Living with a chronic illness can be overwhelming, affecting not just your physical health but your emotional well-being and daily life. Whether you’re newly diagnosed, managing symptoms, or adjusting to long-term changes, The Summit Counseling Center offers compassionate counseling to help you cope, adapt, and find hope.
Is Chronic Illness Impacting Your Life?
You may benefit from counseling if you:
- Feel overwhelmed by your diagnosis or ongoing symptoms
- Experience anxiety, depression, or grief related to your illness
- Struggle with changes in your identity, relationships, or lifestyle
- Face challenges managing pain, fatigue, or medical treatments
- Feel isolated or misunderstood by others
- Want to improve coping skills and emotional resilience
Our Approach
We provide a supportive and understanding space where you can explore your feelings and develop practical strategies to live well despite illness. Your therapy may include the methods listed below.
Types of Therapy
- Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Adlerian Therapy
- Art Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Christian Counseling
- Cognitive Behavior (CBT)
- Compassion Focused
- Couples Counseling
- Creative & Expressive Art
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dance Movement Therapy
- Emotionally Focused
- Existential
- Experiential
- Expressive Arts
- Family Systems
- Family Therapy
- Gestalt
- Humanistic Therapy
- Integrative Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural Therapy
- Music Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Person-Centered Therapy
- Positive Psychology
- Psychoanalytic Therapy
- Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)
- Reality Therapy
- Relational Therapy
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Somatic Therapy
- Strength-Based Therapy
- Structural Family Therapy
- Transpersonal Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Therapy is personalized to meet your unique needs and goals at every stage of your journey.
Living with Chronic Illness Is Hard — You Don’t Have to Face It Alone
With the right support, you can regain balance, hope, and strength to live fully.
Take the First Step Toward Healing and Empowerment
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