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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. Wherever you are located in Florida from Altamonte Springs to Winter Garden or even Miami, or anywhere else nearby, 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  • You are withdrawn or apathetic about relationships that used to matter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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Jennifer Steiner
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help you get back to doing more of the things that make you feel like YOU. Pain, illness, and the emotions that come with it it do not have to define you anymore, and I can help you lean strategies to get you back on track.


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help you get back to doing more of the things that make you feel like YOU. Pain, illness, and the emotions that come with it it do not have to define you anymore, and I can help you lean strategies to get you back on track.

Something to know about my approach is:

My passion is working with people who have chronic pain or illness to reclaim their sense of control and power over their life that medical issues may have taken away. Anxiety, Stress, Depression, & Anger are all common and we can work on that too.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Chronic Disease
  • Chronic Illness
  • Chronic Pain
  • Health Anxiety
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
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Tina Cole
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discuss how your life is going and help identify how you'd like to feel, discuss progress, and if you are getting value from our sessions. I will ask a lot of questions, and will not give you the answers, but will help you find them.


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discuss how your life is going and help identify how you'd like to feel, discuss progress, and if you are getting value from our sessions. I will ask a lot of questions, and will not give you the answers, but will help you find them.

Something to know about my approach is:

I am trained in Brainspotting, level 2, this is my most used technique. This is a focused mindfulness using a fixed eye position that is gentle and powerful. This takes therapy to a somatic/body based approach, as talk therapy is not always enough.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Autoimmune Disorders
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Depression
  • Grief
  • High Anxiety
  • Self-Acceptance
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Discuss your concerns, needs, and desired change you want to see in your life. Our time will be an opportunity for you to share thoughts and feelings that may go unexpressed otherwise.


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Discuss your concerns, needs, and desired change you want to see in your life. Our time will be an opportunity for you to share thoughts and feelings that may go unexpressed otherwise.

Something to know about my approach is:

My approach factors in all the unique qualities that make each client who they are. I want to hear my client’s story and how they have been affected by their experiences in order to help bring the change they desire in their life.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Abuse
  • Adjustment Issues
  • Adults
  • Anger
  • Anticipatory Grief
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Management
  • Boundaries
  • Career
  • Caregivers
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Christian Counseling
  • Christian Women
  • College Students
  • Communication Skills
  • Confidence
  • Dating and Romance
  • Depression
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Finding Meaning or Purpose
  • Friendships
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Goals/Accountability
  • Grief
  • Grief from Losing a Pet
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • Infidelity
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Job Stress
  • Life Adjustment
  • Life Changes
  • Loneliness
  • Middle Age
  • Mid-Life Issues
  • Negative Self-Talk
  • New Parent
  • Overwhelm
  • Postpartum
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Relationship Distress
  • Relationship Skills
  • Sadness
  • Self-Acceptance
  • Self-Compassion
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Image
  • Self-Worth
  • Single Parents
  • Situational Stress
  • Social Anxiety
  • Social Skills
  • Starting College
  • Stress
  • Surgery
  • Trust Issues
  • Women
  • Work-Life Balance
  • Workplace Issues
  • Work Stress
  • Worrying
  • Young Adults
  • Young Professionals
  • Young Women
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Lizite Salzman, Psy.D, HSPP
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Work together to help you understand your symptoms/diagnosis, and teach you new strategies so that you can get better and stay better!


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Together, we will:

Work together to help you understand your symptoms/diagnosis, and teach you new strategies so that you can get better and stay better!

Something to know about my approach is:

I specialize in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which is evidence-based, and very effective in treating anxiety, panic, insomnia, and many other issues. I teach concrete skills and assign homework to help you improve as fast as possible.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Agoraphobia
  • Anxiety
  • Assertiveness
  • Communication Skills
  • Fears and Phobias
  • Health Anxiety
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Panic Attacks
  • Perfectionism
  • Social Anxiety
  • Stress
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Lizite Salzman, Psy.D, HSPP 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 ...
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Samantha Tomer
Together, we will:

Together we will develop a self-care plan - create helpful and healthy coping skills. We will take a look at your whole life, not just the mental health pieces, after all, you are a whole person and tease out what your most important goals are.


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Together, we will:

Together we will develop a self-care plan - create helpful and healthy coping skills. We will take a look at your whole life, not just the mental health pieces, after all, you are a whole person and tease out what your most important goals are.

Something to know about my approach is:

I treat everyone I work with like the unique individuals that they are. No story is the same, no person is the same. I don't believe in a one size fits all approach. I take an integrative approach and we examine all facets of your life.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Autoimmune Disorders
  • Childhood Issues
  • Chronic Illness
  • Complex Trauma
  • Depression
  • Grief
  • Incest
  • Panic Attacks
  • Sadness
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Stress
  • Trauma
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Samantha Tomer remote and phone therapy in Delaware, Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Vermont