Psychological Support for Chronic Illness
Living with a chronic illness can affect far more than physical health. It can change daily routines, relationships, identity, confidence, work, and the way someone thinks about the future. Even when the medical treatment is appropriate, the psychological burden of living with illness can remain substantial.
Reasons people seek support
- Adjusting to a diagnosis
- Uncertainty about the future
- Anxiety about symptoms, tests, or progression
- Low mood or fatigue
- Feeling that illness has taken over daily life
- Difficulty sustaining treatment routines
- Changes in identity, confidence, relationships, or work
- Feeling misunderstood
How therapy can help
Therapy can help make sense of the emotional and behavioural impact of chronic illness, reduce distress, support adjustment, improve coping with uncertainty, and help rebuild a sense of control.
My approach
My clinical work is informed by research across psychosomatic medicine, health psychology, cardiology, and diabetology. This means taking the medical context seriously while also looking at the psychological and behavioural processes that shape how illness is experienced and managed.
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