What I Wish Your Therapist Knew About Chronic Ilness

An easy-to-read and actionable guide for therapists, coaches, and clients

Who is this guide for?

  • People with chronic conditions who want to better understand how to support themselves and find the care they need

  • Individuals seeking validation about their experiences in therapy from someone who understands and also has a PhD in psychology (me!)

  • Therapists and coaches committed to creating supportive and healing environments for clients navigating chronic illness and chronic pain

People with chronic conditions:

Whether you’re already in care or not, this guide helps you understand why certain experiences have felt dismissive and harmful, and gives you the clarity, language, and validation you need to feel more supported moving forward.

Therapists & coaches:

If you support people with chronic illness, this guide helps you offer deeper understanding and emotional safety right away without a long or expensive training. Small shifts can make a meaningful difference.

What’s included in “What I Wish Your Therapist Knew About Chronic Illness”?

This guide blends clinical insight, lived experience, and practical tools to help you (or your clients) feel more supported, understood, and empowered.

Here’s what you’ll find inside:

  • My story and why I created the guide

  • 3 sections

    1. Part 1: 16 things I wish Your Therapist Knew About Chronic Illness

    2. Part 2: 15 Treatment, Coaching, and Progress Goals

    3. Part 3: Questions to Ask a Therapist or Coach Before Working Together

  • BONUS GUIDE: Templates and conversation guides for both clients and therapists/coaches for discussing chronic conditions. Examples include:

    • An email template for writing to your therapist when you’re in a flare

    • A conversation guide for bringing up accommodations

    • Discussion template for therapists to create Flare Day Contingency Plans with clients

    • Email template for therapists/coaches enforcing a boundary with a client

Read what the community has to say:

Start supporting yourself, and others, with chronic illness today.

I want this guide to be useful for you! If you purchase and don’t find that it was helpful, I will Venmo you the money back, no questions asked :)

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What I Wish Your Therapist Knew About Chronic Illness
What I Wish Your Therapist Knew About Chronic Illness
$27.00