Therapy for Chronic Illness & Disability
When your body changes the rules, everything else has to change with it. This is somewhere to be heard, believed, and not have to explain yourself.
Newly Diagnosed
Maybe you finally have a name for what’s been happening, or you’re still waiting for one. Either way, it’s a lot to take in. Relief, fear, anger, grief (sometimes all before lunch). Therapy gives you space to make sense of it, at your own pace, before you have to have it all figured out.
Living with it long-term
You know the drill by now: the appointments, the pacing, the explaining. But knowing how to manage it doesn’t mean it stops wearing you down. Therapy is a space to set down what you’ve been carrying for years, deal with the stuff that never got processed, and figure out what you want life to look like now.
Does this sound familiar?
• You’ve lost count of the times you’ve had to prove your symptoms are real
• The people closest to you are trying, but they just don’t get it
• You’re grieving the life you thought you’d have, and feel guilty for grieving at all
• Your body says rest, but that voice in your head calls it lazy
• You’re tired of shrinking yourself so everyone else stays comfortable
It’s a lot, right? If you’re feeling overwhelmed, it’s not because you’re weak. You are not lazy, dramatic, or “too much.” You’re carrying something most people never see.
And that deserves support too.
Meaning and purpose
Figuring out what still lights you up and building a life around it. It might not be the one you planned, but it can still be yours.
Needs and boundaries
Getting clear on what you actually need, so you can ask for it without over-explaining, apologising, or spiralling into guilt afterwards.
Self-compassion
Quietening that inner critic that calls you lazy for resting, and learning to treat yourself with the kindness you’d give anyone else.
Feeling heard
A space where you’re believed the first time, so you can start trusting your own experience again, and back yourself when it counts.
Our work together
Here's some of what we might work on together...
Fees
My fees are based on household income, so that therapy feels fair and within reach.
Just choose the band that fits you. I won’t ask for proof of income, it works on trust and hopefully you will come to trust in me.
If your circumstances change while we’re working together, let me know and we can move you to a different band.
