Living in a body that is unpredictable, in pain, or easily depleted is work that most people around you cannot see. So is explaining it, advocating for it, grieving what it has changed, and being told you look fine.
Peace Love Wellness offers online therapy across New York for people living with chronic illness and disability. Ryn Cagle, LMHC, brings lived understanding of chronic illness and disability to this work, and Karen Garcia, MHC-LP, brings a vocational rehabilitation background. Both are accepting new clients.
You do not have to prove you are sick enough, or coping badly enough, to deserve support. And therapy here does not assume your symptoms are in your head.
Ryn Cagle, LMHC, works with chronically ill and disabled clients and brings lived understanding of disability to their care. That means less time explaining what a flare is, why you cancelled, or why rest does not fix it.
Ryn works at a pace that honors your capacity and consent, with care that can flex around fluctuating energy, chronic symptoms, and demanding weeks, instead of asking you to push through.
Meet Ryn CagleKaren Garcia, MHC-LP, draws on a background in vocational rehabilitation counseling to help with what illness and disability change about work, roles, and daily life, in English or Spanish.
Many chronically ill people come to therapy wary, because they have been told their symptoms are anxiety. Therapy here is not a substitute for medical care and does not treat your illness as psychological.
What it offers is a place for everything that comes with being ill: the grief, the anger, the fear, the exhaustion of advocating for yourself, and the question of who you are now.
Read About Our ApproachAll sessions are online for clients located in New York, so there is no travel, no waiting room, and no spending tomorrow’s energy to get to an appointment. You can join from bed or the couch.
Many clients use insurance for therapy at Peace Love Wellness. We are in-network with Aetna, Anthem / Empire BlueCross (including Excellus, Highmark, and out-of-state BlueCard plans), Carelon, Cigna, EmblemHealth, MagnaCare, Meritain, and NYSHIP / The Empire Plan. Coverage varies by plan and clinician, and we help clarify options before you begin so costs feel clear from the start.
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Read MoreTherapy for chronically ill and disabled clients and for health anxiety, with lived understanding of disability and a pace that respects your capacity.
Currently accepting new clients
Brings a vocational rehabilitation background to what illness and disability change about work, roles, and daily life. In English or Spanish.
Currently accepting new clients
Sessions are online for clients located in New York. We review clinical fit, insurance, and current openings before you begin. Insurance & Fees · Get Started
Questions we hear from chronically ill and disabled people considering therapy at Peace Love Wellness.
Therapy does not treat the illness itself. It helps with what comes with it: grief, anxiety about symptoms and the future, medical trauma, isolation, strain on relationships and work, and rebuilding a sense of identity. Many people also find it helps with pacing and with advocating for themselves.
No. We do not treat physical symptoms as imagined or as anxiety in disguise. Your medical care belongs with your medical providers; therapy is for the emotional weight of living in your body.
Ryn Cagle, LMHC, works with chronically ill and disabled clients and with health anxiety, and brings lived understanding of disability to their care. Karen Garcia, MHC-LP, brings a vocational rehabilitation background to questions about work and daily life when health changes, in English or Spanish. Both are accepting new clients.
Tell your clinician about your health when you start, so you can plan together for flares and fluctuating capacity. Our standard policy asks for 24 hours’ notice for cancellations, and we consider extenuating circumstances, such as a flare, case by case. Your clinician will review the full policy with you before ongoing work begins.
Yes. Ryn works with health anxiety, including the kind that comes with a real diagnosis, where the worry is not irrational but has still taken over.
Many clients use insurance for therapy at Peace Love Wellness. We are in-network with Aetna, Anthem / Empire BlueCross (including Excellus, Highmark, and out-of-state BlueCard plans), Carelon, Cigna, EmblemHealth, MagnaCare, Meritain, and NYSHIP / The Empire Plan. Coverage varies by plan and clinician, and we help clarify your options before you begin.
You don't have to push through to get help. Tell us a little about what you're living with, and we'll help you find a time with a clinician who understands.