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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. Whether you are located in downtown Bakersfield, Bakersfield Country Club, Csu Bakersfield, Downtown Bakersfield, or even Haggin Oaks, 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  • You are withdrawn or apathetic about relationships that used to matter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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Chelsea Morawa
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I believe in building a therapeutic relationship to work on maladaptive behaviors, emotions, and thoughts. To help the client understand their underlying issues, psycho-educate on coping skills; boundaries, emotion regulations, and self-improvement


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I believe in building a therapeutic relationship to work on maladaptive behaviors, emotions, and thoughts. To help the client understand their underlying issues, psycho-educate on coping skills; boundaries, emotion regulations, and self-improvement

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Focus on the issues, to understand and work on barriers that hold the client from achieving their goals to overcoming mental health. My approach is CBT, DBT, interpersonal development, skill building, and coping skills to build resilience.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Addictions
  • Adult ADHD
  • Alcohol
  • Anger Management
  • Attachment Disorders
  • Behavioral Disorders
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Borderline Personality
  • Burnout
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Functional Anxiety
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Impulse Control Disorders
  • LGBTQ+
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Mood Disorders
  • Mood Regulation
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Personality Disorders
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Prolonged Grief Disorder
  • Racial or Ethnic Identity
  • Self-Esteem
  • Substance Abuse Intervention
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Devaki Narayanan
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make your goals a priority, and I am dedicated to providing support that aligns with your aspirations. While starting therapy may feel daunting, please know that I am here to make this process as comfortable and enriching as possible.


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make your goals a priority, and I am dedicated to providing support that aligns with your aspirations. While starting therapy may feel daunting, please know that I am here to make this process as comfortable and enriching as possible.

Something to know about my approach is:

My therapeutic toolbox includes person-centered therapy with reflective listening, solution-focused therapy, problem-solving therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), and systems therapy. Together, we'll navigate these approaches.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Chronic Illness
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Geriatric
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Relationships
  • Substance Use Disorders
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Annalisa Sciullo
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I guide clients in cultivating coping tools, self compassion, insight, and ultimately becoming one’s own friend. With gentleness, collaboration, and evidence based treatments, we can work together to get you back in alignment with your values.


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I guide clients in cultivating coping tools, self compassion, insight, and ultimately becoming one’s own friend. With gentleness, collaboration, and evidence based treatments, we can work together to get you back in alignment with your values.

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I believe that our bodies and our minds are not the enemy and also acknowledge that sometimes it will not feel that way. Regardless of where our struggles stem from, whether it be internal or external factors, our healing comes from within.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adjustment to Medical Diagnosis
  • Anxiety
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Chronic Pain
  • Grief
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Worth
  • Trauma
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Evelyn Nankanja
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Through our work together, we’ll restructure your beliefs. We'll explore how your past experiences could be leading to your current beliefs and feeling. You will feel empowered and able to find purpose in life.


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Through our work together, we’ll restructure your beliefs. We'll explore how your past experiences could be leading to your current beliefs and feeling. You will feel empowered and able to find purpose in life.

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My approach is collaborative, solution focused and compassionate. I provide a safe and empathetic space for you to explore your challenges and work towards meaningful change.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Career Counseling
  • Christian Counseling
  • Chronic Pain
  • Couples
  • Depression
  • Grief
  • Infertility
  • Parenting
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Pregnancy and Infant Loss
  • Relationship Trauma
  • Surrogacy
  • Trauma-Related Disorders
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G. Katie Dashtban
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Learn what is bothering you and how you feel stuck. What do you need to feel better/ what struggles get in the way? We'll develop a plan and a way to execute it successfully. You will be on your way to a more fulfilling life as fast as possible.


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Together, we will:

Learn what is bothering you and how you feel stuck. What do you need to feel better/ what struggles get in the way? We'll develop a plan and a way to execute it successfully. You will be on your way to a more fulfilling life as fast as possible.

Something to know about my approach is:

I use evidence-based methods such as TEAM-CBT, based on David Burns' approach, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Health Psychology based on medical and psychological research when treating my patients.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • ADHD Testing
  • Chronic Pain
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Entrepreneurial Women
  • First Generation Issues
  • Food and Eating Concerns
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Imposter Syndrome
  • Low Sex Drive
  • Menopause
  • Mood Swings
  • Persistant Depressive Disorder
  • Postpartum Mood Disorders
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Professional Women
  • PTSD from Abuse
  • Sex Anxiety
  • Sexual Pain
  • Sexual Trauma
  • Women’s Health
  • Workaholics
  • Working Professionals
  • Workplace Issues
  • Work Stress
  • Young Women
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