Chronic Illness & Chronic Pain Therapy in Toronto
Living with a chronic illness or ongoing pain changes more than your body. It can wear down your patience, your sense of who you are, and your trust in what your body is telling you. Sarah offers somatic and talk therapy for people navigating chronic illness and chronic pain, in person in Toronto's west end and virtually across Canada, whether that's a long-standing condition, a newer diagnosis you're still adjusting to, or pain that's never fully been explained.
What This Can Look Like
Chronic illness and pain affect people differently, but some experiences come up often:
Feeling disconnected from or frustrated with your body
Exhaustion that rest doesn't fully resolve
Anxiety around flare-ups, appointments, or symptoms you can't predict
Grief for a body or a life that feels different than it used to
Difficulty being believed or understood by others, including in medical settings
Isolation, especially when illness limits what you can do or plan
A nervous system that stays braced or on edge, even during calmer stretches.
Sessions are available in person at Sarah’s Roncesvalles and Junction offices in Toronto's west end, and virtually across Canada.
Location & Availability
A Somatic, Body-First Approach to Chronic Illness and Pain
When your body is a source of ongoing pain or unpredictability, it's common to feel disconnected from it, or braced against it, as a way of coping. Sarah’s approach draws on Somatic ExperiencingⓇ to help you rebuild a relationship with your body that isn't only defined by what's wrong with it. This isn't about ignoring or minimizing physical symptoms. It's about helping your nervous system find more steadiness alongside them, which can ease how much pain and illness take from you day to day.
Chronic Illness, Pain, and Cancer
For many clients, chronic pain or illness is connected to cancer treatment or its aftermath: nerve pain from chemotherapy, fatigue that never fully resolved, or a body that still doesn't feel like it belongs to you after treatment ended. As a Professional Cancer Coach, Sarah understands this territory specifically, the way survivorship can bring its own chronic symptoms long after treatment is officially over, and the isolation of feeling like you should be "done" when your body says otherwise.
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This work is for anyone whose physical health is shaping their daily life in ways that feel hard to carry alone, whether that's a long-standing chronic condition, a newer diagnosis you're still adjusting to, or pain that doesn't have a clear medical explanation. It's for people who feel worn down by the unpredictability of flare-ups, disconnected from their own body, or exhausted by having to explain or justify their symptoms to others. You don't need a specific diagnosis to benefit from this work, only a body that's asking for more support than it's been getting.
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Sarah offers somatic and talk therapy for chronic illness and chronic pain, available in person at both my Roncesvalles and Junction offices in Toronto's west end, and virtually across Canada. Sessions draw on Somatic Experiencing to help settle a nervous system that's often braced against pain or unpredictability, alongside talk therapy to work through the grief, isolation, and identity shifts that can come with ongoing illness. For clients whose symptoms are connected to cancer treatment or survivorship, this work is also informed by Sarah’s background as a Professional Cancer Coach.
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Sessions meet you where your body actually is that day, not where you think it should be. We might work somatically to help your nervous system settle when pain or symptoms are flaring, or use talk therapy to process the harder emotional weight of living with an unpredictable body, including grief, frustration, or feeling unseen. There's no expectation that you'll "manage" your symptoms better by the end of a session. The goal is steadier support, not a fix.
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This isn't medical treatment, and it won't replace your doctor, specialist, or pain management team. I don't diagnose or treat physical conditions, and I'll always encourage you to bring medical questions to your healthcare providers. This also isn't a space where you're expected to stay positive or "manage" your illness a certain way. Chronic illness and pain are hard, and therapy here is about making room for that honestly, not minimizing it.
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Individual sessions: $160–$200
Family/Couples sessions: $210–$250
HST is not applied to registered psychotherapy sessions. Receipts are provided for insurance submission where applicable.
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