Chronic Illness Therapists in Hayes, VA
Sometimes our mental health is healthy and works for us, and sometimes, our mental health needs support to achieve our goals. I provide a safe place for individuals and families while you are going through stress; from managing family conflict, to coping with ADHD, depression, anxiety, chronic and life-threatening illnesses, divorce, foster care, and other difficult situations. As your therapist, I believe that my role is to provide thorough assessment and treatment to support you and your family.
Sometimes our mental health is healthy and works for us, and sometimes, our mental health needs support to achieve our goals. I provide a safe place for individuals and families while you are going through stress; from managing family conflict, to coping with ADHD, depression, anxiety, chronic and life-threatening illnesses, divorce, foster care, and other difficult situations. As your therapist, I believe that my role is to provide thorough assessment and treatment to support you and your family.
Struggling with relationships and internal turmoil can be a challenge. Developing skills and tools to combat this issues can be empowering and liberating! Becoming the best version of yourself is possible. Reaching and obtaining goals is possible. Living the life you have imagined is possible. Working through your challenges and struggles and not having them keep you stuck is possible! Deciding to make yourself important and worthy and loved is possible! Communication, acceptance and growth are within your reach… all you have to do is want it and reach out and together we can make changes.
Struggling with relationships and internal turmoil can be a challenge. Developing skills and tools to combat this issues can be empowering and liberating! Becoming the best version of yourself is possible. Reaching and obtaining goals is possible. Living the life you have imagined is possible. Working through your challenges and struggles and not having them keep you stuck is possible! Deciding to make yourself important and worthy and loved is possible! Communication, acceptance and growth are within your reach… all you have to do is want it and reach out and together we can make changes.
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I also work with individuals who are navigating religious abuse (OTD), relationship challenges, parenting stress, grief, loss, and chronic illness.
My approach to therapy begins with forming mutual trust. I believe in the importance of the therapeutic relationship, the right 'fit', and that a foundation of support and connection can empower you to explore your past and understand how it is impacting your 'now'.
I also work with individuals who are navigating religious abuse (OTD), relationship challenges, parenting stress, grief, loss, and chronic illness.
My approach to therapy begins with forming mutual trust. I believe in the importance of the therapeutic relationship, the right 'fit', and that a foundation of support and connection can empower you to explore your past and understand how it is impacting your 'now'.
Relational stresses, depression, grief - specifically the challenges of parenting including perinatal mood and anxiety disorders as well as parenting a child with a long term chronic illness or disability.
Even strong, smart, successful people know when to utilize the help of experts. Maybe you’re not in crisis, just a couple in a “good enough” relationship, but some of the time things get painfully off track. Or an individual whose life seems to be going pretty well on the outside – but privately, you’re hurting. Sometimes, your ways of “getting by” turn into habits that need to be amended. It’s not always clear how to go about initiating change and it helps to have an objective perspective. Counseling is a great way to improve your life. Together we will explore, identify, and rebuild habits and patterns to provide lasting change.
Relational stresses, depression, grief - specifically the challenges of parenting including perinatal mood and anxiety disorders as well as parenting a child with a long term chronic illness or disability.
Even strong, smart, successful people know when to utilize the help of experts. Maybe you’re not in crisis, just a couple in a “good enough” relationship, but some of the time things get painfully off track. Or an individual whose life seems to be going pretty well on the outside – but privately, you’re hurting. Sometimes, your ways of “getting by” turn into habits that need to be amended. It’s not always clear how to go about initiating change and it helps to have an objective perspective. Counseling is a great way to improve your life. Together we will explore, identify, and rebuild habits and patterns to provide lasting change.
Abigail Gellene-Beaudoin
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, APHSW-C, RPT, PMH-C
Hampton, VA 23666
Does your child seem to struggle with regulating their emotions? Do you feel like you need extra support before, during, or after your pregnancy? Did you or your family experience the loss of a loved one? If so, let me help support you and your family at whatever stage of your family's journey!
