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The Wellness Community Valley/Ventura is dedicated to help people with cancer and their loved ones enhance their health and well-being by providing a professional program of emotional support, education, and hope.

“It is such a comfort to be with others who truly understand my experience in a way that my loving family and friends cannot. I learn so much from my fellow group members, of both a practical and profound nature. I give and receive support.”

-- Participant, The Wellness Community

Our Beliefs Include:

• Many, many people recover from cancer
• Cancer patients can benefit from sharing experiences and support with others; they need not be alone
• Cancer patients can participate in their recovery along with their healthcare team
• Family members and friends of an individual with cancer, including children, can also benefit from information and support
• There is Hope.
  
  “Cancer patients who participate in their fight for recovery, along with their healthcare team, will improve the quality of their lives and may enhance the possibility of their recover”
  
  

  -- Harold H. Benjamin, Ph.D., founder of The Wellness Community

Our History

The Wellness Community Valley/Ventura is part of an international not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing free support, education and hope to men and women affected by cancer.  Through participation in professionally led support groups, educational workshops, nutrition and exercise programs, and mind/body connection classes, people affected by cancer learn vital skills that enable them to regain control, reduce isolation and restore hope, regardless of the stage of their disease.  The first Wellness Community opened in Santa Monica, California, in 1982 and we opened our doors in 1991.  Today, there are 22 Wellness Communities across the United States, five in development, 28 satellites, two centers abroad in Tokyo and Tel Aviv, and a community online – The Virtual Wellness Community.