(she/her/hers) M.ed LCMHC
Chronic Illness Therapy in North Carolina
Specialized Counseling for Chronic Pain, Illness, & Disability
Jennifer founded Chronic Hope Counseling in 2019 to create a space where people living with chronic illness, chronic pain, and disability feel truly understood without having to explain or justify their experience.
As a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in North Carolina, Jennifer has spent the past 7+ years working exclusively with individuals navigating chronic conditions. She has spent time becoming an expert in everything that connects a person’s physical health with their mental health. She’s spent countless hours learning from her client’s experiences, struggles and triumphs. Aiming to understand how to support and advocate for clients in all walks of life and in all parts of their chronic journey. She understands that chronic illness doesn’t just affect your body. It impacts your mental health, relationships, identity, and every crevice of your life and mind.
As a Spoonie herself, she understands how loud and all-consuming chronic conditions can be. She counsels and runs Chronic Hope Counseling and Chronic Hope Cares from a place of deep empathy, understanding and camaraderie with every person in, or connected to, the chronic community.
Her approach is personalized and flexible, using evidence-based therapies like CBT, person-centered therapy, and motivational interviewing adapted to meet your specific needs, energy levels, and lived experience.
In addition to her clinical work, Jennifer founded Chronic Hope Cares, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding support and resources for the chronic illness and disability community.
You don’t have to keep managing this alone.
Whether you're:
Feeling overwhelmed or burnt out from managing symptoms
Struggling with anxiety, depression, or grief related to your condition
Trying to adjust to a new diagnosis or worsening symptoms
Tired of providers who don’t fully understand chronic illness
Feeling buried in medical trauma
This is a space where you will be believed, supported, and met exactly where you are.
You deserve care that understands the full picture of what you're going through.
Start Feeling More Supported—At Your Pace
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Rates:
Accepts BCBS, Aetna and United Health Insurance
$135 Intake Session
$120 for sessions after intake
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