Therapy for Clients with Complex Chronic Illness
Care that meets the complexity of work, relationships, and health while living with a chronic illness.
One-size-fits-all therapy can’t capture the full scope of what you navigate every day. With our person-centered approach, you’re heard without repeating yourself, seen for your experience, and validated every step of the way. You’ll leave with tools that actually work, progress you can feel, and a sense of trust that’s been missing for a long time.
Why The Chronic Illness Therapist
Our work begins where most models fall short.
We understand that chronic illness isn’t just symptoms. It’s identity, systems, relationships, and constant adaptation. So everything here is created to reflect that:
Lived experience alongside clinical expertise
Flexibility woven in from the start
Space for nuance, not pressure for answers
A sense of connection in work that can feel isolating
We don’t reduce your experience to something simpler. We meet you in it.
How We Help
Individual Therapy Sessions
Weekly One-On-One Therapy Sessions for Chronic Pain & Illness
Therapy with someone who already understands the medical system, the grief, work accommodations, and the in-between.
LEARN MORE ABOUT ONE-ON-ONE CHRONIC ILLNESS THERAPY
Intensive Therapy Sessions for Chronic Pain & Illness
You just got a diagnosis. Or there's a conversation you've been putting off. Some things are too big for 50 minutes at a time.
LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR 3-HOUR TO 3-DAY CHRONIC ILLNESS INTENSIVES
Couples and Relationship Therapy Intensives
When one of you is sick and both of you are struggling.
Other Specialties
ADHD & Autism
ADHD and autism don't exist in a vacuum, and neither does your chronic illness. This is therapy that doesn't make you choose which part to bring.
LEARN MORE ABOUT ADHD & AUTISM THERAPY
Medical Trauma Therapy
Healing for when the medical system hurt you, may still be hurting you, and walking back into a doctor's office feels impossible.
LEARN MORE ABOUT MEDICAL TRAUMA THERAPY
Health Anxiety Therapy
When every symptom demands your attention, and you can't tell what's serious anymore.
Parenting with Chronic Illness
Therapy for When You’re A Parent and A Patient
You love your kids. Your body just doesn't always cooperate. And the guilt is a lot to carry.
You shouldn't have to spend half your session educating your therapist.
Here, you don't. And getting started shouldn't take everything you've got.
Our Process
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01. Choose how you want to reach out
Book a free discovery call directly on the button below; or if filling out a form works better for your brain, start there instead with the form on the contact page of this site.
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02. We connect for a discovery call
A short call where we'll talk through what you're navigating, what support could look like, and to answer any questions you have before committing to anything.
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03. We build your plan together
Whether that's an intensive, ongoing weekly sessions, or something in between, we'll figure out what actually works for your life and your body. The initial discovery call is done via phone, and all sessions after that can be video, phone, or in-person.
Looking for PEER TO PEER connection, not therapy?
Welcome to the Waiting Room
is a community membership for people living with chronic illness. A space for conversation, reflection, and shared understanding with others who truly get it. Open to anyone, anywhere. Not therapy. No clinical relationship, just connection and insight. This is for people who want to feel less alone in it all, learn how to have more effective conversations, and stop second-guessing every second of their health odyssey.