Julie, whose real name I am not using to protect patient privacy, discovered her cancer on her honeymoon. She and her husband , both in their 30s, wanted to start a family as soon as they got married. When they returned home, she learned that the tender spot was cancer. But that was exactly why Julie wanted to see me. She had told her physician that she didn’t want a therapist from “the cancer team.” She wanted to feel normal, to be part of the living.

Source: New York Times April 18, 2019 09:00 UTC