DISABILITIES AND CHRONIC ILLNESS
Your body is in constant fight or flight - this is a normal, natural response to feeling in pain and alone.
Mood disorders such as depression and anxiety are common in people with chronic conditions, because the onset of chronic illness and fatigue is so life-changing and the adjustment to a new way of life can be very difficult. While chronic illnesses and disabilities will have their own illness-specific symptoms, there are other ways they can affect you—and those additional symptoms are often invisible, like pain and fatigue. That, in addition to the details of managing a chronic illness and/or disabilities, not knowing what might happen in the future, and an impact on finances can cause a lot of stress and negatively impact your quality of life.
One of the most important steps you can take to help you understand and deal with the far-ranging effects of disabilities and chronic illness is to seek mental health support.
I can help you:
- explore your feelings about your your situation,
- help you develop coping skills to manage the physical and emotional impacts of your disabilities and illness,
- examine your feelings and beliefs around disabilities and chronic illness and how they affect your behavior and emotions,
- hold space and process grief and loss,
- learn to advocate for yourself.
You are in survival mode and you can get out.
I work from a mind-body framework and we can work on reducing trauma and pain responses to health conditions. As I have worked with my own chronic illness and pain, along with my transition from able-bodied to disabled, I have developed coping strategies for myself. I want to empower you and walk with you to develop your own healthy coping mechanisms and build resilience as the new person you are becoming.
Your body is in constant fight or flight - this is a normal, natural response to feeling in pain and alone.
Mood disorders such as depression and anxiety are common in people with chronic conditions, because the onset of chronic illness and fatigue is so life-changing and the adjustment to a new way of life can be very difficult. While chronic illnesses and disabilities will have their own illness-specific symptoms, there are other ways they can affect you—and those additional symptoms are often invisible, like pain and fatigue. That, in addition to the details of managing a chronic illness and/or disabilities, not knowing what might happen in the future, and an impact on finances can cause a lot of stress and negatively impact your quality of life.
One of the most important steps you can take to help you understand and deal with the far-ranging effects of disabilities and chronic illness is to seek mental health support.
I can help you:
- explore your feelings about your your situation,
- help you develop coping skills to manage the physical and emotional impacts of your disabilities and illness,
- examine your feelings and beliefs around disabilities and chronic illness and how they affect your behavior and emotions,
- hold space and process grief and loss,
- learn to advocate for yourself.
You are in survival mode and you can get out.
I work from a mind-body framework and we can work on reducing trauma and pain responses to health conditions. As I have worked with my own chronic illness and pain, along with my transition from able-bodied to disabled, I have developed coping strategies for myself. I want to empower you and walk with you to develop your own healthy coping mechanisms and build resilience as the new person you are becoming.