ABOUT

A neuroendocrine cancer diagnosis can bring emotional, mental, and psychological challenges that are just as difficult as the physical ones. Join licensed clinical psychologist Dr. Karen Kersting from the Medical College of Wisconsin for a supportive discussion on Coping with Neuroendocrine Cancer: Managing Distress, Worry & Grief. She will offer insights and practical strategies to help patients and caregivers navigate the full emotional and psychological impact of living with NETs.

ABOUT KAREN "REN" KERSTING

Karen “Ren” Kersting, Ph.D. (she/her)

Assistant Professor/Clinical Psychologist

Medical College of Wisconsin

Surgery/Surgical Oncology

Karen Kersting, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist who provides counseling and psychotherapy to patients treated by surgeons in the Division of Surgical Oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She completed an undergraduate degree in Journalism at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, a PhD in Counseling Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA, and a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical health psychology at the Dayton Veterans Administration Medical Center in Dayton, OH. She joined the faculty of MCW in 2016.

Dr. Kersting’s research interests include the development and assessment of integrated psychosocial services for people coping with cancer diagnosis and treatment, with an emphasis on patients diagnosed with cancer of the pancreas. Additionally, her work aims to highlight issues related to social determinants of health and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy interventions.

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