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Chronic illnesses not only affect your physical health, but they can also be harmful for your mental health. Many sufferers of chronic illnesses, like Diabetes, Lupus, chronic pain, or Crohn’s Disease end up with mental disorders ranging from anxiety to depression, which can make life harder.

Luckily, Mental Health Match can match you with a chronic illness therapist who can help you manage the stress, fear, and angst surrounding your diagnosis. Wherever you are located in New York from Albany to Yonkers or even Niagara Falls, or anywhere else nearby, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Signs You May Need Chronic Illness Counseling

If you’re not sure whether you need chronic illness counseling, we can help. Here are some signs that indicate that you should consider therapy:

  • You feel stressed out about the diagnosis and your future.
  • You have feelings of anxiety and sadness.
  • You have trouble concentrating throughout the day.
  • You are withdrawn or apathetic about relationships that used to matter
  • You don’t sleep well.

Read this article for tips about living with a chronic illness from a licensed therapist.

Feel Better with Chronic Illness Counseling

Now is the best time to seek treatment for a chronic illness or diagnosis. Mental Health Match can help you get started by connecting you with the most suitable therapist for your needs. Browse below or use our free therapist matching tool.

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Caitlin Armstrong
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Together we can work on symptom management and alleviating immediate stressors while being curious together about patterns that impact your wellbeing in the long term.


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Together we can work on symptom management and alleviating immediate stressors while being curious together about patterns that impact your wellbeing in the long term.

Something to know about my approach is:

I use person-centered, psychodynamic, dialectical-behavioral, and mindfulness approaches in my work and take a holistic approach in addressing each of your needs. Identifying values to live by is core to my approach and central to our work together.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Chronic Illness
  • Disability
  • Interpersonal Difficulties
  • LGBTQ+
  • Mood Disorders
  • Self-Esteem
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Ashley Winkler
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Throughout our time together, we’ll focus on making you feel more connected, embodied, and in control so you can find your inner harmony.


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Throughout our time together, we’ll focus on making you feel more connected, embodied, and in control so you can find your inner harmony.

Something to know about my approach is:

As a therapist and yoga teacher, part of my approach involves integrating mindfulness, the mind-body connection, and movement into talk therapy.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Academic Issues
  • Addictions
  • Adjustment Issues
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Body Image
  • Burnout
  • Chronic Illness
  • Chronic Pain
  • Communication Skills
  • Depression
  • Family Dynamics
  • Grief
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Life Transitions
  • Loneliness
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Perfectionism
  • Relationships
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Harm
  • Stress
  • Trauma
  • Vulnerability
  • Work Stress
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Patricia Petrone
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I lead a team of other talented specialists at Whole Wellness Services to provide each client with an individualized and effective approach to treatment for ages 2-geriatric. Couples & Group therapy also available! We are taking clients now.


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I lead a team of other talented specialists at Whole Wellness Services to provide each client with an individualized and effective approach to treatment for ages 2-geriatric. Couples & Group therapy also available! We are taking clients now.

Something to know about my approach is:

My areas of expertise include addressing emotional disturbances/disorders, existential growth, and health challenges. I utilize a team of holistic specialists that will focus on the emotional, behavioral, and physical aspects of your struggles.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Addictions
  • Adult ADHD
  • Anxiety
  • Assessments
  • Autoimmune Disorders
  • Behavioral Disorders
  • Behavior Change
  • Binge Eating
  • Career
  • Career Change
  • Career Counseling
  • Children
  • Children of Divorce
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Coping Skills
  • Couples
  • Couples Sex Therapy
  • Depression
  • Disordered Eating
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Existential Crisis
  • Existential Issues
  • Food Allergy Anxiety
  • Food and Eating Concerns
  • Gay
  • Grief
  • High Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Hispanics
  • Holistic Wellness
  • Impulsive Behavior
  • Latinos
  • Lesbian
  • LGBTQ Family Development
  • Love Addiction
  • Multicultural Identity
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (OCSDs)
  • Panic Attacks
  • Panic Disorders
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Queer
  • Stress Eating
  • Transgender
  • Trauma
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Shway Modi
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Asking for help is often the hardest part of healing. I invite you to reach out so you can get the support you deserve and move toward the best life you can live.


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Asking for help is often the hardest part of healing. I invite you to reach out so you can get the support you deserve and move toward the best life you can live.

Something to know about my approach is:

Starting therapy requires bravery and vulnerability. As someone who has been on both sides of the equation – clinician and client – I want to make this act of courage on your part as comfortable as possible.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Addictions
  • Anxiety
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Career Counseling
  • Coaching
  • Communication Skills
  • Couples
  • Creatives
  • Cultural Adjustment
  • Dating and Romance
  • Depression
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Eating Disorders
  • Family Conflict
  • Immigrants
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Life Transitions
  • Mood Disorders
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Racial or Ethnic Identity
  • Relationships
  • Sex Addiction
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Trauma
  • Work Stress
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Shway Modi remote and phone therapy in New York
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Katie Lawliss
Together, we will:

Create a therapeutic relationship that helps you feel heard and understood, which in turn leads to growth, self-compassion, and meaningful change in your life. We will figure out what is most important to you and identify how you can achieve it.


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Together, we will:

Create a therapeutic relationship that helps you feel heard and understood, which in turn leads to growth, self-compassion, and meaningful change in your life. We will figure out what is most important to you and identify how you can achieve it.

Something to know about my approach is:

We will work together, meaning I help guide you and ask questions to encourage you to explore your inner world and you are open to the exploration and possibility of change. My approach requires us to both be participants in our work together.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adult ADHD
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Chronic Illness
  • Depression
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Parenting
  • Postpartum
  • Terminal Illness
  • Trauma
  • Women’s Health
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Katie Lawliss remote and phone therapy in Maryland, New York