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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 Philadelphia, Allegheny West, Bella Vista, Callowhill, or even Delaware Avenue, 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  • You are withdrawn or apathetic about relationships that used to matter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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James Lockwood
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Improve your life by taking a look at practical things such as sleep, diet, exercise, social life, relationships, family, work, and hobbies. Moreover, we can dive deeper into dreams, your beliefs about yourself, your childhood, etc.The time is yours.


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Improve your life by taking a look at practical things such as sleep, diet, exercise, social life, relationships, family, work, and hobbies. Moreover, we can dive deeper into dreams, your beliefs about yourself, your childhood, etc.The time is yours.

Something to know about my approach is:

I use a variety of human centered evidence backed approaches including CBT, IFS, and existential. I am very practical when it comes to therapy and the stratgies that we can implement to improve your life and your relationships.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Affairs and Cheating
  • Alcohol
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Betting and Gambling
  • Burnout
  • Career
  • Childhood Issues
  • Couples
  • Depression
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Faith and Spirituality
  • Family Business
  • Family Conflict
  • Financial Stress
  • Grief
  • Infidelity
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Mid-Life Issues
  • Mindfulness
  • Mood Swings
  • Panic Attacks
  • Perfectionism
  • Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorders
  • Postpartum
  • Postpartum Mood Disorders
  • Procrastination
  • Relationships
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Harm
  • Sexuality
  • Social Isolation
  • Social Media Use
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Suicide loss
  • Teenagers
  • Teen Anxiety
  • Teen Boys
  • Teen Girls
  • Veterans/Military Families
  • Veterinarians
  • Women
  • Workaholics
  • Workplace Issues
  • Worrying
  • Young Men
  • Young Professionals
  • Young Women
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Samantha Levinson
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We will work together on your exploring your life and goals. I would be happy to assist you through your journey to mental wellness.


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We will work together on your exploring your life and goals. I would be happy to assist you through your journey to mental wellness.

Something to know about my approach is:

I utilize a broad range of evidence-based modalities to help assist clients through their journey to mental wellness. These treatment modalities include: cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and play therapy.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Acute Grief
  • Adult ADHD
  • Anticipatory Grief
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Asexuality
  • Attachment Disorders
  • Attachment Issues
  • Attachment Styles
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Autism-Related Challenges
  • Autism Spectrum
  • Binge Eating
  • Birth Trauma
  • Bisexuality
  • Borderline Personality
  • Children of Divorce
  • Chronic Stress
  • Compassion Fatigue
  • Confidence
  • Co-Parenting
  • COVID-Related Stress and Anxiety
  • Cultural Identity
  • Cultural Trauma
  • Depression
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Disenfranchised Grief
  • Disordered Eating
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Eating Disorders
  • Families
  • Family Trauma
  • Financial Stress
  • Gay
  • Gender Identity
  • Gender Transition
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief
  • High Anxiety
  • Illness Anxiety Disorder
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Job Stress
  • Lesbian
  • LGBTQ Family Development
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Manic Depression
  • Marriage
  • Mind-Body Connection
  • New Job Transition
  • Nightmares
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (OCSDs)
  • Panic Attacks
  • Panic Disorders
  • Parenting
  • Parenting Children With Autism
  • Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorders
  • Persistant Depressive Disorder
  • Postpartum Anxiety
  • Premarital Counseling
  • Prolonged Grief Disorder
  • Racial Trauma
  • Relationship Distress
  • Religious Trauma
  • School Issues
  • School Resistance
  • Self-Acceptance
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Harm
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexual Trauma
  • Social Anxiety
  • Stress Eating
  • Test/Performance Anxiety
  • Transgender
  • Trauma
  • Trichotillomania/Hair Pulling
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Matthew Weiner
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I am a guide helping people achieve meaningful goals in their life. My various trainings allow me to tailor my approach to the individual, whether I am working with a person navigating daily life, or an adult who has experienced a traumatic event.


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I am a guide helping people achieve meaningful goals in their life. My various trainings allow me to tailor my approach to the individual, whether I am working with a person navigating daily life, or an adult who has experienced a traumatic event.

Something to know about my approach is:

I create a safe and welcoming environment for growth using a trauma-informed and person-centered approach. My eclectic style draws from mindfulness-based CBT and pop culture influences, which enables me to guide individuals toward transformation.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Chronic Illness
  • Complex Trauma
  • Grief
  • Infertility
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Trauma
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work to better understand the nature of your difficulties and form a treatment aimed at both symptom relief and meaningful change in accordance with your values.


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work to better understand the nature of your difficulties and form a treatment aimed at both symptom relief and meaningful change in accordance with your values.

Something to know about my approach is:

that it is drive by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), an active, directive, and problem-focused form of treatment rooted in psychological science. I also incorporate Mindfulness and Motivational interviewing into my treatment approach.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Alcohol
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Burnout
  • Cannabis
  • Cigarettes and Smoking
  • Depression
  • Fears and Phobias
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Perfectionism
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Smoking Cessation
  • Social Anxiety
  • Stress
  • Substance Abuse
  • Substance Use Disorders
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Alexis Witkovitz
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Exploration of emotional responses, focusing on how they settle in the body. I also take a holistic approach will help you connect with these experiences, drawing out your strengths and developing new coping strategies.


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Exploration of emotional responses, focusing on how they settle in the body. I also take a holistic approach will help you connect with these experiences, drawing out your strengths and developing new coping strategies.

Something to know about my approach is:

My approach harmonizes mindfulness-based practices, person-centered therapy, and existential ideologies. I believe in honoring each individual's creative identity and meaningful purpose.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Career Burnout
  • Caregivers
  • Chronic Disease
  • Chronic Stress
  • College Students
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Healing From Relationships
  • Life Adjustment
  • Psychosomatic Issues
  • Seasonal Depression
  • Situational Stress
  • Starting College
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