For Clinicians Who Work With Chronically Ill Clients
Chronic illness work is complex. You don’t have to navigate it alone.
Clients come in carrying more than a diagnosis. You adapt, advocate, and problem-solve, often alone. Our programs give you a place to build on your clinical judgment alongside clinicians who know how to explain dismissed conditions, navigate disability law and workplace accommodations, support clients through a medical system that wasn't built for them, and push back on the idea that the right mindset is all it takes to feel better.
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
Research-driven and studied
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.
You don’t have to choose between being a clinician and being human
Your lived experience isn’t a limitation, it’s part of what makes your work meaningful.
Many clinicians navigate their own chronic illness while supporting others, and traditional models rarely make room for that. We do. Here, your personal experience and your clinical work aren't in conflict. We help you build a practice that's sustainable, boundaried, and grounded in real life—one that honors both your health and your role.
CLINICIAN OFFERINGS
Training, Consultation & Connection
Podcast
Real conversations with real clinicians to shed light on chronic illness and its complexities. Apply to be a guest today or share with your clients.
Cohorts
Deep dive into client-centered, evidence-informed chronic illness care through therapy trainings.
Continuing Ed
Expand your expertise while earning credits.
Clinical
Consultation
Individual and Group Consultation - Reflect, strategize, and problem-solve with peers and mentors.
Conferences
Learn from and connect with a community of specialists in chronic illness care.
Kind Words
CLINICAL PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP COMMUNITY
The Chronic Illness Therapist Collective
Looking for more community support plus access to CE workshops and trainings?
Monthly consultation group
Exclusive content access
Biweekly skills classes
CE workshops and trainings
Discounts for conference tickets
Community forum and support
For as little as $65/mo join The Collective alongside fellow clinicians and mental health professionals.
Looking for additional support for your clients? INVITE THEM TO
Welcome to the Waiting Room
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 the diagnosis odyssey.
LATEST FROM THE PODCAST
The Chronic Illness Podcast
It’s not in your head, you are not a burden, and we’ll prove that to you one episode at a time.
If you've ever wondered why losing your old life to chronic illness feels so much like grief, this episode puts language to it. I sit down with Kelsey Ruffing, MA, MS, LCPC, a therapist specializing in sport and health psychology, to talk about the surprising overlap between career-ending sports injuries and chronic illness diagnoses. We get into why "defeat" deserves to be felt instead of reframed, how brainspotting helps people reconnect with a sense of purpose, and why being dismissed by a doctor does the same damage as being ignored by a coach who's supposed to have your back.