Therapy for Health Issues
Are you suffering from a significant health issue? Were you diagnosed with a difficult or terminal illness, such as cancer, autoimmunity or cardiovascular disease? Did you recently go through with an amputation or other lifesaving (and life-changing) surgery? Have any of these experiences affected your mood, your confidence, or your independence?
We are here for you.
As a proponent of Health Psychology practices, Behavioral Medicine Partners provides psychotherapy for people who are struggling with medical issues. Our therapy is specifically designed to help you (and or a loved one) navigate the difficulties of health-related stressors. Whether you are struggling with a chronic, lifelong illness or have been recently diagnosed, we can help.
Everyone deserves support in the face of illness – including you. Contact us today to get the help you need and read on to learn how therapy can help.
Do I need therapy for my health issues?
Sometimes disease leads to dis-ease.
When we experience physical ailments, such as cancer, serious injury, amputation, or heart attacks, many of us also experience emotional and psychological distress. Often, the stress comes from adapting to a new lifestyle – loss of energy, treatment side effects, loss of independence. Many people also experience grief over the future we had planned or the time we had left. These stressors can make you feel alone, hopeless, and helpless, even when friends and family try to comfort you.
As the stressors build, you may even begin to notice other issues, such as:
Loss of purpose or meaning
Bouts of tearfulness or sadness
Anger or irritability
Hopelessness or helplessness
Isolation from friends and family
Thoughts of death or ending one’s life
Poor medication adherence (not taking medicine, skipping appointments, etc.)
Difficulty with sleep
If you or a loved one has suffered from the effects of a serious medical condition or disability, let us help. Left untreated and unaddressed, the mental and emotional stressors can significantly reduce your quality of life and even prognosis.
Therapy can help you cope with health-related stressors and overcome barriers to wellbeing and recovery. Contact us today to get started.
How can therapy help?
Therapy for health issues can be helpful in three main ways.
First, therapy provides a safe, judgment-free space for you to share your thoughts and feelings with someone who is expertly trained to help. You get the chance to be heard, feel understood, and let go of some of the stress you carry. People with health issues can particularly benefit from this, as they may worry about burdening friends or family with what’s on their mind.
Second, therapy offers a chance to learn important coping strategies for dealing with adverse health. You can discover new skills for dealing with stress, such as healthy boundary-setting, self-compassion, and mindfulness techniques. As you learn to take care of yourself and set uncontrollable stressors aside, your sense of wellbeing will dramatically improve.
And third, therapy can help you understand yourself and rediscover your identity. You are so much more than your health issues, and therapy can help you see that. You get to freely explore your psychological self, notice the uniqueness of your personality, and redefine what it means to be you.
How is therapy with Behavioral Medicine Partners different?
All therapy services are provided by board-certified Clinical Health Psychologist, Dr. Danielle Koby.
As a Clinical Health Psychologist, Dr. Koby can provide a unique psychotherapy experience that integrates physical, psychological, and social wellbeing.
Specifically, she can identify behaviors that may further complicate co-occurring psychological and medical issues. If any aspect of your diet, medications, social environment, or daily routine get in the way of your wellbeing, Dr. Koby can help you make those changes.
Her practice focuses on helping clients overcome barriers to wellness through evidence-based practices and collaborative care. In addition to using Health Psychology in treatment, Dr. Koby utilizes techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and is certified in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). All sessions are completely confidential and held in the comfort of our beautiful office at Davis Parkway.
As you begin therapy with Dr. Koby, you can learn to:
Cope with health-related stressors
Make critical changes to your health behaviors
Communicate your needs
Gain new insight and perspective
Change unhelpful ways of thinking
Accept life’s uncontrollable stressors
Regain a sense of control and independence
You deserve a life beyond your health issues. You deserve support and care. You deserve purpose, meaning, and joy.
Together, we can make it happen.
Contact us today to get started.
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Interested in signing up for your first session? Don’t wait - we would love to hear from you!
We work with adults from Warrenville, Naperville, Downers Grove, Lisle, Aurora, Glen Ellyn, Oak Brook, Wheaton, and beyond. Our treatment services cover a range of issues, such as:
Therapy for Depression
Therapy for Grief and Loss
Therapy for Stress
Therapy for Health Issues
Support for Women’s Health Issues
Therapy for Insomnia
Therapy for Weight Loss
Therapy for Medical Professionals and Caregivers
If you have questions or would like further information, let us know!
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28379 Davis Parkway, Unit 801, Warrenville, IL 60555
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