Empower your life:
Move through illness, sleep better, and refocus on what matters most.
Therapy offers a dedicated time and supportive environment where you can relax, explore what’s happening in your mind and body, experiment with new ways of responding, and develop skills to improve sleep and navigate stress so you can live in line with your values even in the face of health challenges.
Health Challenges & Poor Sleep Are Affecting Your Life
Maybe you’ve recently received a new diagnosis. Maybe you’ve been living with a chronic condition for years. Either way, your body is demanding more of you - and it’s impacting your mood, energy, sleep, relationships, and sense of self.
It’s not just the illness. You still have to be present for your family, manage your job, and try to enjoy life. Now, add medications, appointments, and symptom management to the list. No wonder you feel exhausted. You’re scared, overwhelmed, and wondering if anyone truly understands what you're going through. On the outside, you look like you’re managing. On the inside, you feel like you're barely holding on.
You’re Holding It All Together —
But Your Health Is Calling for Help
You put on a happy face and keep moving forward so everyone else believes everything is ok. You’re juggling countless responsibilities and always putting others' needs before your own. But it’s starting to wear on you.
Your body is telling you that it needs attention - maybe you’ve gained weight, your blood sugar or blood pressure is creeping up, or you can’t remember the last time you had a good night’s sleep. You’re worried about your health, and even though you feel like you are already doing so much, you wonder if you should be doing more. You just don’t feel like yourself anymore.
You want to feel more in control of your life - to find a better balance between caring for others and caring for yourself. You want to prioritize your health and well-being, but everything feels like too much.
The Mind-Body Connection is Real
and Can Feel Overwhelming
Changes in your body, like illness, problems sleeping, hormonal fluctuations, mobility challenges, immune reactions, or pain, can affect how you feel mentally and emotionally.
At the same time, stress, mood, and thoughts can influence your physical health. Poor sleep, stress, depression, anxiety, and burnout can take a toll on your body, and when your health suffers, your emotions, behaviors, and relationships are impacted.
Therapy offers a space to breathe. A place to speak honestly, without worrying about scaring your friends or burdening your partner. Here, you can acknowledge what you’re going through and start building a path forward.
Practical, Evidence-Based Therapy for Living Well with Physical Illness, Sleep Challenges, and Stress
As a health psychologist, I use research-backed strategies to help you to shift unhelpful thinking patterns, manage difficult emotions feelings, and build habits that support physical and emotional well-being. Together, we’ll create a personalized plan that works for your life, with all of its complexity.
Over time you will become empowered to manage your situation and move toward the life that you want. You’ll be able to focus your time and energy on what truly matters to you. You’ll learn to prioritize your needs without guilt, feel more in control of your health, and find peace.
It’s time to shift from surviving to thriving. Let’s talk about your challenges and how you can start feeling better, physically, emotionally, and mentally.
Therapy for your life.
There is a strong connection between physical and psychological health. I’m Dr. Cathy Bykowski. I’m a health psychologist who helps people whose health challenges are impacting their life, who want to get better sleep, and whose life circumstances are affecting their health. I provide individual therapy and workshops for adults who are living with medical illnesses or insomnia and want help prioritizing self-care. I see clients in person in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and virtually in most US states. I have immediate availability and flexible scheduling so I can find a time that works for you.
Click the “Let’s Talk” button to schedule a free 15-minute consultation call to talk about how I can support you.
Also, check out the Living Well Blog and the Tools page for resources to support your mental health and self-care.
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Thrive with Illness
Navigating life with an illness requires a sense of control and resilience. Therapy can give you space to reflect on what’s most important to you and tools to accept change and actively manage stress.
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Prioritize Your Health
Life can feel overwhelming and your health can fall to the bottom of the never-ending to-do list. Therapy can help you name what’s important, set goals, and regain control over your life and your health.
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Sleep Well
Good sleep can feel elusive, no matter how exhausted you feel. Evidence-based tools can help you reset your mind and body so you can rest and recharge.
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Explore & Center
Visit the Living Well Blog for information to help you understand the connection between physical and psychological health and how to optimize both. Visit the & Tools page for guided Relaxation and Meditation.
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Schedule a Workshop
Support your community in meeting their health and wellness needs. Schedule a single or multi-session group workshop.