Therapy for Chronic Illness, Disability, and Medical Trauma

Living with chronic illness, disability, or complex medical conditions affects more than physical health. It can quietly reshape your relationships, your identity, and your nervous system.

At Thrive Counseling for Healing & Connection, we offer therapy that understands the emotional and relational impact of living in a body that requires constant adaptation. Whether your condition is visible or invisible, new or lifelong, this is a space where your experience is taken seriously—and met with care.

Who is Therapy For

This therapy may be a fit if you are:

• Living with chronic illness or chronic pain

• Navigating life with a physical, neurological, or developmental disability

• Coping with medical trauma from procedures, hospitalizations, or dismissive care

• Grieving changes in independence, identity, or future expectations

• Feeling misunderstood, isolated, or emotionally exhausted

• Struggling with anxiety, depression, or trauma responses related to health

• Experiencing relationship strain connected to caregiving or limitations

• Tired of explaining why things are hard

You don’t need to justify your experience here.

How Chronic Illness & Disability Affect Emotional and Relational Health

Medical challenges often create ongoing nervous-system stress, including:

• Hypervigilance and anxiety

• Emotional shutdown or overwhelm

• Grief and identity loss

• Shame about needing support

• Fear of being a burden

• Disconnection from partners or family

• Trauma responses linked to medical experiences

Our work recognizes that these responses are adaptive, not pathological.

Our Therapy Approach

Therapy at Thrive is:

• Trauma-informed and attachment-based

• Nervous-system aware and paced with care

• Focused on emotional safety, meaning, and connection

• Respectful of energy limits, accessibility needs, and flare-ups

• Integrative, drawing from EFT, EMDR-informed care, and somatic awareness

We don’t push healing. We support it.

Work with Brandy Fallon

Specialized Therapy for Chronic Illness, Disability & Medical Trauma

Brandy Fallon specializes in working with individuals living with chronic illness, disability, and medically complex conditions.

She offers a steady, compassionate presence for clients navigating the emotional weight of long-term health challenges—helping them process grief, trauma, identity shifts, and relational strain without minimizing their lived experience.

Brandy understands how medical systems, repeated procedures, and invisible illness can quietly shape a person’s sense of safety, trust, and self-worth. Her work centers on helping clients reconnect with themselves, strengthen relationships, and build self-compassion in the midst of ongoing challenges.