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Chronic Illness Counseling 

With chronic pain and chronic illness, it may feel like you’re just fighting to exist – trying to manage, trying to survive.  

Living with Chronic Pain or Chronic Illness, you often feel:

At Renewed Wellness Counseling, we tend to work with people who have experienced a long and difficult path to diagnosis, or are still undiagnosed due to their symptoms not nicely fitting diagnostic criteria. These experiences can lead to mistrust of the medical system, medical trauma/PTSD, and feelings of isolation. We also commonly see family members who are impacted by their loved ones chronic health condition.

At Renewed Wellness Counseling, we understand where you’re coming from and honor your experiences.

Chronic Conditions we see at Renewed Wellness Counseling:

  • Autoimmune Diseases
  • Chronic Pain
  • Lyme Disease and Co-Infections
  • Environmental Illness
  • Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS)
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia
  • Neurological Disorders
  • Dysautonomia Disorders
  • Endocrine Disorders
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Each person approaches a diagnosis differently. You may be angry, sad, or even validated that you’ve found an answer. Living with a chronic illness can be hard, but it’s also manageable. By working with a chronic illness counselor, you can learn to look beyond your illness and not be defined by it.

Remeber that you don’t have to cope with chronic illness alone.

We are ready to hear your story and help you navigate a new path. 

Forging a new life with chronic pain and chronic illness can be challenging. It’s an isolating and frustrating experience. Coping with a diagnosis can impact your mind just as much as your body. We know from research that more than half of the patients living with a chronic condition have significant psychological symptoms.

However, remember that these feelings are common and totally normal. You are not alone. Opening up to someone can be very powerful, and counseling offers you a safe space to do so. Let’s create an illness management plan. Learn to distinguish yourself from your illness.

Woman laying on couch suffering from chronic pain of migraine. Get help with chronic illness counseling in New Bern, NC here.

Our therapists have personal experience with chronic illness. 

Through our own healing journey, we are able to combine our training, education, experience, and advocacy to help people navigate this new path. In our practice, we help you uncover all the layers of habits and conditioning so you can discover who you really are by listening to your body.

Our Approach to Therapy for Chronic Illness Counseling:

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy assists with reframing negative, self-defeating thoughts into more rational, positive thoughts to gradually improve mindset and mood.

Brainspotting works by tapping in to the limbic system. The limbic system is a collection of brain structures that contribute to emotions, cognition, long-term memory, motivation, impulse control, and many other psychological factors that can affect well-being.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, especially the components of Mindfulness and Distress Tolerance. These skills help regulate the body’s response to pain and discomfort as well as shift negative thoughts and feelings. 

With chronic illness counseling, our hope is for you to have a more positive and productive mindset towards your illness and not let it rule your life. 

Hands reaching out to help each other. Chronic illness counseling in New Bern, NC can help you feel supported, even while suffering from chronic pain. Reach out for help here.

Start Therapy for Chronic Illness in New Bern, NC

You do not have to face this battle with chronic illness alone. Our skilled team of therapists is here to walk this journey with you and teach you the tools to cope in new and healthy ways. We believe that you deserve to feel better on your own terms. Get started with therapy at our online counseling practice in New Bern, NC with these steps:

  1. Fill out this consult form.
  2. Read about our skilled anxiety therapists.
  3. Begin living a life with less anxiety and more joy!

Other Services at Renewed Wellness

At our New Bern, NC-based therapy practice, we offer more than just therapy for chronic illness. Our therapists specialize specifically in therapy for military families, anxiety and stress counseling, and addiction counseling. For those going through a life change, we also offer life transition counseling. In fact, we can help you wherever you are in the state with online therapy in North Carolina and South Carolina. Let’s work together to get you to a good place!

Now accepting new clients for virtual appointments in North Carolina & South Carolina

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