Chronic Illness Therapy

My approach to working with chronic illness and chronic pain is integrative, relational, and grounded in both clinical training and lived understanding. I draw from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients build psychological flexibility and reconnect with meaning alongside difficult symptoms, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy to support emotional processing, self-compassion, and deeper healing through connection, and Internal Family Systems to explore the protective parts that emerge around pain, fear, shame, or overwhelm. I also work from a relational lens, recognizing that chronic illness affects not only the body, but identity, relationships, nervous system functioning, and the way people experience themselves in the world.