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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 Downey, the suburbs of Downey, other nearby places such as Bellflower, Bell Gardens, or anywhere else in California, 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  • You are withdrawn or apathetic about relationships that used to matter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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Ellen Ottman
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Explore how certain ways of being, habits, and narratives get in the way of you living your best life.


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Explore how certain ways of being, habits, and narratives get in the way of you living your best life.

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I blend somatic therapy, talk therapy, and mindfulness to help my clients connect to themselves more deeply and move toward a place of healing and self-compassion. I am also trained in Brainspotting and Ketamine Assisted Therapy.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Burnout
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Chronic Pain
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Dissociation
  • Gender Identity
  • LGBTQ+
  • Life Transitions
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Psychosomatic Issues
  • Racial Justice
  • Relationships
  • Sexual Trauma
  • Stress
  • Trauma
  • Work-Life Balance
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Melanie Dosen
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Focus on nervous system-focused work that helps you develop a deeper understanding of your own experiences, stories, and relationships. We work together to help alleviate burnout symptoms you are facing and navigate the ups and downs of life.


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Focus on nervous system-focused work that helps you develop a deeper understanding of your own experiences, stories, and relationships. We work together to help alleviate burnout symptoms you are facing and navigate the ups and downs of life.

Something to know about my approach is:

I am committed to providing a non-judgmental, neuroaffirming space. I take a brain-based approach to treatment, because the more we know about our brains, the more tools we have to support our own responses to the world and our experiences.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • ADHD in Womxn or Femme Populations
  • Adult ADHD
  • Anxiety
  • Autism in Womxn or Femme Populations
  • Autism-Related Challenges
  • Autism Spectrum
  • Chronic Illness
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Diabetes
  • Health Anxiety
  • Neurodivergence
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Lauren Morales
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Make time & space for difficult truths about your life. We will look at ways to build you up, all while getting to the root of the problem. Whether you are sitting with deep grief, trauma, or overwhelm--I've got you!


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Make time & space for difficult truths about your life. We will look at ways to build you up, all while getting to the root of the problem. Whether you are sitting with deep grief, trauma, or overwhelm--I've got you!

Something to know about my approach is:

Therapy with me is approachable, empowering, & based on quality care. Feeling safe & seen is my primary goal as we start this journey together. I offer transparency in diagnosis, treatment planning, & include you in the decision making process!

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Cancer
  • Chronic Illness
  • Grief
  • Health Anxiety
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • Infertility
  • Medical Trauma
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Rape and Sexual Assault
  • Relationship Trauma
  • Self-Esteem
  • Veterans/Military Families
  • Women’s Health
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Jasmin Boyd
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I hope to help you connect the dots to better understand, process, and improve relationships or address challenges you are facing.If you are feeling anxious or depressed, we can process your thoughts, feelings, and practice tools to help you.


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I hope to help you connect the dots to better understand, process, and improve relationships or address challenges you are facing.If you are feeling anxious or depressed, we can process your thoughts, feelings, and practice tools to help you.

Something to know about my approach is:

How we think impacts how we feel and act. Sometimes, we have to make adjustments in the way we think to feel better. Utilizing mindfulness focuses on the present and gives the brain needed rest from thinking.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Breakups
  • Career Counseling
  • Caregivers
  • Dementia
  • Depression
  • Family Conflict
  • Grief
  • Racism
  • Self-Esteem
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Kristin Marguerite Doidge
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Explore creative blocks/barriers to creativity/productivity, relationship conflict/distress, boundary-setting, symptom management, anxiety, depression, ADHD, coping skills, assertiveness skills, overcoming trauma.


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Explore creative blocks/barriers to creativity/productivity, relationship conflict/distress, boundary-setting, symptom management, anxiety, depression, ADHD, coping skills, assertiveness skills, overcoming trauma.

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I will help you build upon your own unique set of strengths to find greater clarity, more creativity, and an improved sense of purpose and fulfillment. We'll use mindfulness, CBT, DBT, and the therapeutic relationship to create change.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adult ADHD
  • Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents
  • Aging Parents
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Artists and Creative Personalities
  • Attachment Issues
  • Attachment Styles
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Cancer
  • Career Counseling
  • Caregivers
  • Chronic Illness
  • Chronic Stress
  • Communication Skills
  • Confidence
  • Coping Skills
  • Couples
  • Creative Expression
  • Creatives
  • Distress Tolerance
  • Entrepreneurial Women
  • Financial Stress
  • Finding Meaning or Purpose
  • Friendships
  • Graduate Students
  • Grief
  • Grief from Losing a Pet
  • Health Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • Highly Sensitive People (HSPs)
  • Holistic Wellness
  • Illness and Disease
  • Inner Child
  • Job Loss
  • LGBTQ+
  • Life Transitions
  • Marriage
  • Meditation
  • Mindfulness
  • Motherhood
  • Negative Self-Talk
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Relationship Distress
  • Relationship Skills
  • Self-Compassion
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Worth
  • Spiritual Trauma
  • Stress
  • Trauma
  • Work-Life Balance
  • Writers
  • Young Women
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