Cancer affects more than the body
Psychiatric care and depth psychotherapy for patients in California facing cancer, survivorship, anxiety, depression, insomnia, fear of recurrence, and existential distress.
Care for the person carrying the diagnosis
Diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship can all reshape a person's inner life. Entheo Clinic offers psychiatrist-led care, often called cancer psychiatry or psycho-oncology, for people living with cancer, recovering from cancer treatment, or navigating what comes after.
Dr. Kabir has specific training and clinical experience in cancer-related psychotherapy and psychiatry, and offers psychiatric care for people facing the psychological, existential, sleep-related, and medication-related dimensions of cancer. Because he is both a psychiatrist and a trained psychotherapist, one visit can hold the medical and the human together: your medications and your mortality, your labs and what your life is asking of you now.
What cancer psychiatry can help with
- Anxiety after diagnosis
- Depression and demoralization
- Fear of recurrence
- Insomnia during treatment or survivorship
- Steroid-related mood symptoms
- Medication interactions and psychiatric safety
- Grief, mortality, and existential distress
- Survivorship identity changes
- Relationship and caregiver strain
- Coordination with oncology, primary care, therapy, or palliative care
Meaning-centered care
Cancer often forces questions that ordinary psychiatry avoids: What matters now? What kind of life is still possible? How do I live with uncertainty? Treatment at Entheo Clinic can include depth psychotherapy, meaning-centered work, medication care when needed, and practical support for sleep, anxiety, depression, and emotional steadiness.
Questions about cancer psychiatry
What is cancer psychiatry (psycho-oncology)?
Cancer psychiatry, also called psycho-oncology, is psychiatric care focused on the psychological, emotional, sleep-related, and existential dimensions of cancer. It does not treat the cancer itself; it treats the anxiety, depression, insomnia, fear of recurrence, medication questions, and distress that often accompany diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship.
Can a psychiatrist help with anxiety after a cancer diagnosis?
Yes. Anxiety after diagnosis is one of the most common reasons people seek this care. Treatment can include unhurried evaluation, depth psychotherapy, practical tools for acute anxiety, and medication when appropriate, chosen with attention to interactions with your cancer treatment.
Can you help with fear of recurrence?
Yes. Fear of recurrence is one of the most persistent forms of distress in survivorship. Treatment can include structured psychotherapy, meaning-centered work, tools for living with uncertainty, and medication support when anxiety or insomnia are severe.
Can you help with insomnia during cancer treatment or survivorship?
Yes. Insomnia is common during and after treatment, and it worsens mood, anxiety, and daytime functioning. Care includes behavioral treatment for insomnia and careful medication choices, made with attention to your treatment phase, other medications, and psychiatric safety.
Do you coordinate with oncology or palliative care?
Yes, with your permission. We coordinate with oncology, primary care, therapists, and palliative care so psychiatric care fits alongside your medical care, complementing those teams rather than replacing them.
The inner dimensions of cancer deserve real care.
Psychiatric care and depth psychotherapy, by telehealth across California.
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