Seton Support

At Saint Thomas Health, Seton Support Services, we offer a comprehensive holistic approach of care for our patients, family members and the Nashville and surrounding communities. Our services, programs, and our vast network of professionals provide the highest quality of care available for your mind, body and spirit.

Seton Support Services is a centralized resource that provides compassionate patient care, focused education, patient advocacy, integrative medicine and health and fitness programs. Our goal is to enhance the quality of life and empower our patients, their caregivers, families and our community with the resources they need when they need them.

Our ongoing and specialty classes are usually free of charge. Occasionally there are some classes that require a small fee. 

For more information about any of our services and programs or to schedule an appointment for any of our services, please call Seton Support Center at
615-222-3234.

• Education and Support Classes and Programs
  Defensive Eating
  Care for the Caregiver
  Look Good Feel Better
  Planting your Organic Garden

• Patient Education/Advocacy
  Genetic Testing
  Grief Support Group Class
  Hospice Services
  Palliative Care
  Preoperative Class for Breast Cancer Patients
  Reach to Recovery Program
  Navigators
  Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
  Spiritual Counseling

• Integrative Medicine

  Integrative Medicine is a treatment or therapy that is used in addition to conventional medicine. Acupuncture, herbs and supplements, massage therapy and yoga are all good examples of complimentary medicine The basic philosophy and principles of integrative medicine, is a focus on treating the whole person, and recognizing that physical, mental, spiritual and emotional well being are all interconnected and play an important part in your overall health.
  
  Our Integrative Medicine Program helps you access safe and effective therapies that include Acupuncture, Massage Therapy, Skin Care, and Yoga.
  
  All of these services are offered at our Baptist and Saint Thomas hospitals and are recommended for use in combination with traditional cancer care. We will be adding these services at our new Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro at a later date. You should always consult with your doctor about any therapies you are considering. Most of our integrative medicine services charge a fee.
  
  All of our Integrative Services are open to our patients, family members, hospital employees and health care professionals. We also welcome and invite the general public.  Some services are provided by independent licensed professionals (non-Saint Thomas Health employees):
  
  Acupuncture is a painless and safe method of treatment that can help reduce pain, chronic headaches, nausea, menopausal symptoms and assist with the bodies’ natural healing abilities to promote physical and emotional well being.
  
  Massage therapy can help reduce pain, fatigue, depression, muscular tension, stress and anxiety. Types of massage available include swedish relaxation, cranial sacral, deep tissue, sports and myofascial.
  
  Skin Care includes facials, skin care, waxing, eyelash and brow tinting and eye lash extensions. Facials and skin treatments are gentle, healing, relaxing, deep cleansing; toning and can rejuvenate the skin during and after chemotherapy and radiation.
  
  Dietary Consultations appointments can be made with our registered dietitians. (free of charge)
  
  Relaxation line at Saint Thomas Health 615-284-RELAX (7532)
  
  
  Rehabilitation (requires a physician referral for insurance coverage)

• Physical Therapy

  Our Life Therapies and Baptist Sports Medicine clinics offer physical therapy for oncology patients as well as the general orthopedic patient populations. Other treatment programs in our rehabilitation clinics include Lymphedema, Women's Health, Stretching and Strength conditioning, Pain management, Balance problems and Endurance training. We also offer Occupational and Speech Therapies. For more information please call our Life Therapies Clinic
  at 615-284-7566

• Health and Wellness
  • ABC Program (After Breast Cancer)

    Funded by the Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition this program provides nutritional counseling, emotional support and exercise programs for breast cancer patients and survivors and is available at the Brentwood, Maryland Farms and Murfreesboro YMCA’s. For more information please call the Brentwood YMCA at 615-373-9622 or Murfreesboro YMCA @ 615-895-5995

  • H.O.P.E Program (Healing Through Optimism Persistence and Exercise)

    This Breast Cancer Wellness Program is a hospital based cancer care program at Saint Thomas and Baptist hospitals. The H.O.P.E program seeks to restore optimum health in women through physical activity during and after treatment. Our exercise physiologists are uniquely qualified to address the unique needs of patients and survivors recovering from surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, and they provide support and encouragement to help participants incorporate physical fitness as part of a lifelong wellness choice. For more information call Baptist Wellness 615-284-2348 or Saint Thomas Wellness Center
    615-222-2056.  We will be adding this program to Middle Tennessee Medical Center at a later date.

• Healing Garden

  Our garden is an organic vegetable garden and a beautiful flower garden that is designed and planted and maintained by patients, survivors and employees. It is a place to nourish the soul, meditate, visit with old and new friends, harvest the foods to share with others and cut and arrange flowers to deliver to recently diagnosed patients in our hospitals. It is located on the Saint Thomas Campus in front of the Seton Support Center.

• Yoga

  Beginning and intermediate yoga classes are offered every Saturday in our Saint Thomas Wellness Center from 10:30-11:30. Fee is 8-12 dollars per class with a discount on purchase of multiple classes. This class combines pilates and gentle yoga postures designed for beginners and intermediates to help develop muscle tone, flexibility, improved posture, increased range of motion of still joints. Many participants report an increases sense of well being with regular practice and a decrease in stress and anxiety as well. This is an excellent form of exercise and movement for not only patients and survivors but for any community member who would like to attend.

• Camp Bluebird

  A two and a half day weekend retreat where adult cancer patients and survivors are provided with education, support and encouragement in
  living life after a cancer diagnosis. For more information call 615-222-2074
  or 615-222-6887.

• Spiritual Counseling Services

  As a faith based organization, we offer counselors, chaplains, and psychologists to assist you and your loved ones in need of spiritual or emotional support.

• Pretty in Pink Boutique
  

  Conveniently located across the hall from the Center for Breast Health in Baptist Hospital, Pretty in Pink offers products and services that assist breast cancer patients throughout their journey to help maintain a dignified, positive self-image. View Web site.

• Wig Banks
  
• Transportation
  • Gas Cards
  • American Cancer Society Volunteers

• Hope Lodge
  

  The American Cancer Society's Memorial Foundation Hope Lodge is a residential-type support center for cancer patients and their families who must travel away from home for treatment. The Lodge offers free lodging facilities in a warm, caring, supportive environment that is conducive to the special needs of those who stay there. Virtual Tour

• Seton Lodge
  

  For family members of patients undergoing cancer treatment who cannot afford accommodation, Seton Lodge offers overnight accommodations at a reduced rate.

• Financial Assistance
  • American Cancer Society
  • Bridges to Care
  • Daughters of Charity
  • Tennessee Breast and Cervical Screening Program
  • Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition