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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 Buffalo, Allentown, Black Rock, Delware District, or even East Aurora, 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  • You are withdrawn or apathetic about relationships that used to matter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 am particularly attuned to the disabled community, and am a disability justice advocate. I proudly welcome clients of all races, ethnicities, sexual identities, genders, and abilities. I can’t wait to speak with you!


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I am particularly attuned to the disabled community, and am a disability justice advocate. I proudly welcome clients of all races, ethnicities, sexual identities, genders, and abilities. I can’t wait to speak with you!

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Utilizing an integrative approach, I work to help you understand the ways your environment, relationships, and past are contributing to your current experience. This information helps you make more intentional choices aligned with your goals.

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  • Adjustment Issues
  • Age 20s & 30s
  • Anxiety
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  • Chronic Illness
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  • Young Adults
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Together we will explore and connect how your earlier/childhood/generational/cultural/racial experiences have shaped and influenced who you are today. We will look closely at the patterns of the past and how they repeat for you today.


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Together we will explore and connect how your earlier/childhood/generational/cultural/racial experiences have shaped and influenced who you are today. We will look closely at the patterns of the past and how they repeat for you today.

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I view Psychotherapy as another method of Storytelling, a dynamic space where we can think, imagine, create, wonder, question, challenge, and notice the clues of our daily experiences.

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  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Burnout
  • Caregivers
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Chronic Illness
  • Depression
  • Family Trauma
  • Grief
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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You’ve got this! Feel free to reach out to see if we will be a good match! I look forward to meeting you.


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You’ve got this! Feel free to reach out to see if we will be a good match! I look forward to meeting you.

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I'm naturally compassionate, empathetic, and patient, which is why becoming a therapist was a logical fit for me. I am passionate in my desire to help you achieve your goals in a judgment-free space to explore your personal issues.

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  • Academic Issues
  • Addictions
  • Adjustment Disorders
  • Adjustment Issues
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Body Image
  • Career Counseling
  • Chronic Illness
  • Communication Skills
  • Depression
  • Family Dynamics
  • Fear of Failure
  • Fitness Goals
  • Grief
  • Life Transitions
  • Migraines
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Together we can work on symptom management and alleviating immediate stressors while being curious together about patterns that impact your wellbeing in the long term.


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Together we can work on symptom management and alleviating immediate stressors while being curious together about patterns that impact your wellbeing in the long term.

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I use person-centered, psychodynamic, dialectical-behavioral, and mindfulness approaches in my work and take a holistic approach in addressing each of your needs. Identifying values to live by is core to my approach and central to our work together.

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  • Anxiety
  • Chronic Illness
  • Disability
  • Interpersonal Difficulties
  • LGBTQ+
  • Mood Disorders
  • Self-Esteem
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Yash Shankar
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Explore the loss you feel at the heart of major transitions and changes in your life, bring awareness to and challenge unhelpful patterns and narratives, and learn to show up in relationship intentionally, both with yourself and others.


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Explore the loss you feel at the heart of major transitions and changes in your life, bring awareness to and challenge unhelpful patterns and narratives, and learn to show up in relationship intentionally, both with yourself and others.

Something to know about my approach is:

I recognize the very real ways in which systems of oppression impact our lives, our emotions, and our ability to heal. Our work together will involve unlearning racist, capitalist, heteronormative, and eurocentric ideologies that inhibit healing

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Caregivers
  • Chronic Illness
  • Complicated Grief
  • Couples
  • Grief
  • Healing From Relationships
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  • LGBTQ+
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