Chronic health conditions · North York & online across Ontario
Psychotherapy for the emotional side of a chronic illness, chronic pain, or a long-term diagnosis, for the person living with it and the people close to them.
Appointments, medication, and test results get the attention. What often goes unspoken is everything else: the grief, the worry, the tiredness of explaining yourself, and the quiet question of who you are now. That part deserves care too.
A diagnosis can mean mourning plans, energy, and a version of yourself you expected to keep. That grief is real, and it deserves room.
Flare-ups, waiting on results, and not knowing what next year looks like can keep your whole system on alert, long after the appointment ends.
When work, parenting, or simply getting through the day changes, the question of who you are now can be hard to sit with alone.
Living with symptoms every day wears on mood, and low mood makes symptoms harder to carry. Both sides of that are worth attention.
Invisible conditions often come with doubt from others, and sometimes from yourself. Feeling dismissed is its own kind of exhausting.
Partners, parents, and children carry it too. Sometimes the most useful conversation is the one you have together.
Adults, teens, and families living with an ongoing health condition, whether it was diagnosed last month or twenty years ago, and whether or not anyone else can see it.
Diabetes, autoimmune conditions such as MS, lupus, or rheumatoid arthritis, heart and lung conditions, inflammatory bowel disease, cancer during or after treatment, long COVID, and conditions still being worked out.
Fibromyalgia, migraine, persistent pain after an injury, ME/CFS, and the many conditions where the body simply has not returned to how it was.
Recovery after a car accident, concussion, or brain injury that has stretched on longer than anyone expected. See also our pages on brain injury and concussion and motor vehicle accidents.
Caring for someone with a long-term condition, or living in a household reshaped by one. Family sessions are available, and our caregiver support page may also be useful.
Works with children 10 and older, teens, adults, and families navigating chronic health conditions, alongside anxiety, stress, and grief. Read Sepideh's bio
Spent six years in community rehabilitation before psychotherapy, supporting people recovering from accidents, strokes, and brain injuries. Read Melissa's bio
You are more than a diagnosis, and you should not have to carry it alone
That is what the free 15-minute consultation is for.
Warm, practical, and honest. We support the emotional side of a health condition, always alongside your doctors and care team, never in place of them. With your permission, we are glad to coordinate with them.
Making room for what cannot be changed, so that more of your energy goes toward the people and things that matter to you. About ACT
Softening the self-blame and the "I should be coping better" that so often sit underneath a chronic condition. About CFT
Concrete tools for health worry, sleep, the days a flare-up takes over, and hard conversations with the people around you and your care team. About CBT
Fees
Direct billing to many extended health insurers with select therapists. In-home visits are available with select therapists in North York and nearby areas, for when travelling to the office is not possible. See full fees and insurance
When you are ready to talk, we are here
Free 15-minute consultation · In person in North York or online across Ontario · Direct billing with select therapists
Mindful Connections Therapy
Whether you are newly diagnosed or have been living with this for years, you do not have to carry it alone. Book a free 15-minute consultation and we will see if we are a good fit.