Healing Beyond the Pain: Therapy for Chronic Illness & Pain
Living with chronic illness or pain is a lot. It can be physically exhausting, emotionally overwhelming, and deeply isolating. This might be part of your story, but it isn’t the whole story. Therapy with me is about helping you reconnect with the parts of yourself that may have gotten buried under the weight of daily survival. It’s about creating space for rest, pleasure, connection, joy, and meaning—all of it, because you deserve all of it.
We’ll explore not just what hurts, but also what’s possible. Together, we can look at how chronic pain and illness affect your relationships, your sense of self, your identity, and your nervous system. We can make room for all the emotional layers—anger, sadness, fear, grief—and find ways to move through them with more ease and less shame.
If you're ready to explore what healing can look like for you, I’d love to meet you.
Maybe, you are:
Feeling misunderstood by others who don’t fully grasp the reality of living with chronic illness or pain.
Mourning the loss of previous abilities, independence, and life goals that have been impacted by your condition.
Emotionally burnt out from the relentless toll of managing chronic pain or illness daily.
Anxious about the future, fearing worsening symptoms, medical uncertainty, or financial insecurity.
Feeling guilt or shame, like your illness or pain is burdening other people in your life.
Feeling disconnected and isolated, missing out on social events and relationships due to health limitations.
Struggling to accept care, finding it hard to lean on support from those who want to help.
These experiences are valid, and they don’t have to define you.
What if I told you that it is possible to make space for more:
Joy
Acceptance
Connection
Care
Confidence
Self-compassion
Rest
Therapy can help by:
Rewiring your brain’s perception of pain by addressing nervous system dysregulation and shifting pain pathways.
Processing the grief, trauma, and frustration that come with living in a body that doesn’t always feel safe or predictable.
Rebuilding a sense of connection to your body in a way that feels empowering rather than overwhelming.
Navigating ableism and medical gaslighting by helping you develop self-trust, advocacy skills, and self-compassion.
Fostering nervous system regulation so that your body and mind can find relief, ease, and resilience.
Cultivating a sense of agency so that you can engage with your life in meaningful ways, even when your health is unpredictable.
