Support for Chronic Pain, Chronic Illness, and Disability

Living with chronic pain, chronic illness, or disability can profoundly shape how we experience our bodies and daily lives. Many people carry grief, frustration, isolation, or medical trauma related to these experiences.

My practice offers a compassionate space to explore these realities without pressure to push beyond your limits. Together we can work with your nervous system to support regulation, reduce overwhelm, and develop gentler ways of relating to your body.


Somatic therapy for chronic illness and pain focuses on:

• building nervous system resilience
• increasing body awareness without forcing sensation

• supporting pacing and energy boundaries
• processing the emotional impact of illness or disability

• reconnecting with a sense of agency and self-trust

  • Processing ways to navigate chronic illness and disability

  • How to identify your “spoons”

  • Chronic Illness mental health support

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Living with chronic pain or chronic illness can bring complex emotional and physical experiences. Many individuals also carry the impact of medical trauma, grief, or feeling misunderstood within healthcare systems.

Somatic therapy offers a supportive way to explore the relationship between the nervous system and the body while honoring the realities of illness and disability.

If you are living with chronic pain or illness in Georgia or Michigan, therapy can provide a compassionate space to explore your experiences and reconnect with a sense of agency and care within your body.


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You are the expert on your own body, and our work honors that.

Living with chronic pain, chronic illness, or disability can shape how we relate to our bodies and daily lives. Many individuals experience grief, frustration, isolation, or medical trauma as part of these journeys.

Somatic Therapy for Chronic Pain, Chronic Illness, and Disability

Living with chronic pain, chronic illness, or disability can profoundly shape how we experience our bodies, relationships, and daily lives. Many individuals navigating these realities also carry grief, frustration, exhaustion, or the impact of medical trauma.

Therapy can offer a space where these experiences are acknowledged with compassion and without pressure to push beyond your limits.

I offer somatic therapy for adults living with chronic pain, chronic illness, and disability in Michigan and Georgia. My approach is grounded in somatic experiencing and experiential therapy, supporting clients in developing a more supportive relationship with their nervous systems and bodies.

Together, we create space to explore healing in ways that respect your body's needs and capacities.


Understanding the Nervous System and Chronic Illness

The nervous system plays a central role in how we experience pain, stress, fatigue, and regulation. When the body has endured prolonged stress, illness, or trauma, the nervous system can become stuck in patterns of activation, shutdown, or overwhelm.

Somatic therapy focuses on gently building awareness of the body's internal signals and supporting the nervous system in finding greater balance and regulation.

This work is not about eliminating pain or forcing the body to change. Instead, it focuses on developing a more compassionate and supportive relationship with your body and nervous system.


Clients often find that somatic therapy can support:

• greater nervous system regulation
• reduced stress and overwhelm
• increased body awareness
• emotional processing related to illness or disability
• a deeper sense of self-compassion

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Honoring the Realities of Chronic Illness and Disability.

Many individuals living with chronic illness or disability have experienced environments where their needs were minimized, misunderstood, or dismissed. Therapy can provide a different kind of space — one where your lived experience is believed and respected.

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Somatic Therapy for Chronic Illness

Our work may include exploring:

• grief or loss connected to changes in health
• the emotional impact of chronic pain or fatigue
• pacing and energy boundaries
• navigating medical trauma or healthcare systems
• reconnecting with a sense of agency within the body


Healing in this context does not mean ignoring the realities of illness or disability. Instead, it involves creating space for compassion, understanding, and support within those realities.

Chronic pain often involves complex interactions between the nervous system, body, and emotional experiences. Somatic therapy can help individuals gently explore these patterns while supporting nervous system regulation.

Rather than pushing the body beyond its limits, this approach emphasizes curiosity, pacing, and respect for the body's signals.

Many clients find that developing greater awareness of their nervous system responses can help reduce cycles of tension, overwhelm, or exhaustion that often accompany chronic pain.