In this session, as part of Shine Connect 2022, we speak to Cristina Garcia-Llavona, a Psychologist (BPS Reg.) and senior therapist (BABCP Accr.) with almost 30 years of experience in providing CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing). Cristina talks about how and why people experience cancer as a traumatic event, why it differs from anxiety and depression, and also provide thoughts on how we can cope with trauma and the 'new normal' that cancer can bring us.