organization, as programs and eligibility can change.
Finding emotional support can be an important part of caring for a child with cancer — and for taking care of yourself, too.