Online chronic Illness and Women's Health Counselling UK

Online Counselling for those with endometriosis, adenomyosis, PCOS, ME, chronic fatigue and women's health issues across the UK

For many people, receiving an accurate diagnosis for chronic conditions can take years. Complex health concerns like Endometriosis, Adenomyosis, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS), Fibromyalgia, and various autoimmune conditions are frequently misunderstood, overlooked, or entirely invisible on standard laboratory tests.

Many people living with these conditions share a painful history of being told that their bodies are “fine,” that test results show nothing, or that intense pain is simply something they have to accept. For women in particular, debilitating reproductive symptoms are often normalised, minimised, or dismissed for years.

The journey toward a medical diagnosis can be exhausting, frustrating, and deeply isolating. It requires years of constantly advocating for yourself in medical rooms, searching for answers, and trying to make sense of symptoms that others cannot see. Over time, this systemic friction can profoundly impact your relationship with your body, fracture your trust in medical professionals, and erode confidence in your own reality.

Living with chronic health challenges means your relationship with your body has likely become a site of conflict or fear. Online counselling offers a gentle, trauma-informed space to process these medical gaslighting experiences, unpack the grief of chronic illness, and safely reconnect with your physical self.

Using Transactional Analysis (TA), we work to quiet the internal frustrations and help you build a life of greater self-understanding, compassion, and emotional support.

A physical commute to a therapy office is often an impossible barrier for someone experiencing chronic pain, fatigue, or symptom flare-ups. A virtual practice adapts completely to your health needs on any given day:

Pacing-Friendly Support: You can attend sessions from your bed or sofa, using pillows and heating pads to stay comfortable.
Symptom Flexibility: If you are experiencing a severe brain fog day or a pain flare, we can easily adjust our session pacing or switch to telephone counselling.
Energy Preservation: No driving, parking, public transport, or waiting rooms means 100% of your energy can go directly toward your emotional healing.

If you are ready to find a supportive space where your medical reality is fully believed and held, please get in touch to book a free introductory video call.

How can talking therapy help with a physical, chronic medical condition?

While psychotherapy cannot cure physical illnesses like endometriosis, PCOS (now PCOM), or Chronic Fatigue, it plays a vital role in managing the profound psychological toll of living with a long-term condition. Chronic physical pain and medical uncertainty constantly trigger the body’s threat response, keeping your nervous system trapped in a state of high alert. Together, we work to lower this stress response, process the medical trauma, and help you find a sense of agency and emotional stability alongside your physical symptoms.

I feel like my friends, family and doctors don't fully understand my condition. Can we address this in therapy?

Yes. Living with an invisible illness or a poorly understood women’s health condition can be incredibly isolating, often leading to medical gaslighting or strained personal relationships. Using a relational Transactional Analysis framework, we can look at the communication blocks, boundary changes and systemic friction points that occur when navigating life with a chronic condition. We create a validating space where you don’t have to prove or minimise your physical reality.

How does therapy help me process the grief of losing my "old" healthy self?

Diagnoses like adenymiosis, fibromyalgia, or long-term fatigue require a massive, often painful shift in identity. It is entirely natural to experience a deep sense of grief for the lifestyle, career path, or level of independence you had before your symptoms escalated. In our sessions, we honour this grief completely. We work gently to help you accept you body’s current limitations without losing your entire sense of self, gradually building a fulfilling life within your new parameters.

Do you offer flexibility if I have a physical flare-up on the day of my appointment?

Yes, I fully understand that chronic illness is unpredictable and that a sudden flare-up can make travelling to a physical office impossible. To support your physical needs, my Edinburgh practice is built on complete flexibility. If you are experiencing high pain or fatigue, we can seamlessly switch you in-person West End session to an online video appointment, allowing you to access specialised therapeutic support from the comfort of your own home.

Based in Edinburgh? I offer in person sessions at 22 Drumsheugh Gardens, EH3 7RN.