Therapy for Chronic
and Terminal Illnesses
in the San Francisco Bay Area
Are you trying to figure
out how to get through your chronic illness or invisible illness?
We know you’re scared and overwhelmed. There is so much to navigate, on top of not feeling well. Therefore, it's important to know you don’t have to do this alone. Working with an online therapist in the San Francisco Bay Area can help! You're in the right place to receive the support you’re looking for.
“I understand your pain. Trust me, I do. I’ve seen people go from the darkest moments in their lives to living a happy, fulfilling life. You can do it too. I believe in you. You are not a burden. You will never be a burden.” — Sophie Turner
Not the Life You Were Seeking
Living with a Chronic Illness is
Not the Life You Were Expecting
We know this isn’t what you expected for your life. Who would? Being diagnosed with a chronic illness, chronic condition or invisible illness is life-changing. You might be asking your self what is a chronic illness? What does it mean? We also know you’re probably worried about the future, what (if any) treatments are right for you, what does this mean for your relationships, for your family, your finances, your job? Let alone hopes and dreams. Most people find themselves asking, what is my life going to look like? Will it be meaningful? And, will I still have purpose and be important to those I love?
An Online Therapist in the San Francisco Bay Area Can Help You find Hope!
It can be so hard it is to juggle doctors’ appointments, starting and stopping medications, new routines, feeling tired, and having constant stress. I know you experience worry over daily tasks and about the future. I am here to tell you that you don’t have to do this alone and it is doable. As an online therapist who specializes in therapy for chronic illness in the San Francisco Bay Area, We have helped others find ways to navigate this journey and we can help you too.
Reasons to Get Support for Chronic Illness in
the Silicon Valley &
the San Francisco Bay Area
Everyone responds differently to being diagnosed with a life-changing condition, some common feelings that people might experience are:
Being extra tearful
Having a hard time doing your daily tasks like showering, eating, or making appointments
Experiencing nervousness
Feeling hopeless
Having a hard time turning off “what if” thoughts
Experiencing anxiety or depression
Having a hard time making decisions
Feeling overwhelmed
Not wanting to talk about “it”
Asking “why me”
Sleep changes (more or less)
There is hope for a fulfilling and authentic life with chronic care management.
Therapy for chronic illness near the San Francisco, CA region can help reduce stress and anxiety. While helping you find acceptance of the condition, and helping you find ways to live your life in a way that is most important to you. Together, we will figure out what it looks like to move forward. We’ll plan for an uncertain future. Potentially, we might bring in your loved ones to talk in a family therapy session, but most importantly – we’ll take things one day at a time and you'll have the support you need.
My Approach to Therapy for Chronic Illness in Silicon Valley and
the San Francisco Bay Area!
Our sessions together are yours. I’ll provide my experiences and help guide you, but this is your time to talk. It space for you to talk about the things you don’t want to talk to others about. This may include how you are feeling emotionally and physically. We will discuss how life is changing, what we have control over, and we’ll work through feeling like a burden (even when we’re not!).
What You Will Gain
in Support for Chronic Illness
One of our favorite “aha moments” in therapy is identifying our “why.” Most of us wouldn’t go through hard treatments if we didn’t have a “why.” Sometimes it is as simple as "because I want to live." Other times, it can be more detailed. Such as your "why" is because you’re 45 and you have your whole life ahead of you. Perhaps, you want to see your grandkids graduate high school or get married. Or, maybe you’re a caregiver for a loved one, or you’ve been working your whole life and have finally reached your golden years and want to enjoy them! Whatever it may be, we’ll support you to find your “why” and we’ll lean on that when we need to.
When You're Ready
Begin Therapy for Chronic Illness Therapy
in the San Francisco Bay Area
Our therapist is ready to help you take the next step
You may have been recently diagnosed and are still in shock. Or perhaps, you're wading through the options of treatment or no treatment and feeling overwhelmed. Or maybe you’ve been dealing with one or multiple chronic conditions for a long time. Regardless of where you're at on the continuum, you're on this page right now and it is clearly the right time for you to seek help.
You don’t have to live with fear, worry, or feelings of hopelessness. Support for chronic illness can help you manage your fears and worries, find your joy, talk with your loved ones about what you want, and plan for an uncertain future. I am here for you and would be honored to work with you. Our Bay Area counseling practice has a caring therapist that specializes in therapy for chronic illness.
Our counseling specialities
Chronic illness can leave you feeling like there is no hope in life. I am here to let you know, there is still space for you. If therapy for chronic illness therapy isn't the service you're seeking in our Bay Area counseling center, check out my other services. Other mental health services that Bay Area Therapy for wellness provides include caregiver support, family therapy, grief therapy, anxiety therapy, and depression therapy.
