Chronic Illness

Living with chronic illness is more than a medical experience.
It can shape your identity, relationships, energy, and sense of safety in the world. It often includes layers of grief, frustration, and deep fatigue, not just in your body but in your spirit.

Maybe you have spent years searching for answers, sitting in waiting rooms, or explaining symptoms that are dismissed or misunderstood.
Maybe you have a diagnosis like Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, POTS, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, migraines, or another condition that impacts your daily life. Or maybe your body keeps sounding alarms without clear answers. Either way, you are not imagining it. What you are feeling is real.

You may be navigating:

  • Medical trauma or mistrust in the healthcare system

  • Fatigue that others cannot see or understand

  • Flares that feel unpredictable and disruptive

  • Chronic migraines or pain conditions that affect how you function

  • Anxiety around your health, your future, or your capacity

  • Grief for the life you used to live or hoped to have

  • Difficulty finding care that honors both your physical and emotional reality

You deserve support that sees your whole self, not just your symptoms.

Reclaiming Your Relationship With Your Body

Therapy is not a replacement for medical care but it can be a place to process what it is like to live in a body that does not always cooperate or conform.

We make space for the frustration, the grief, and the hypervigilance that often accompany chronic illness.
We explore how to build self-trust and nervous system safety when your internal cues feel unreliable.
We hold space for the toll of masking, medical gaslighting, and the pressure to be “resilient” when what you really need is rest.

A Therapy Space That Understands

My approach is informed by both clinical training and lived experience. I understand how deeply invalidating it can be when you are told your pain is in your head or that you look “too well” to be struggling. I also know how hard it is to keep advocating for yourself when you are already depleted.

Together, we can work to:

  • Untangle internalized messages about your body or worth

  • Reconnect with a sense of agency, even in the face of limitations

  • Create gentle, accessible practices for self-regulation and care

  • Explore how chronic illness intersects with trauma, anxiety, and neurodivergence

  • Build a relationship with your body that centers compassion and consent

You do not have to push through or go it alone. Therapy can be a place to exhale.

If You Are Living in a Complex Body, You Are Welcome Here

This is a space where your pain does not have to be justified and your limitations do not have to be hidden.
Whether your illness is well-documented or hard to name, your experience is valid.

If you are ready to explore how therapy can support you, I offer a free consultation to begin.