When Chronic Pain Becomes Too Much: Mental Health Support for Reaching Your Breaking Point
It happens quietly at first, and then all at once. You wake up, and the familiar ache is there before you even open your eyes. You calculate how much energy you have for the day—subtracting the pain tax—and realize you’re already in the red. For many of my clients,...
Why Palliative Care Is Bad for Some Patients’ Mental Health and What Support Can Look Like Instead
When a doctor introduces the concept of palliative care, the room often goes silent. For many patients and their families, this suggestion doesn’t feel like an offer of support; it feels like a door slamming shut. I want to speak directly to that moment of...
Comfort Care and Mental Health: Supporting Emotional Wellbeing When Medical Treatment Feels Overwhelming
In my practice as a psychologist, I often work with highly intelligent, capable individuals who are used to solving problems. Whether they are executives, attorneys, or dedicated students, they approach life with a strategy. But when a serious illness enters the...
Psychotic Depression Explained: When Severe Mental Health Symptoms Appear During Chronic Stress or Illness
It can be incredibly frightening when the world around you starts to feel unfamiliar, or when your own thoughts seem to turn against you. Depression is difficult enough on its own, but when depressive symptoms begin to distort your perception of reality, it can feel...
Medical Trauma: How Repeated Health Experiences Can Affect Mental Health and Trust
For many people, the medical system is a place where we go to find healing. We seek answers, relief, and safety. But what happens when the very place meant to help becomes a source of deep distress? Medical trauma involves an ongoing or internal threat within a system...Testimonial
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