The study subjects will be recruited from one PMCC oncology clinical setting that obtains a majority of AYA cancer patients. The needs of AYAs are distinct because they are moving through key milestones in their life cycle that are interrupted at the time of diagnosis and hence require carefully monitoring of their mental health (Gupta, Papadakos, Jones, Amin, Chang, Korenblum, Mina, McCabe, Mitchell & Giuliani, 2016). Inclusion criteria will entail those at high risk of psychological distress at any given stage of their cancer trajectory. The majority of participants that are between 15-39 years old are eligible for the study. Research indicates that AYAs report more negative psychosocial outcomes than do older patient, hence why this population
