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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 Topeka, the suburbs of Topeka, other nearby places such as Lenexa, Lawrence, or anywhere else in Kansas, 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  • You are withdrawn or apathetic about relationships that used to matter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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I focus on providing cognitive behavioral therapy and other evidence-based therapy to treat pediatric mental heatlh concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, medical concerns, and many more!


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I focus on providing cognitive behavioral therapy and other evidence-based therapy to treat pediatric mental heatlh concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, medical concerns, and many more!

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As a mom and psychologist, I focus upon two main factors when providing care: 1) utilizing the most evidence-based assessments and protocols specific to each patient's concerns and 2) tailoring treatment goals collaboratively with their valules.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adjustment to Medical Diagnosis
  • Adolescent Anxiety
  • Adolescent Risk Behaviors
  • Adolescents
  • Adolescent Trauma
  • Anxiety
  • Child Behavior Issues
  • Child Disorders
  • Child or Adolescent Therapy
  • Children With Chronic Illness
  • Chronic Illness
  • Depression
  • Health Anxiety
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Trauma
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Erica Magsam
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Build coping skills, strengths, and promote behavioral change that lead you towards the values and goals you have for yourself. We can work together to process life challenges, build life skills, and give space for challenging emotional processing.


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Build coping skills, strengths, and promote behavioral change that lead you towards the values and goals you have for yourself. We can work together to process life challenges, build life skills, and give space for challenging emotional processing.

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My therapeutic style is expansive based on the needs of each individual client. I primarily utilize cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapeutic techniques in practice with flexibility to utilize other modalities as needed.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adjustment to Medical Diagnosis
  • Chronic Illness
  • Chronic Pain
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief
  • Health Anxiety
  • Major Depressive Disorder
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Explore ways that you feel stuck or overwhelmed and be curious together about patterns that may be happening that you haven't noticed. You will learn new ways of approaching your challenges so that you can feel confident in yourself.


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Explore ways that you feel stuck or overwhelmed and be curious together about patterns that may be happening that you haven't noticed. You will learn new ways of approaching your challenges so that you can feel confident in yourself.

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When I meet with someone, we make a plan to help things feel manageable. Then, I help you learn to shift your thoughts and take the power away from your fears. Finally, you can focus on enjoying your life and feel more connected to others.

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explore how your feelings of anxiety, depression, and stress impact your daily functioning. We will use different tools to help you develop new ways of understanding and reacting to life stressors.


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explore how your feelings of anxiety, depression, and stress impact your daily functioning. We will use different tools to help you develop new ways of understanding and reacting to life stressors.

Something to know about my approach is:

Through gentle exploration and skill building, you will be guided to a place of understanding, acceptance, and compassion for where you are in your journey and how you got here. I like to use CBT, DBT, ACT, and mindfulness-based interventions.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adjustment Disorders
  • Adjustment Issues
  • Adult ADHD
  • Aging and Getting Older
  • Anxiety
  • Assessments
  • Boundaries
  • Chronic Pain
  • Confidence
  • Cultural Adjustment
  • Depression
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Life Adjustment
  • Life Transitions
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Mental Disorders
  • Psychosomatic Issues
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Worth
  • Test/Performance Anxiety
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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.

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  • Chronic Disease
  • Chronic Illness
  • Chronic Pain
  • Health Anxiety
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
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Jennifer Steiner 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...