In part because of my own experience of living successfully with chronic illness, I have worked skillfully and compassionately with those challenged by acute or chronic illness, invisible or visible, and with those close to them. Whether you have an illness or are close to someone with an illness, illness is always stressful. Illness can also open the way to healing beyond the physical, leading to deeper and closer relationships and fuller understanding of ourselves.

I've received many referrals from physicians and enjoy collaborating with them, when the client wants me to.

Christine is a 29-year-old single woman with chronic fatigue syndrome. To save money, she lives with her brother and sister-in-law.  Symptoms change often, she remains too ill to work, and tension arises from her living situation. She wanted the best possible quality of life with this invisible chronic illness and the challenges it presents.  Working together, her quality of life improved.

Joe, 28, a recently-married artist, has had ulcerative colitis, another invisible chronic illness, for several years. He has had repeated flare-ups and is on high doses of steroids; he faces surgery for the removal of his colon, and is very frightened about this possibility. This is the first crisis he and his wife have encountered and they want to face it together.  With psychotherapy and at this point, he is no longer on steroids and has not had to have surgery.

Ann's husband, Jerry, became ill with cancer, and though his prognosis was poor, he has lived more than 10 years with the disease. He leans on her for support, for running their household and caring for their children; they both work full time. She wants to be supportive but feels worn down by her mate's chronic illness, her own struggles with parenting and the stress of possibly losing her spouse.  Psychotherapy has given her a place for all of her feelings so that she can continue during this very challenging and diffecult time.