> The Chronic Illness Therapist LLC is a private-pay therapy practice specializing in chronic illness, medical trauma, and health anxiety. Licensed in Georgia, Florida, and Colorado, with in-person sessions in Downtown Atlanta and virtual sessions across licensed states. ## Clinical approach - ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), Somatic Experiencing, and MBSR, applied within a Disability Justice framework - ACT work does not require adjudicating whether a client's pain is "real" - Clinical grounding in a biopsychosocial, rehabilitation-focused model (CRC credential) - Approach is critical of brain-retraining and cure-narrative frameworks, including overclaiming around Pain Reprocessing Therapy ## Services - 1:1 50-minute sessions, weekly or biweekly, in-person or virtual - 1:1 therapy intensives, ranging from 3 hours to 3 days - Individual and couples therapy intensives (3-day format, Atlanta office) - Support groups for chronically ill people - Clinical consultation for therapists who specialize in chronic illness ## Education & training - NBCC ACEP-approved continuing education provider (No. 7980), covering Live Event and Home Study formats - Host of a national conference for therapists who work with chronic illness (Chronic Illness Therapists Conference) - CE content and trainings for clinicians on chronic illness and medical trauma ## Community - Welcome to the Waiting Room: membership community for people navigating chronic illness - The Chronic Illness Therapists Collective: membership community for licensed clinicians - The Chronic Illness Therapists Podcast: interviews with licensed medical professionals