Living Well with Neurological Conditions
When your brain or body feels unpredictable, life can feel unpredictable too.
Therapy can help you find clarity, steadiness, and support.
Neurological conditions like Parkinson’s Disease, ALS, Multiple Sclerosis, or seizure disorders can reshape your life in ways you never expected. Your brain and body may no longer feel in sync, and the future you once imagined can start to feel uncertain. Everyday tasks take more energy. Decisions feel heavier. And the emotional toll can be overwhelming.
You’re grieving the life you had, the dreams you were building toward, and even the sense of ease you once moved through the world with. At the same time, you’re trying to show up for your life as it is now—finding moments of meaning, adapting to new limitations, and searching for a path forward that still feels like you.
Therapy offers a space where your fear, sadness, frustration, and worry are taken seriously and met with care. It’s a place where you don’t have to protect anyone else’s emotions or minimize your own. You can speak openly about the hard parts, the confusing parts, and the parts you’ve kept to yourself. Together, we make room for both your feelings and your new reality. You can explore what helps you feel steadier, what supports your well-being, and what truly matters to you now. Little by little, therapy can help you reconnect with your values, rebuild your sense of self, and find a path forward that feels possible, meaningful, and yours.
Support to Help You Move Forward
Process & Manage Emotions
New diagnoses, changes in symptoms, or the progression of a condition can bring up many emotions. These reactions are human and understandable. A health psychologist understands how neurological changes affect your emotions, energy, and daily life, and offers support that honors your whole experience. With compassion and evidence-based tools, therapy can help you reduce distress, navigate the uncertainty, and feel more grounded and in control.
Foster Acceptance & Adjustment
It’s natural to struggle with what a diagnosis means for your daily life, your identity, and your future. Many people feel caught between wanting things to go back to “how they were” and trying to figure out how to move forward.
Therapy can help you gently shift from resisting the reality of your condition to finding acceptance at your own pace. Together, we work on building flexibility, resilience, and compassion for yourself. This process creates space for your experience, reduces emotional suffering, and supports long-term adjustment so you can live as fully and meaningfully as possible.
Improve Relationships
When your health shifts in ways that affect how you think, move, or feel, it can also change the way you connect with the people you care about. You might find yourself feeling misunderstood, isolated, or unsure how to communicate what you’re going through. Therapy offers a space to explore these relationship challenges with compassion and clarity, helping you express your needs in ways that feel honest and empowering. You can learn to navigate difficult conversations, set boundaries that support your well-being, and deepen connection with partners, family, and friends. Therapy also helps you rebuild confidence in your roles and relationships as they evolve. With support, it becomes easier to cultivate relationships that feel nurturing, respectful, and truly aligned with the life you’re living now.
Support Everyday Health & Self-Care
Managing a long-term condition often means making changes to daily routines, treatments, and habits—a task that can feel overwhelming or even discouraging at times. Therapy provides a supportive space to explore what matters most to you, address doubts or mixed feelings, and find motivation in a way that feels realistic and sustainable. Together, we work on building routines around medication, diet, exercise, and other self-care goals that fit your life, helping you feel more in control, confident, and able to thrive day to day.
Improve Sleep & Reduce fatigue
Sleep can feel especially difficult when your body and mind aren’t working the way they used to, leaving you drained, irritable, and making it hard to get through the day. It’s normal to feel frustrated, overwhelmed, or stuck in a cycle of poor rest and fatigue. Therapy can help you gradually find more restful sleep through research-backed treatments. Practical daytime strategies can help support your energy, ease daily struggles, and help life feel a little brighter, steadier, and more manageable.
Reconnect with What Matters
Living with new or changing symptoms can make work, hobbies, relationships, and independence feel more challenging. Therapy offers a space to explore what truly matters to you, identify meaningful activities you can still engage in, and find ways to adapt your routines and roles so your life still feels purposeful and fulfilling. This support can help you reclaim joy, build a sense of accomplishment, and strengthen your overall well-being.