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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 Palmdale, the suburbs of Palmdale, other nearby places such as Arcadia, Pasadena, 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  • You are withdrawn or apathetic about relationships that used to matter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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Krystal Handy
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I am an LMFT with nearly 17 years of experience in human services and mental health. My foundation in multicultural studies and my past experience as a domestic violence legal advocate inform my current approach to clinical practice.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Career Burnout
  • Career Counseling
  • Chronic Illness
  • Chronic Stress
  • Cultural Trauma
  • Depression
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Domestic Violence
  • Domestic Violence Survivors
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Grief
  • Infidelity
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Panic Attacks
  • Panic Disorders
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Pregnancy
  • Premarital Counseling
  • Women
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Dr. Galina Buckhout
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We will collaborate about your diagnosis and treatment plan. During treatment, your treatment plan can be updated at any time. We will always work collaboratively and in line with your therapeutic goals at your comfort level.


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We will collaborate about your diagnosis and treatment plan. During treatment, your treatment plan can be updated at any time. We will always work collaboratively and in line with your therapeutic goals at your comfort level.

Something to know about my approach is:

I use several types of evidence-based psychotherapies to create a customized treatment plan tailored to your specific wants, needs, and symptom presentation. All of the psychotherapies used are evidence-based (meaning they are supported by research).

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adjustment Issues
  • Adjustment to Medical Diagnosis
  • Adolescents
  • Alcohol
  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety-Driven Anger
  • Anxiety Management
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Bereavement
  • Career Change
  • Compassion Fatigue
  • Confidence
  • Couples
  • Cultural Adjustment
  • Depression
  • Domestic Violence Survivors
  • Families
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief
  • Health Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • Immigrants
  • Job Stress
  • Life Adjustment
  • Life Changes
  • Life Transitions
  • Military Life Transition
  • Military Service
  • Nervous System Regulation
  • Parenting
  • Parenting Skills
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Relationships
  • Sadness
  • Self-Acceptance
  • Self-Compassion
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Harm
  • Self-Image
  • Situational Stress
  • Social Anxiety
  • Stress
  • Veterans/Military Families
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Edgar Perez
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Identify stressors, process emotional pain, ease anxieties and/or sadness caused by experiences, work through attachment issues and relationship problems that may come from trauma. Gain awareness, learn supportive coping tools, healing emotionally.


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Identify stressors, process emotional pain, ease anxieties and/or sadness caused by experiences, work through attachment issues and relationship problems that may come from trauma. Gain awareness, learn supportive coping tools, healing emotionally.

Something to know about my approach is:

I begin with a less directive & structured approach because I want you to feel seen and heard. Together we will dig deeper through your stress/anxiety molded by your past. The way it has stored in your mind and body. Teach you coping & find serenity.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Abuse
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Auto Accidents
  • Betrayal Trauma
  • Childhood Abuse or Neglect
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Complex Trauma
  • Depression
  • Eating Disorders
  • Infidelity
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Stress
  • Trauma
  • Violence
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Patrick Griffiths
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Work together to decide the aims of therapy. At each session, a portion of the time will be set aside to see how the client feels about progress. Goals are modified as needed.


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Work together to decide the aims of therapy. At each session, a portion of the time will be set aside to see how the client feels about progress. Goals are modified as needed.

Something to know about my approach is:

I utilize a variety of interventions to tailor the therapy to the client which are Solution-Focused Therapy, Existential, REBT, CBT, and Structural Family Therapy. I look to help discover healthier forms of communication skills.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Addictions
  • Adolescents
  • Adopted Children
  • Adoption
  • Adult ADHD
  • Aging and Getting Older
  • Aging Parents
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Bipolar II
  • Borderline Personality
  • Children
  • Chronic Stress
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Developmental Disorders
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Domestic Violence
  • Domestic Violence Survivors
  • Grief
  • Infidelity
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Mood Disorders
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Parenting
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Premarital Counseling
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Relationships
  • Sex Therapy
  • Suicidal Ideation
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Kristen Riedle
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strong collaboration and clear communication skills for effective therapy.


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Together, we will:

strong collaboration and clear communication skills for effective therapy.

Something to know about my approach is:

individualize case conceptualization, I select materials across therapeutic modalities to best address these goals.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Abuse
  • Adoption
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Assault
  • Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Bariatric Surgery
  • Behavioral Disorders
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Blended Families
  • Cultural Issues
  • Depression
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Eating Disorders
  • End of Life
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Infertility
  • LGBTQ+
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Panic Disorders
  • Personality Disorders
  • Postpartum
  • Postpartum Anxiety
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Prenatal
  • Racial or Ethnic Identity
  • Rape and Sexual Assault
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexual Issues
  • Stress
  • Stress-Related Disorders
  • Trauma
  • Trauma From Abuse
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