Side-By-Side is an innovative counseling program that will help you or the ones you love get through cancer. We call it Side-By-Side because that is where we want to be – by your side.
The Side-By-Side staff works with you, your family, your caregivers and other health professionals to overcome the very difficult issues that come with a diagnosis of cancer.
The Side-By-Side Wellness Center focuses attention on the overall well-being and quality of life of patients, their family members, and caregivers by offering healing activities along with SIU School of Medicine’s state-of-the-art medical interventions. Complementary activities include nutritional education, mind-body medicine, meditation, exercise, Yoga, Tai Chi, Support Groups, and much more. Research has shown that programs like Yoga and meditation can enhance quality of life and clinical outcomes irrespective of the person’s disease stage or site.
The mission of the Side-By-Side Wellness Center is to provide an environment where all persons touched by cancer can enhance their quality of life through programs that complement medical care and focus on the mind, body and spirit. The mission also includes an opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research examining intervention programs to improve quality of life and clinical outcomes; to provide authoritative, accurate and current information for patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals.
The Side-By-Side Wellness Center will provide emotional, social, physical and spiritual support to patients, family members, survivors and caregivers in Central and Southern Illinois without discrimination because of inability to pay. It will be open and free to anyone touched by cancer, their family members and caregivers.
If you are interested in learning more about the Side-By-Side counseling program, call 217-545-6000.