Online Therapy for Colorado & Illinois

Coping with a Chronic Illness

Struggling to cope with a chronic illness?

Suddenly your body has changed. There may be new limitations. Changes to how you’re able to engage in activities you love. The need to rely more on friends and family.

If you recently received a diagnosis after years of symptoms, you may also feel a sense of relief to know what’s going on, even though it’s a lot to accept.

When to seek therapy to help cope with a chronic illness

You may benefit from psychotherapy if you notice that you’re feeling:

  • Anxious

  • Irritable or on edge

  • Worried about your illness and what the future may look like

  • Depressed or hopeless about the future

  • Disinterested in activities you normally enjoy or not getting pleasure from those activities

  • Withdrawing from your social supports

  • Having difficulty falling or staying asleep

Our approach to therapy for coping with a chronic medical condition

Therapy can help provide support and can help with processing the role shift you’re going through as you learn to navigate and cope with your chronic condition. It can be a space to discuss the medical decisions you’re facing, and how to communicate about your medical condition with others. Therapy may also include coping strategies to manage the array of emotions you’re experiencing, help you get more distance from your thoughts, and to help you be more present-focused, which can help you to engage more fully in things that are important to you.

You don’t have to cope with your chronic illness alone

Mindful Health Psychology provides mindful, compassionate online therapy for Denver, Colorado & Chicago, Illinois

Other services offered at Mindful Health Psychology:

Mindful Health Psychology is a practice offering online therapy for Denver, CO, Chicago, IL and beyond in the states of Colorado and Illinois. We specialize in therapy for anxiety, depression, distress during pregnancy, postpartum depression and anxiety, coping with miscarriage and pregnancy loss, infertility, PMDD, birth trauma, insomnia, nightmares, circadian rhythm disorders, and hypersomnia disorders. We provide online therapy, making treatment more accessible, which means you can be located in Denver, Chicago, or another city in Colorado or Illinois to receive services.