Emotional Health and Mental Coaching: Safeguarding Oncological Patients’ Mental Health in the COVID-19 Era
2021
The new Coronavirus infection, called COVID-19, has appeared on the world stage with significant
implications for patients suffering from cancer and their caregivers. Patients with oncological diseases are
particularly at risk, both for morbidity and lethality related to respiratory virus infections and are exposed
to a higher risk of severe events. The assistance to these types of patients had to deal with the consequences
and damage that arise from a state of health emergency and has therefore undergone a remodeling. While
the threat of slowdowns threatens patients and all people who risk being diagnosed late, many oncologists
face severe occupational burnout. This situation has repercussions on an emotional level: a shared path is
desirable to protect the patient himself and the health professionals who take responsibility for the
therapeutic care process of such fragile patients. Our model of assistance is based on coaching pointed
towards patients affected by cancer, their caregivers and healthcare professionals with the aim of addressing
the crisis through an operational process aimed at helping to integrate the experience of illness in order to
rebuild the continuity of the existence and give it an evolutionary sense.
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