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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 Norfolk, East Ghent, Edgewater, Hunters Square, or even South Norfolk, 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  • You are withdrawn or apathetic about relationships that used to matter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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Learn about your symptoms to develop a personalized treatment plan to move you toward recovery. I will teach you skills needed to reduce your OCD and anxiety symptoms. We will also monitor your progress to make sure you are seeing the change you want


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Learn about your symptoms to develop a personalized treatment plan to move you toward recovery. I will teach you skills needed to reduce your OCD and anxiety symptoms. We will also monitor your progress to make sure you are seeing the change you want

Something to know about my approach is:

I provide evidence-based treatment including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Exposure and Response Prevention, Habit Reversal Training, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. I work on teaching you skills needed to address your presenting concerns.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Dermatillomania/Skin Picking/Excoriation
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Panic Attacks
  • Tourette Disorder
  • Trichotillomania/Hair Pulling
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Therapy is a space to feel grounded in which we will work to gain a non-judgmental perspective on your struggles and put our minds together to strategize ways forward.


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Therapy is a space to feel grounded in which we will work to gain a non-judgmental perspective on your struggles and put our minds together to strategize ways forward.

Something to know about my approach is:

I take a pragmatic and eclectic approach by integrating psychodynamic theories with evidence-based tools. I draw on treatments ranging from CBT, ACT, and CPT, tailoring treatment to your unique needs and experiences.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • College Students
  • Concussion/Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
  • Depression
  • First Responders
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Interpersonal Difficulties
  • Job Stress
  • Life Transitions
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Relationship Distress
  • Relationships
  • Relationship Skills
  • Social Anxiety
  • Trauma
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Walk together in partnership with each person being teacher/learner.

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I draw upon a variety of modalities depending on the context

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adjustment Disorders
  • Aging Parents
  • Alzheimer's
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Artists and Creative Personalities
  • Assessments
  • Behavioral Disorders
  • Behavior Change
  • Bicultural
  • Breakups
  • Cancer
  • Career
  • Caretakers
  • Change
  • Christian Counseling
  • Communication Skills
  • Conscious Uncoupling
  • Creatives
  • Crisis
  • Critical Incidents
  • Cultural Issues
  • Dementia
  • Depression
  • Dissatisfaction
  • Elder Abuse
  • Empowerment
  • Executive Coaching
  • Expatriates
  • Family Business
  • Feeling Lost
  • Feeling Stuck
  • Finding Meaning or Purpose
  • Fitness Goals
  • Friendships
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Geriatric
  • Grief
  • Happiness
  • Health
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • Hospice
  • Illness and Disease
  • Intimacy
  • Introverts
  • Leaving Home
  • Life Adjustment
  • Marriage
  • Memory Loss
  • Middle Age
  • Military Service
  • Mood Swings
  • Motivation
  • Moving and Relocation
  • New Parent
  • Pastors and Clergy
  • Refugees
  • Relationships
  • Religious Identity
  • Resilience
  • Retirement
  • Sadness
  • Self-Awareness
  • Self-Sabotage
  • Senior Citizens
  • Separation
  • Sibling Relationships
  • Social Justice
  • Starting a Business
  • Third Culture Kids
  • Toxic Families
  • Toxic Work Environment
  • Values
  • Widows/Widowers
  • Workaholics
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Tiffany Summers
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Collaborate in helping you meet your goals. Through combination of psychoeducation, empowerment, and support to helping you maintain a sense of dignity and quality of life.


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Collaborate in helping you meet your goals. Through combination of psychoeducation, empowerment, and support to helping you maintain a sense of dignity and quality of life.

Something to know about my approach is:

I employ a person-centered approach and cognitive-behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, and other evidence-based approaches to empower clients to develop coping strategies, enhance emotional well-being, and regain control over their lives.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Aging and Getting Older
  • Anxiety
  • Caregivers
  • Chronic Illness
  • Compassion Fatigue
  • Confidence
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Grief
  • Self-Esteem
  • Stress-Related Disorders
  • Work-Life Balance
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Tiffany Summers remote and phone therapy in North Carolina, Virginia
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Christina Schultz
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First, we will uncover the how and why. Then, we will work together to build acceptance. Building more reasons to get up in the morning, value, and motivation, will crowd out ineffective behavior and negative and anxious self-talk.


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Together, we will:

First, we will uncover the how and why. Then, we will work together to build acceptance. Building more reasons to get up in the morning, value, and motivation, will crowd out ineffective behavior and negative and anxious self-talk.

Something to know about my approach is:

EMDR therapy involves the use of eye movements (or tapping) to stimulate your brain’s natural healing system, helping you to adopt more constructive ways of viewing yourself and the world around you.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Caregivers
  • Chronic Pain
  • Codependency
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Depression
  • First Responders
  • Grief
  • Helping Professionals
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Pregnancy
  • Trauma
  • Veterans/Military Families
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Christina Schultz remote and phone therapy in Florida, Virginia