Cath Adams is a Senior Clinical Psychologist from the Hunter New England Area Health Service, Genesis Cancer Care and the University of Newcastle. Her clinical work focuses on providing structured interventions to oncology patients to help them manage any anxiety or depression related to their cancer diagnosis.
Cath has published in the areas of stress management, screening for psychosocial distress, and distress in carers of people with cancer. She is currently developing a group intervention for people recently diagnosed with cancer aimed at reducing levels of traumatic stress for these people and their carers.
Listen to The Thing About Cancer host Julie McCrossin interview Cath in our Coping with a Cancer Diagnosis and Managing Fear podcast episodes, as well as our latest advanced cancer podcast episode on Managing Relationships as the Carer.