With certifications in perinatal mental health and play therapy, I specialize in supporting families experiencing behavioral challenges, life transitions, anxiety, depression, medical complexity, palliative care, grief & perinatal mental health (pregnancy, infertility, complex pregnancy, postpartum, fetal anomalies, pregnancy loss, & TFMR).
Does your child seem to struggle with regulating their emotions? Do you feel like you need extra support before, during, or after your pregnancy? Did you or your family experience the loss of a loved one? If so, let me help support you and your family at whatever stage of your family's journey!
With certifications in perinatal mental health and play therapy, I specialize in supporting families experiencing behavioral challenges, life transitions, anxiety, depression, medical complexity, palliative care, grief & perinatal mental health (pregnancy, infertility, complex pregnancy, postpartum, fetal anomalies, pregnancy loss, & TFMR).
Becoming a mother is expected to be one of the best times of a woman's life, so when we have difficulty conceiving or feel down when we are pregnant or postpartum, we feel alone and guilty. Know that you are not alone and you can get through Infertility and recover from maternal mental health issues. Dealing with chronic medical challenges, Infertility or pregnancy loss can leave you feeling drained emotionally, physically and financially. My goal at Bloom Psychotherapy Center is to help women grow through these difficult periods, develop the tools to heal and bloom into the Best version of themselves!
Becoming a mother is expected to be one of the best times of a woman's life, so when we have difficulty conceiving or feel down when we are pregnant or postpartum, we feel alone and guilty. Know that you are not alone and you can get through Infertility and recover from maternal mental health issues. Dealing with chronic medical challenges, Infertility or pregnancy loss can leave you feeling drained emotionally, physically and financially. My goal at Bloom Psychotherapy Center is to help women grow through these difficult periods, develop the tools to heal and bloom into the Best version of themselves!
Hello, I am a psychologist and an energy healing
coach, who loves working with women who are neurodivergent,
different and done trying to fit in. After spending
years in talk therapy, and feeling like I was just going in circles, I found energy healing work, and started to actually clear and process years of trauma. In the middle of this, I also found out that I have Autism, ADHD and chronic migraines.
I love using energy work to help my clients to process the grief, change, challenge and trauma that arises from living in a world that wasn't created for neurodivergent and disabled adults.
Hello, I am a psychologist and an energy healing
coach, who loves working with women who are neurodivergent,
different and done trying to fit in. After spending
years in talk therapy, and feeling like I was just going in circles, I found energy healing work, and started to actually clear and process years of trauma. In the middle of this, I also found out that I have Autism, ADHD and chronic migraines.
I love using energy work to help my clients to process the grief, change, challenge and trauma that arises from living in a world that wasn't created for neurodivergent and disabled adults.
Are you currently adjusting to a major change in life? Are you attempting to navigate issues within yourself or your relationship? What we think and feel often shows up through our behaviors in our relationships and everyday interactions. I help adults with anxiety, depression, life transitions, and more. I specialize in working with LGBT adults and adolescents, especially those navigating family dynamics or fertility planning. If any of that resonates with you, you came to the right place!
Are you currently adjusting to a major change in life? Are you attempting to navigate issues within yourself or your relationship? What we think and feel often shows up through our behaviors in our relationships and everyday interactions. I help adults with anxiety, depression, life transitions, and more. I specialize in working with LGBT adults and adolescents, especially those navigating family dynamics or fertility planning. If any of that resonates with you, you came to the right place!
Hello, and welcome to my side and style of the therapeutic process. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Psychotherapist. I am licensed to independently practice in Virginia and Maryland. I am a proud born and raised New Yorker (Queens) who is based in Virginia. I earned my master's in clinical social work from VCU in 2009 and since, I have worked with my boots on the ground in the community, within schools, and with a focus on social work and healthcare since 2017 in both the inpatient and outpatient hospital setting with client/patient populations from many different backgrounds and clinical needs.
Hello, and welcome to my side and style of the therapeutic process. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Psychotherapist. I am licensed to independently practice in Virginia and Maryland. I am a proud born and raised New Yorker (Queens) who is based in Virginia. I earned my master's in clinical social work from VCU in 2009 and since, I have worked with my boots on the ground in the community, within schools, and with a focus on social work and healthcare since 2017 in both the inpatient and outpatient hospital setting with client/patient populations from many different backgrounds and clinical needs.
