Chronic Pain or Illness

I have helped hundreds of clients who are actively suffering from chronic pain, chronic illnesses, and debilitating disabilities. Coming-to-terms with your physical struggles, learning how to navigate life with them, and finding your personal strengths all are very useful ways to beat the depression and anxiety that these issues cause. Good therapy can help.

I facilitate a monthly support group for parents whose children live with Epilepsy through the Epilepsy Network of Orange County (ESNOC). I see myself as part of a client's "care team" and enjoy working with other health professionals (physicians, psychiatrists, school psychologists or counselors, etc.) to ensure the highest quality of care.

I have helped hundreds of clients who are actively suffering from chronic pain, chronic illnesses, and debilitating disabilities. Coming-to-terms with your physical struggles, learning how to navigate life with them, and finding your personal strengths all are very useful ways to beat the depression and anxiety that these issues cause. Good therapy can help.

Adults struggling with chronic illness or chronic pain often feel alone, isolated, and misunderstood. They struggle to make sense of medical trauma and dismissive medical providers. We will use holistic and somatic approaches to manage the impacts of illness management.

Utilizing ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), I work with clients who live with chronic pain and/or chronic illness.

I have helped hundreds of clients who are actively suffering from chronic pain, chronic illnesses, and debilitating disabilities. Coming-to-terms with your physical struggles, learning how to navigate life with them, and finding your personal strengths all are very useful ways to beat the depression and anxiety that these issues cause. Good therapy can help.

Living with illness, disability, and/or chronic pain can leave you feeling isolated as you navigate changing relationships, medical care, stretched finances, grief for what's been lost, fear about the future, experiences of invisibility/hypervisibility, and anger about how you've been treated. I work from a Disability Justice model, grappling with the ways in which our world often fails to provide accommodation and access, and how our lives become shaped by that lack of care and recognition.

I understand firsthand how difficult and isolating living with a chronic illness can be. Family members and friends can’t understand, and doctors often dismiss symptoms when labs are “optimal.” Chronic illness isn’t just about physical symptoms that impact our quality of life, but also the emotional overwhelm of adjusting to new limitations in invalidating environments. Together, we explore thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that impact symptom development.

Experienced with navigating a life with chronic illness or pain.

After years of working with clients who have health-related issues, I myself acquired chronic health conditions that impact my day-to-day life. I both personally and professionally understand what it is like to adjust to these life changes, learn your limitations, pace yourself, and try to raise a family while chronically ill. Preferred issues to address: Fibromyalgia, Food Allergies/Anaphylaxis, Headache, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBD (Crohn's/Colitis), ME/CFS, Migraine.

I am trained as a CRC (clinical rehabilitation counselor), which means specializing in disabilities. Having a disability can be confusing and a non-linear process from feeling grief/loss to acceptance and coping. I particularly enjoy working with people with "invisible disabilities" such as chronic illnesses and believe my holistic mindfulness-based body-centered approach is particularly helpful for integrating a mind-body connection.

We offer specialized services for individuals living with a chronic medical condition or chronic pain, along with the caregivers for those individuals. We support clients through individual and group therapy, neurofeedback for pain management, and/or health coaching for holistic wellness.

I am here to validate that your pain is real, and I can help you learn about the incredible mind-body connection. Whether you're experiencing anxiety or depression from chronic pelvic/sexual pain, trauma, or other life stressors, I'm here to help normalize your experiences and provide evidence based strategies to help you achieve your goals.

Living with chronic illness or pain means constantly adjusting—your plans, your energy, even your identity. The uncertainty, medical fatigue, and grief can feel overwhelming. In therapy, we focus on coping strategies that honor both your mind and body, helping you navigate flares, manage stress, and reclaim joy. I specialize in EDS, autoimmune disorders, and hypermobility conditions, providing support that acknowledges both the medical and emotional toll.

I facilitate a monthly support group for parents whose children live with Epilepsy through the Epilepsy Network of Orange County (ESNOC). I see myself as part of a client's "care team" and enjoy working with other health professionals (physicians, psychiatrists, school psychologists or counselors, etc.) to ensure the highest quality of care.

Psychotherapy with clinical hypnosis has been shown to be effective for treating chronic pain to decrease the intensity of pain and how it may interfere with your life. My VA Hospital research Treating Chronic Low Back Pain with Hypnosis or Biofeedback is published. Clinical hypnosis has also been shown to be very effective for treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and hotflashes.

Living with illness, disability, and/or chronic pain can leave you feeling isolated as you navigate changing relationships, medical care, stretched finances, grief for what's been lost, fear about the future, experiences of invisibility/hypervisibility, and anger about how you've been treated. I work from a Disability Justice model, grappling with the ways in which our world often fails to provide accommodation and access, and how our lives become shaped by that lack of care and recognition.

Are you living with a chronic illness or endless enduring pain? have you just received a new diagnosis for a illness you are trying to wrap your head aroud? I love to talk with folks about their feelings around illness.

Living with illness, disability, and/or chronic pain can leave you feeling isolated as you navigate changing relationships, medical care, stretched finances, grief for what's been lost, fear about the future, experiences of invisibility/hypervisibility, and anger about how you've been treated. I work from a Disability Justice model, grappling with the ways in which our world often fails to provide accommodation and access, and how our lives become shaped by that lack of care and recognition.