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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. 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  • You are withdrawn or apathetic about relationships that used to matter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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Amelia Styer
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Explore your challenges, identify goals, and work toward your desired change. To do this, we look closely at your personal history and present day patterns, cultivating deeper self-awareness and an increased sense of emotional freedom.


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Explore your challenges, identify goals, and work toward your desired change. To do this, we look closely at your personal history and present day patterns, cultivating deeper self-awareness and an increased sense of emotional freedom.

Something to know about my approach is:

I believe that growth and healing occur by gaining deeper insight into our thoughts, emotions, and behavior patterns. I use a number of therapeutic approaches, leaning most heavily on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and mindfulness practices.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Career
  • Depression
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Life Transitions
  • Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorders
  • Postpartum Anxiety
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Relationships
  • Stress
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Erin Borton
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We can discuss how to make relationships in your life better, what is holding you back from who you want to be, we can discuss any addictive or impulsive behaviors, issues with work home, and/or how to manage illness/pain but still have a good life.


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We can discuss how to make relationships in your life better, what is holding you back from who you want to be, we can discuss any addictive or impulsive behaviors, issues with work home, and/or how to manage illness/pain but still have a good life.

Something to know about my approach is:

I am more interactive in the therapy session. I teach my clients about their conditions and symptoms. I am a guide and can provide resources but ultimately it is the client's decision with what they want to do with their lives.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Chronic Disease
  • Depression
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Eating Disorders
  • High-Functioning Autism
  • Substance Use Disorders
  • Trauma-Related Disorders
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Dr. Radhika Parekh
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Work together to process trauma-related and stressful experiences and help you (or your child) cope and gain more fulfillment in life. Living with a chronic condition and/or trauma can be painful and isolating. I hope to support your healing journey.


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Work together to process trauma-related and stressful experiences and help you (or your child) cope and gain more fulfillment in life. Living with a chronic condition and/or trauma can be painful and isolating. I hope to support your healing journey.

Something to know about my approach is:

I welcome individuals of all races, ethnicities, genders, and ability statuses. I am BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ affirming. My approach is trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and strengths-based. Therapy is tailored for each client's developmental needs.

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  • Adolescent Trauma
  • Adult Children of Immigrants
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Autoimmune Disorders
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Children With Chronic Illness
  • Diabetes
  • Gastrointestinal Conditions
  • Grief
  • Health Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Medical Trauma
  • Multicultural Identity
  • Teen Anxiety
  • Teen Depression
  • Young Adults
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Dr. Radhika  Parekh remote and phone therapy in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina...
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William Christiana
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work to better understand the nature of your difficulties and form a treatment aimed at both symptom relief and meaningful change in accordance with your values.


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work to better understand the nature of your difficulties and form a treatment aimed at both symptom relief and meaningful change in accordance with your values.

Something to know about my approach is:

that it is drive by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), an active, directive, and problem-focused form of treatment rooted in psychological science. I also incorporate Mindfulness and Motivational interviewing into my treatment approach.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Alcohol
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Burnout
  • Cannabis
  • Cigarettes and Smoking
  • Depression
  • Fears and Phobias
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Perfectionism
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Smoking Cessation
  • Social Anxiety
  • Stress
  • Substance Abuse
  • Substance Use Disorders
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William Christiana remote and phone therapy in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North...
Picture of Lindsay Cirincione, mental health therapist in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, N...
Lindsay Cirincione
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make managing your medical condition easier and improve your quality of life. In my work with parents, we address behavioral concerns, adjusting to your child's medical diagnosis, and navigating day to day challenges of parenting.


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Picture of Lindsay Cirincione, mental health therapist in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, N...
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Together, we will:

make managing your medical condition easier and improve your quality of life. In my work with parents, we address behavioral concerns, adjusting to your child's medical diagnosis, and navigating day to day challenges of parenting.

Something to know about my approach is:

I see therapy as a partnership where my patients need to feel comfortable in the therapy space. I bring my training and experience to the picture, but you are the expert on YOU. I work collaboratively with my patients from the moment we meet.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adjustment to Medical Diagnosis
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Childrens Sleep
  • Children With Chronic Illness
  • Chronic Disease
  • Chronic Pain
  • Illness and Disease
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Medical Trauma
  • Parenting Children With ADHD
  • Parenting Skills
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Lindsay Cirincione remote and phone therapy in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Caroli...