Life After The Storm, is an outpatient integrated behavioral health practice, where service delivery takes place virtually via telehealth. At Life After The Storm, the provider recognizes the life of individuals as a marathon where one may incur traumatic experiences that can be driven by medical illnesses, and other related social determining factors. Specialization in Health and Behavior Assessment and Intervention (HBAI) services to identify and address the cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and social factors that are important to effective treatment or management of physical health problems that are unrelated to mental illness.
Life After The Storm, is an outpatient integrated behavioral health practice, where service delivery takes place virtually via telehealth. At Life After The Storm, the provider recognizes the life of individuals as a marathon where one may incur traumatic experiences that can be driven by medical illnesses, and other related social determining factors. Specialization in Health and Behavior Assessment and Intervention (HBAI) services to identify and address the cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and social factors that are important to effective treatment or management of physical health problems that are unrelated to mental illness.
Trauma leaves us feeling drained and exhausted, especially those of us with chronic illness, neurodivergence, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
As a disabled, neurodivergent member of the LGBTQIA+ community, I have both clinical and personal perspectives of these populations. Therapy should feel safe and validating, and that’s the type of space I seek to create. I utilize EMDR, IFS, and Somatic Therapy to help my clients achieve their goals, and specialize in letters for gender-affirming care!
Trauma leaves us feeling drained and exhausted, especially those of us with chronic illness, neurodivergence, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
As a disabled, neurodivergent member of the LGBTQIA+ community, I have both clinical and personal perspectives of these populations. Therapy should feel safe and validating, and that’s the type of space I seek to create. I utilize EMDR, IFS, and Somatic Therapy to help my clients achieve their goals, and specialize in letters for gender-affirming care!
Stephanie's therapeutic philosophy is centered on unconditional acceptance of her clients' experiences and feelings. Primarily employing cognitive-behavioral techniques, she strives to serve as a thinking partner and supportive guide as clients grow into the people they were created to be. While the road to recovery can be painful at times, Stephanie believes in each and every client's ability to make meaning of their suffering and ultimately, to lead joyful lives marked by serenity and acceptance of "life on life's terms."
Stephanie's therapeutic philosophy is centered on unconditional acceptance of her clients' experiences and feelings. Primarily employing cognitive-behavioral techniques, she strives to serve as a thinking partner and supportive guide as clients grow into the people they were created to be. While the road to recovery can be painful at times, Stephanie believes in each and every client's ability to make meaning of their suffering and ultimately, to lead joyful lives marked by serenity and acceptance of "life on life's terms."
Do you struggle with chronic illness or the grief of a loss of self?
I specialize in working with highly sensitive people, with chronic illness, and anxiety. I have helped clients create more room for self-compassion, reduce their inner critic, and increase their ability to be present. I help clients radically accept life's tough transitions. Life doesn't stop happening, but that doesn't mean you have to stop along with it.
Do you struggle with chronic illness or the grief of a loss of self?
I specialize in working with highly sensitive people, with chronic illness, and anxiety. I have helped clients create more room for self-compassion, reduce their inner critic, and increase their ability to be present. I help clients radically accept life's tough transitions. Life doesn't stop happening, but that doesn't mean you have to stop along with it.
I work with adults in the treatment of trauma, including PTSD/C-PTSD, relationship stressors, depression, anxiety, chronic illness, and grief.
Hi, I'm Claire! Clients often come into my therapy office as they face challenges in relationships, self-esteem, transitions, or as they process the impact of trauma they have experienced in their adult lives or throughout their childhood. I utilize evidenced-based practices like EMDR, Internal Family Systems, and CPT and attachment concepts, helping clients find ways to regulate their nervous systems through emotional regulation, create new meaning, and show up for themselves with compassion. I value a collaborative, authentic approach to counseling; I show up as authentically me and invite you to show up as authentically you.
