Webinar: Intimacy and Cancer

Join Chana, our Patient Support Specialist, as she sits down to a candid discussion about intimacy and cancer with Montreal-based psychotherapist Amanda Luterman. Their conversation highlights Amanda’s innovative practice of Erotic Empathy, focusing on open communication and connection as a means of maintaining a healthy and vital intimate relationship with your partner.

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