Online counselling for chronic Illness, disability, and complex health conditions

I provide online counselling across Canada, supporting people with disability, chronic illness, and complex health conditions. My practice is informed by both training and lived experience.

Complex illnesses, disability, and chronic health conditions are areas of focus in my practice.

Navigating the medical system is challenging on the best of days, and doing so with ongoing health complications can feel impossible. I often see conditions like…

  • Central sensitivity syndromes: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) , fibromyalgia, migraines, myofascial pain, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ)

  • Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

  • Mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS)

  • Neurological injuries: acquired brain injury (ABI), traumatic brain injury (TBI), spinal cord injury (SCI), strokes, and neurodegenerative conditions

  • Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)

  • Autoimmune conditions: type 1 diabetes, Graves' disease, celiac disease, and multiple sclerosis (MS)

  • Hormonal challenges: perimenopause, premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), and polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS), previously known as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)

Or, maybe you don’t have a diagnosis at all, even after years of fighting with the medical system.

Don’t see your diagnosis listed?

If your diagnosis isn’t listed here, I might still be familiar with it. If I’m not, I’m happy to learn more or connect you with another online counsellor.

Use my contact form to hear from me!
Or book a free vibe check here!

Living with chronic illness, disability, and complex conditions is hard.

Here are some ways I can support you while recognising the challenge of living with illness:

  • Finding practical strategies for living your best life

  • Considering the new meaning of “living your best life”

  • Holding space for the suck, the pain, and the unfairness

  • Growing self-compassion and emotional regulation

  • Navigating the changes and loss in identity

  • Coping with the stress of the unknown and making medical decisions

  • Asserting needs and Boundaries (yes, with the capital B)

Above all else, the most crucial component is often the mere witnessing and validating of your experience, rather than it being minimised and dismissed.

Book a vibe check!

  • Yes! Multiple times over. You can read more about me here, and you’re welcome to ask further questions.

  • General counselling often hones in on a specific concern. Chronic illness and disability touch most aspects of our life: identity, relationships, work, grief, hobbies, and ongoing unpredictability in your body. This work holds all of that together, rather than treating your health as separate from you.

  • That’s more common than you think, and you don’t need a diagnosis to start working with me. Many clients come to me still in the process of finding answers. This might be after years of appointments, tests, and dismissal. We can work on what you’re experiencing right now, regardless of where you’re at in that process.

  • Likely, yes. The list on this page isn’t exhaustive. It reflects the conditions I see commonly, not my limits of understanding. If your diagnosis (or lack of one) isn’t named, please reach out. If it’s something I’m less familiar with, I’m happy to learn more or connect you with someone who is.

  • My primary focus is working directly with people living with chronic illness or disability, but I'm open to supporting caregivers and family members too. If that's you, reach out and we can talk about whether it's a good fit.

  • Yes, I offer online counselling to clients in Canada's unregulated provinces and territories, including British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Newfoundland & Labrador, Yukon, Nunavut, and Northwest Territories.