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Chronic Illness • Cancer Support • Health Anxiety • Medical Trauma
Living with illness—or the fear of it—can be emotionally overwhelming. I offer compassionate, trauma-informed therapy for adults navigating chronic illness, cancer, health anxiety, and medical trauma. At Speak Now Counseling, this work centers the full human impact of medical experiences, not just the diagnosis.
I SUPPORT CLIENTS EXPERIENCING
Health anxiety, hypervigilance to symptoms, and fear of illness progression
Anxiety related to medical appointments, scans, or uncertainty
Grief and loss related to body changes, identity shifts, or future plans
Depression, emotional numbness, or overwhelm
Medical trauma and chronic stress
Relationship strain, caregiving dynamics, and boundary challenges
Parenting while living with illness
My Approach
My work is integrative, relational, and nervous-system informed, recognizing that illness and medical experiences affect both emotional wellbeing and the body’s stress response. Therapy may include emotional processing, grief work, grounding and regulation strategies, identity support, and meaning-centered exploration.
Sessions are paced collaboratively and adapt to fluctuating energy levels, symptoms, and treatment demands.
Lived Experience Matters
In addition to my clinical training, I bring lived experience to this work. I am a breast cancer survivor and understand firsthand the emotional complexity of diagnosis, treatment, uncertainty, and life after cancer. This perspective informs my approach with deep empathy, attunement, and respect for how personal and non-linear this journey can be.
I offer telehealth counseling to make therapy more accessible and sustainable while living with illness. You don’t need to have the right words or a clear agenda—therapy can simply be a place to speak honestly and be supported.
If you’re seeking counseling for chronic illness, a cancer or other medical diagnosis, health anxiety, or medical trauma, I’m here to help.
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