A Study of a One-Time Counseling Session to Help Reduce Depression, Anxiety, and Distress in People With Breast Cancer

Inclusion Criteria

• •Patient must have pathologically confirmed breast cancer (per EMR).
• •Patient with localized or advanced cancer (per EMR).
• •Patient is on a waitlist of at least 2 weeks or more for MSK Counseling Center intake and will not complete a Counseling Center intake prior to intervention (these patients will be replaced) (per EMR, patient's care team, or self-report).
• •Has no current active or passive suicidal ideation (per self-report of PHQ-9, Item 9: Thoughts that you would be better off dead, or of hurting yourself).
• •Female (per EMR)
• •Age ≥ 18 (per EMR)
• •English fluency - Per self-report: How well do you speak English?
• •Agrees to be audio-recorded (per self-report) NOTE: Participants who report Very well are considered fluent.
• •Lives in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut (per self-report).
• •Has no significant psychiatric disturbance sufficient to preclude completion of the assessment measures, interview, or informed consent (i.e., acute psychiatric symptoms which require urgent or extended individual treatment) (per EMR, patient's care team, or study team).
• +2 more criteria