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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 Bridgeport, the suburbs of Bridgeport, other nearby places such as West Haven, Norwalk, or anywhere else in Connecticut, 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  • You are withdrawn or apathetic about relationships that used to matter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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After an evaluation, we will work together to meet your treatment goals using up-to-date clinical approaches. Good therapy is always focused on helping you better understand yourself and the changes you want to make. It is not about indoctrination.


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After an evaluation, we will work together to meet your treatment goals using up-to-date clinical approaches. Good therapy is always focused on helping you better understand yourself and the changes you want to make. It is not about indoctrination.

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I use contemporary psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral approaches to assess/treat many conditions including personality disorders (e.g., narcissistic; borderline), sleep disorders (e.g., insomnia), anxiety, depression, and more unusual conditions.

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  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Borderline Personality
  • Histrionic Personality Disorder
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Narcissism
  • Personality Disorders
  • Schizotypal Disorder
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Lourie Bonsu
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In session, I’ll guide you through techniques for sensing and regulating your body and mind. We’ll help you reestablish a reciprocal relationship with your body, learn to turn inward with compassion and live more fully in your body.


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In session, I’ll guide you through techniques for sensing and regulating your body and mind. We’ll help you reestablish a reciprocal relationship with your body, learn to turn inward with compassion and live more fully in your body.

Something to know about my approach is:

In my practice, I specialize in trauma. Your body often carries the greatest burden of the trauma that has happened to you. That’s why my approach to trauma healing is holistic, body-based, and unified.

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  • Academic Issues
  • Adjustment Issues
  • Adoption
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Communication Skills
  • Couples
  • Cultural Adjustment
  • Depression
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Existential Crisis
  • Fear of Failure
  • Fertility Challenges
  • Grief
  • Immigrants
  • Infertility
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Self-Esteem
  • Sexuality
  • Sexual Pain
  • Social Justice
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Trauma
  • Work Stress
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Address the origin of your issues, problem solve about ways to make your present meaningful and focus on your strengths. You will feel confident in tackling challenges in life. I provide a safe space where clients feel comfortable to share all issues


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Address the origin of your issues, problem solve about ways to make your present meaningful and focus on your strengths. You will feel confident in tackling challenges in life. I provide a safe space where clients feel comfortable to share all issues

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I use evidenced based therapy modalities in my work with clients with the best efficacy. I start with building a rapport and focus on the therapeutic relationship which is key for any kind of therapy to be effective.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Acculturation Issues
  • Adjustment Issues
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Chronic Pain
  • Disability
  • Forensics
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief
  • Life Transitions
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorders
  • Persistant Depressive Disorder
  • Psychological/Neurocognitive Evaluations
  • Trauma
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Pandora Brown
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This is a collaborative effort -- together we will develop a plan and put that plan into action to reach your goals as quickly as possible. I will use my practical skills to help you through difficult situations.


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This is a collaborative effort -- together we will develop a plan and put that plan into action to reach your goals as quickly as possible. I will use my practical skills to help you through difficult situations.

Something to know about my approach is:

I believe in a strengths-based approach to help you find solutions that will work for you. I believe in a strengths-based approach to help you find solutions that will work for you. I

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety Management
  • Chronic Pain
  • Grief
  • Manic Depression
  • Seasonal Depression
  • Worrying
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HOLLY BATCHELDER
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Work collaboratively in the areas where you feel immobilized or burdened, uncover unnoticed behavioral patterns, and discover fresh approaches to your challenges, boosting your self-assurance and confidence.


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Work collaboratively in the areas where you feel immobilized or burdened, uncover unnoticed behavioral patterns, and discover fresh approaches to your challenges, boosting your self-assurance and confidence.

Something to know about my approach is:

Our initial meetings focus on creating a comprehensive plan to meet your goals. I guide you in altering your thought patterns to diminish the influence of fears, enabling you to enhance your connections with others and increase your meaning in life.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs)
  • Couples
  • Couples Sex Therapy
  • Dermatillomania/Skin Picking/Excoriation
  • Fears and Phobias
  • Harm OCD
  • Hoarding
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Relationships
  • Stress-Related Disorders
  • Trichotillomania/Hair Pulling
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HOLLY BATCHELDER 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, N...