Living with Illness and Psycho-Spiritual Care

Living with illness—whether chronic, acute, or life-limiting—can stir up a wide range of emotions, questions, and challenges. It often impacts more than just the body; it can shake our sense of identity, purpose, and connection to others. You may find yourself asking, Why is this happening to me? or What now? These are not just medical questions, but deeply human and spiritual ones.

Psychospiritual care recognizes that health involves the whole person—physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual. Illness can disrupt the stories we tell about ourselves and the lives we imagined. It can bring up grief, fear, anger, and uncertainty, but it can also create space for reflection, clarity, and meaning-making.

As a Registered Psychotherapist and Spiritual Care Practitioner with over 20 years of experience in diverse healthcare settings, I offer support to individuals and caregivers navigating the emotional and spiritual dimensions of illness. Whether you’re living with a diagnosis, recovering from injury, facing the unknown, or supporting a loved one through health challenges, our work together can help you feel more grounded, connected, and supported.

This includes palliative care, where the emotional and spiritual needs are often as significant as the physical ones. I provide compassionate support for those nearing the end of life and their loved ones, offering space to process meaning, legacy, fear, grief, and hope.

Through psychospiritual care, you may find space to:

• Process grief and loss, including anticipatory grief
• Explore meaning, hope, and purpose in the midst of change
• Reflect on identity, faith, values, and beliefs
• Build emotional resilience and inner strength
• Navigate difficult decisions and life transitions
• Simply be—within a safe, compassionate, and non-judgmental space

You don’t need to hold any specific spiritual belief to benefit from this kind of support. Psychospiritual care meets you where you are—with curiosity, sensitivity, and a deep respect for your unique path.

If you’re living with illness, receiving palliative care, or walking alongside someone who is, please know—you don’t have to do it alone. I’m here to walk with you.