Chronic Illness or Disability

Maybe you’re getting used to a new health problem. Maybe your memory or your ability to move around is changing, and that scares you. Maybe you’ve lost a spouse or the people who used to help you. Or maybe you’ve retired, or lost activities that used to fill your days, and now you’re searching for purpose. None of this is easy. But a meaningful, even happy life is still possible.

I offer therapy for adults living with chronic illness, disability, and big life changes. Whatever you’re dealing with — grief, loneliness, worry, or a diagnosis that has changed how you live — you don’t have to face it alone.

My work is about listening carefully, understanding fully, and helping you find peace, purpose, and connection right where you are today.

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A Space for What's Really Weighing on You

Chronic illness and disability aren’t just about your body. They affect your feelings and your relationships too.

I have direct experience supporting people facing diagnoses including Alzheimer’s, Frontotemporal and Lewy Body Dementia, Parkinson’s Disease, ALS, cancer, heart disease, lung disease, Huntington’s Disease, MS, kidney disease, and stroke.

I take your story seriously, and I build on your strengths as we work through these changes together — with clarity, and without judgment.

  • Grieving a spouse, family member, or close friend
  • Changes in your health, memory, or ability to move
  • Questions about who you are after retirement or a big life change
  • Chronic pain, or a serious or terminal illness
  • Worry, sadness, or fear about the future
  • Feeling lonely or cut off from others
  • Adjusting to a life that looks different than you planned
  • Thinking about meaning, purpose, and what you'll leave behind
  • Changes or tension in your family relationships

FAQs

Yes. My office in the Exton Medical Arts building is fully accessible. And if getting there still feels like too much, virtual and phone sessions are always available.

Yes. I offer both virtual and in-person sessions, so you don’t have to choose between getting support and managing your mobility or energy. Whatever works best for you day to day, we’ll make it work.

Yes. I’ll take the time you need, however you communicate best — speaking more slowly, using written notes, using an assistive device, or taking time to find the right words. This space works around you, not the other way around. You won’t have to worry about being “too hard to understand” here.

Yes. Fear about the future — your health, your care, and the people who depend on you — is one of the hardest things to carry alone. You don’t have to have it figured out before you come in. We’ll work through it together, at your pace.

Yes. These are some of the hardest conversations to have, and I’ve walked alongside people through all of them — planning for future care, and thinking through end-of-life wishes, including parents with a serious illness who have young children. You don’t have to face any of this alone.

Yes. It matters just as much. An illness doesn’t have to be visible to be real, and you won’t have to prove it to anyone here.

Yes — and you’re far from alone in feeling this way. Needing help doesn’t make you a burden. We’ll figure out where that feeling comes from and work on being kinder to yourself.

Yes. This work isn’t about curing your illness or fixing your body. It’s about helping you feel steadier, find real moments of peace, and build a good life on your own terms.

Yes. Many people feel pressure to stay positive all the time, even when they don’t feel that way inside. Here, you don’t have to perform. You can be honest about the hard days too.

Yes. Living with a chronic illness or disability means losing things you used to do, and letting go of plans you once had. That sadness is real. You’re allowed to feel it — and still keep moving forward.

Yes, and I love this work. Whether it’s with doctors, family, or anyone else, learning to use your voice is worth celebrating. I’ll help you build that confidence, one step at a time.