Life's challenges can feel dark, heavy, or even impossible for the average person, but then life can add chronic pain or illness on top of that!
Most people who start Mental Health Counseling for Chronic Illness & Pain feel trapped in a life they don't love. Perhaps you can relate. Maybe your creativity is nonexistent or you feel like you want to escape your life.
Stuck in negativity and feeling so overwhelmed, you may feel like life is meaningless.
Do You Feel Sad, Hopeless, Overwhelmed?
Do any of the following resonate with you?
- Your energy levels are at an all time low.
- You feel like you lack motivation to do anything.
- You sometimes wake up feeling like you're dying.
- You lost the joyful feelings that you used to have in life.
- You know that sadness isn't helpful but getting out of it alone isn't possible.
If these sound true for you, we want you to know that even though you may feel alone, know that many people in your circumstances need support considering the many challenges you are facing.
Self-care is not an indulgence or a selfish act. In fact, it is especially important to take care of yourself when you have the responsibility of balancing your care for others and yourself at the same time.
Mental Health Counseling for Chronic Illness & Pain Can Help You Re-write your story
It’s possible to feel better. Imagine a life where you could...
- Shift into a more positive and hopeful outlook on life.
- Improve your relationship with yourself and those you choose to share yourself with.
- Create a more meaningful life based on who you are and what you desire.
- Stop letting symptoms decide the way you live or make decisions for you.
- Get to the root problems and solve those instead of using band-aids.
Step Back And Focus On Healing
Mental Health Counseling for Chronic Illness & Pain helps you rise above your challenges and start moving towards your ideal life with less suffering and more fulfillment, even if your medical conditions are still a part of your day to day life!
You will get the mind-body tools and insights you need to start taking care of yourself and ways to manage my stress and tools to cope with it.
Even if you are not sure how a therapist could help you, Mental Health Counseling for Chronic Illness & Pain may be able to help.
Many of our Team Members have lived experience with chronic health issues or chronic pain... Did you know autoimmune disorders are connected to a traumatic history? So we are especially equipped to use our lived experience and clinical knowledge and creative tools to help you cope with most chronic conditions.
How Mental Health Counseling for Chronic Illness & Pain Works
1. First, your therapist will provide a safe, affirming environment where you can feel comfortable sharing your struggles and goals.
2. When establishing care:
3. Next your therapist will start by helping you with immediate concerns like managing difficult emotions and challenging life situations.
4. You will also work together to discover insight and feelings in therapy and in life that might surprise you.
5. Keeping your unique self, needs, history and goals in mind, you’ll figure out what creative tools you need to help you grasp a peaceful present and a joyful future.
6. Over the course of your sessions, you will start gaining insight, validation, feel long stifled feelings again and thereby make progress towards the life you desire!
Research shows that Mental Health Counseling for Chronic Illness & Pain can positively change your thinking, beliefs, emotions, and behaviors. It can help you let go of what’s holding you back.
Let’s Get Started
Ready to start feeling better? If you feel life is exhausting, Mental Health Counseling for Chronic Illness & Pain could help.
To get started, schedule an initial video or phone consultation in our online scheduler. During your initial call, you can share what’s going on for you and ask us any questions you may have. Through understanding your needs we will help you confirm the best therapist for you and schedule you in for your first session. Get started by scheduling your initial video or phone consultation today.
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