I work with adults in the treatment of trauma, including PTSD/C-PTSD, relationship stressors, depression, anxiety, chronic illness, and grief.
Hi, I'm Claire! Clients often come into my therapy office as they face challenges in relationships, self-esteem, transitions, or as they process the impact of trauma they have experienced in their adult lives or throughout their childhood. I utilize evidenced-based practices like EMDR, Internal Family Systems, and CPT and attachment concepts, helping clients find ways to regulate their nervous systems through emotional regulation, create new meaning, and show up for themselves with compassion. I value a collaborative, authentic approach to counseling; I show up as authentically me and invite you to show up as authentically you.
I specialize in helping individuals and couples move through the alphabet soup of complex trauma, chronic illness, and relational conflict using evidence-based tools like the Gottman Method and Attachment-based therapy.
I collaborate with you to identify the most suitable therapeutic approach to address your unique life experiences and stressors. By exploring the connections between past relationships, stressors, and traumas and your present life, we can work towards enhancing your future well-being and enjoyment of life.
I specialize in helping individuals and couples move through the alphabet soup of complex trauma, chronic illness, and relational conflict using evidence-based tools like the Gottman Method and Attachment-based therapy.
I collaborate with you to identify the most suitable therapeutic approach to address your unique life experiences and stressors. By exploring the connections between past relationships, stressors, and traumas and your present life, we can work towards enhancing your future well-being and enjoyment of life.
Adam Lang, LCSW, Individual and Couples Therapy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
I work with individuals and couples navigating chronic illness, pain, loss, identity shifts, and life transitions - experiences that reshape how you see yourself, relate to others, and feel in your body.
Grounded in attachment, family systems, trauma, and somatic awareness, our work won't be about pushing through or surface-level strategies. We thoughtfully explore your internal organization—how emotion, physiology, neuroscience, and relationship patterns interact—so that more integration, intimacy, and a renewed sense of aliveness can emerge.
I work with individuals and couples navigating chronic illness, pain, loss, identity shifts, and life transitions - experiences that reshape how you see yourself, relate to others, and feel in your body.
Grounded in attachment, family systems, trauma, and somatic awareness, our work won't be about pushing through or surface-level strategies. We thoughtfully explore your internal organization—how emotion, physiology, neuroscience, and relationship patterns interact—so that more integration, intimacy, and a renewed sense of aliveness can emerge.
Dr. Jill Nardin
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, CCMHC, ACS
5 Endorsed
Yorktown, VA 23693
Waitlist for new clients
If you are seeking to work through issues that are hindering your life balance, counseling is a great tool. I consider it an honor and a privilege to be part of this growth process in one's life. Everyone is an individual, so I don't use a "cookie cutter" approach with my clients. I learn who you are through building a relationship with you and then I determine the best approach to help you. My clients regularly tell me how much they appreciate how I listen and work through their challenges with them, and they tell their friends about me. The best compliment I receive is getting their referrals.
If you are seeking to work through issues that are hindering your life balance, counseling is a great tool. I consider it an honor and a privilege to be part of this growth process in one's life. Everyone is an individual, so I don't use a "cookie cutter" approach with my clients. I learn who you are through building a relationship with you and then I determine the best approach to help you. My clients regularly tell me how much they appreciate how I listen and work through their challenges with them, and they tell their friends about me. The best compliment I receive is getting their referrals.
We can work together as individuals or in a couple setting to address topics including: Substance Use, Chronic Illness, Codependency, Divorce, Depression, Domestic Violence, Addiction, Family Conflict, Grief, Infidelity, Self-Esteem, Stress, and/or Trauma.
Have you ever felt like life has drained every last bit of strength from you? You’ve told yourself, ‘I can’t do this anymore.’ Yet, through the pain and heartache, you’ve managed to carry on—barely, as a shadow of the person you once were. If your relationship feels like a series of silent days and heated arguments, there is hope. If you or someone you love is caught in the turbulent cycle of substance use, there is hope. If a life-altering diagnosis has left you breathless and reeling, there is still hope. I would be deeply honored to help you rediscover that hope and walk alongside you on the path to healing.
