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The Cancer Coping Strategies and Wellness Program at Centenary Health Centre (CCSWP) began as a program to help meet the needs of clients and their families by building upon their repertoire of coping strategies and improving their support network. As one componenet of the total treatment plan, this holistic program promotes self-responsibility for health, as well as sharing among those touched by cancer. The article describes the CCSWP program format and content; implementation of program objectives, program input from clients, and implications for clinical practice. Clients with cancer, and their families, are becoming more informed health care consumers and are asking for information regarding their health, and how they can best promote their own recovery. The CCSWP helps meet these needs.