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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 Washington DC, Anacostia, Ballston, Bluemont, or even Brentwood, 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  • You are withdrawn or apathetic about relationships that used to matter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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Learn about your symptoms to develop a personalized treatment plan to move you toward recovery. I will teach you skills needed to reduce your OCD and anxiety symptoms. We will also monitor your progress to make sure you are seeing the change you want


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Learn about your symptoms to develop a personalized treatment plan to move you toward recovery. I will teach you skills needed to reduce your OCD and anxiety symptoms. We will also monitor your progress to make sure you are seeing the change you want

Something to know about my approach is:

I provide evidence-based treatment including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Exposure and Response Prevention, Habit Reversal Training, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. I work on teaching you skills needed to address your presenting concerns.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Dermatillomania/Skin Picking/Excoriation
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Panic Attacks
  • Tourette Disorder
  • Trichotillomania/Hair Pulling
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Riyon Hutton
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You are welcome to discuss any topic. I like to focus on strengthening the core skills you have and building new skills that help your quality of life improve. I encourage you to reduce social anxiety and engaging in fun things to improve your mood.


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You are welcome to discuss any topic. I like to focus on strengthening the core skills you have and building new skills that help your quality of life improve. I encourage you to reduce social anxiety and engaging in fun things to improve your mood.

Something to know about my approach is:

I utilize a variety of approaches such as EMDR, CBT, trauma informed goal setting therapy, and pain reprocessing therapy to help you resolve past trauma, stuck points, and reduce your anxiety . Burn out and compassion fatigue is very common as well.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Acute Grief
  • Adulting
  • Age 20s & 30s
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Aromanticism
  • Asexuality
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Burnout
  • Chronic Pain
  • Compassion Fatigue
  • Educational Advocacy
  • Empowering Women
  • Goals/Accountability
  • Health Anxiety
  • LGBTQ+
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Parenting Skills
  • Pre-Teens
  • Self-Acceptance
  • Teachers
  • Trauma-Related Disorders
  • Values
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Savannah Miller
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We will discuss what brought you to therapy and what you most need help with. We will then explore the topics that you want to cover during our work together. I use a holistic approach meaning I view you as a whole person on a journey.


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We will discuss what brought you to therapy and what you most need help with. We will then explore the topics that you want to cover during our work together. I use a holistic approach meaning I view you as a whole person on a journey.

Something to know about my approach is:

My wish is for my clients to leave therapy believing in the power of self-compassion, to have a variety of useful skills to use in day to day life, and to become clearer about the meaning they want out of their life.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Clinician Supervision
  • Concussion/Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Entrepreneurial Women
  • Grief
  • Grief from Losing a Pet
  • Mother-Daughter Relationships
  • Motherhood
  • Neurodivergence
  • Postpartum
  • Relationships
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Chelsea Kramer
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We will understand what you've already done to tackle your challenges so you don't try the same thing over and over. We will focus on your values, how you want to spend your time, energy and focus. We will become more adaptable and resilient to life.


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We will understand what you've already done to tackle your challenges so you don't try the same thing over and over. We will focus on your values, how you want to spend your time, energy and focus. We will become more adaptable and resilient to life.

Something to know about my approach is:

I see clients as part of greater systems that inform how they interact with the world. You can't run away from suffering, but have to learn how to ride the wave of life during the good and challenging times. I focus on building resiliency.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adjustment to Medical Diagnosis
  • Chronic Illness
  • Health at Every Size (HAES)
  • Infertility
  • Medical Trauma
  • Menopause
  • Pregnancy and Infant Loss
  • Surgery
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Angela Lai I Loi (Angela Loi)
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develop a good understanding why we would not let the “old wounds heal”. We would learn our own “fears” to allow changes in our lives. We would take it step by step to trust and empower ourselves to utilize fear feeling to turn it into inner power.


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Together, we will:

develop a good understanding why we would not let the “old wounds heal”. We would learn our own “fears” to allow changes in our lives. We would take it step by step to trust and empower ourselves to utilize fear feeling to turn it into inner power.

Something to know about my approach is:

I use both evidence and strengths-based approaches and a variety of modalities, including CBT, DBT, Motivational Interviewing. I frequently utilize my own life experiences as a therapeutic tool to guide clients through their problems in lives.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Acculturation Issues
  • Adjustment to Medical Diagnosis
  • Adult Child of Emotionally Immature Parents
  • Adult Children of Immigrants
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Autism Spectrum
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Blended Families
  • Communication Skills
  • Depression
  • Disability
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Elder Care Issues
  • Existential Crisis
  • First Generation Issues
  • Grief
  • Intergenerational Trauma
  • Loving Someone with a Mental Health Disorder
  • Multicultural Identity
  • Parenting Children With ADHD
  • Parenting Skills
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Retirement
  • Second Generation
  • Self-Actualization
  • Self-Esteem
  • Stepfamilies
  • Toxic Families
  • Work-Life Balance
  • Work Stress
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