We can work together as individuals or in a couple setting to address topics including: Substance Use, Chronic Illness, Codependency, Divorce, Depression, Domestic Violence, Addiction, Family Conflict, Grief, Infidelity, Self-Esteem, Stress, and/or Trauma.
Have you ever felt like life has drained every last bit of strength from you? You’ve told yourself, ‘I can’t do this anymore.’ Yet, through the pain and heartache, you’ve managed to carry on—barely, as a shadow of the person you once were. If your relationship feels like a series of silent days and heated arguments, there is hope. If you or someone you love is caught in the turbulent cycle of substance use, there is hope. If a life-altering diagnosis has left you breathless and reeling, there is still hope. I would be deeply honored to help you rediscover that hope and walk alongside you on the path to healing.
At Living Waters Therapeutic Alliance INC we provide empathetic and compassionate counseling. We are a veteran friendly company and specialize in trauma of all kinds. We love to work alongside clients to meet them where they are as they move their way too a healthy and balanced life using evidenced base services and a holistic approach.
At Living Waters Therapeutic Alliance INC we provide empathetic and compassionate counseling. We are a veteran friendly company and specialize in trauma of all kinds. We love to work alongside clients to meet them where they are as they move their way too a healthy and balanced life using evidenced base services and a holistic approach.
Please click the HIPAA-compliant, secure "My Website" button to contact me versus the "Email Me" button. Many of my clients are coping with symptoms of anxiety, depression and chronic pain which interfere with their quality of life. Still others are facing life changes such as "empty nest", retirement, grandparenthood, estrangement from family or loss of a partner. Mature adults often have needs related to feeling a sense of belonging, purposefulness and overall well-being. I take a "Big Picture" approach to help empower clients to sort out what is meaningful for them.
Please click the HIPAA-compliant, secure "My Website" button to contact me versus the "Email Me" button. Many of my clients are coping with symptoms of anxiety, depression and chronic pain which interfere with their quality of life. Still others are facing life changes such as "empty nest", retirement, grandparenthood, estrangement from family or loss of a partner. Mature adults often have needs related to feeling a sense of belonging, purposefulness and overall well-being. I take a "Big Picture" approach to help empower clients to sort out what is meaningful for them.
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Chronic Illness Therapists
How does therapy for chronic illness work?
Many people living with a chronic illness may feel they cannot speak honestly about their experience out of embarrassment or fear of being a burden, or because those close to them do not understand, for example, that they may “look good” even if they do not feel good. Therapy sessions are an opportunity to speak openly with someone who knows their symptoms are not in their head and who can offer practical, proven suggestions for managing feelings of grief, shame, or fatigue, such as techniques to challenge unhelpful thoughts about symptoms and develop new ways to respond to them, such as distraction or calming breathing practices.
Can therapy help with physical symptoms of chronic illness?
Yes, especially if an individual with chronic illness has developed depression. People with depression are less likely to maintain their health treatment regimens or to take positive steps to manage physical symptoms when they arise, thereby potentially complicating their medical prognosis. Treatment of depression, through talk therapy, medication, or both, will often improve one’s physical state as it eases the emotional burden of illness.
What are the most effective treatment options for chronic illness?
No one living with a chronic illness, or their loved ones, should see depression as an unavoidable result of their condition. Instead, they should actively seek treatment. Research shows that people with depression are less likely to devote the required time and effort to maintaining or monitoring their health, and so therapy to limit the risk of depression can be vital for physical health as well. Therapeutic approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction have been found to help individuals reduce stress and anxiety.
How long does therapy for chronic illness take?
There is no set timeline for therapy for people living with chronic illnesses, but many will see a therapist for a number of weeks or months, typically spanning at least 12 weekly sessions. Some people feel that they experience progress faster than others but even some who quickly feel improvement may continue with sessions for months or years. Some people may benefit from maintenance therapy if their symptoms change or they experience a decline in physical health. Others find that the skills learned in short-term therapy can be used on an ongoing basis, even after therapy has concluded.