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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 Columbia, the suburbs of Columbia, other nearby places such as Quincy, Jefferson City, or anywhere else in Missouri, 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  • You are withdrawn or apathetic about relationships that used to matter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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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 Mahfouz
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not only address and alleviate the negative, but we will foster the positive! We can focus on quality of life, treating anxiety/depression, adapting to new life circumstances, navigating and building relationships, improving sleep, and managing pain.


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not only address and alleviate the negative, but we will foster the positive! We can focus on quality of life, treating anxiety/depression, adapting to new life circumstances, navigating and building relationships, improving sleep, and managing pain.

Something to know about my approach is:

I don't have a set approach. Every person is different and every problem is different, which means every treatment needs to be different. First we will identify what matters to you and what your goals are, then we will create a plan to reach them!

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Chronic Pain
  • Depression
  • Disability
  • Illness and Disease
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Medical Trauma
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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!

Something to know about my approach is:

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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Dr. Kristin Kroll 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, ...
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Dr. Derek Ream
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help you get more aligned with your values, goals, and passionate pursuits. When people are not feeling or doing well, it's typical to become less aligned with those aspects. Therapy aims to get people more aligned as to feel and do better.


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Together, we will:

help you get more aligned with your values, goals, and passionate pursuits. When people are not feeling or doing well, it's typical to become less aligned with those aspects. Therapy aims to get people more aligned as to feel and do better.

Something to know about my approach is:

I am trained in a variety of cognitive-behavioral-based therapies, a proven approach to changing thinking patterns and behaviors in a limited number of sessions.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Addictions
  • Agoraphobia
  • Anxiety
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Chronic Pain
  • Depression
  • Emotional Disturbance
  • Fears and Phobias
  • Gay
  • Grief
  • Harm OCD
  • LGBTQ+
  • Mood Disorders
  • Mood Regulation
  • Motivation
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Panic Attacks
  • Panic Disorders
  • Procrastination
  • Resilience
  • Social Anxiety
  • Substance Use
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We will work as a team to figure out what you want to achieve. I may be an expert in Mental Health but you are the expert of your life.


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We will work as a team to figure out what you want to achieve. I may be an expert in Mental Health but you are the expert of your life.

Something to know about my approach is:

I specialize in time limited evidence based psychotherapy. That means I want to work with you to figure out your struggles and use interventions that are scientifically proven to help you get better. I want to teach you to be your own therapist.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Addictions
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Betting and Gambling
  • Combat Trauma
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Depression
  • Grief
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Pornography
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Relationships
  • Stress
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Jason Mouritsen 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, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Car...