Greentpsychology, LLC

08/06/2026

Stress matters. Language matters too.

For clients who have repeatedly had physical symptoms minimized or attributed solely to anxiety or stress, certain therapeutic responses may unintentionally reinforce dismissal.

The goal is not to remove psychological factors from the conversation. It is to hold psychological and physical realities with greater nuance.

For therapists who want to deepen their competency in this area, my self-guided CE course offers 10 CE hours focused on supporting clients with autoimmune disease.

🔗 Learn more through the link in bio.

08/04/2026

07/30/2026

Autoimmune disease can affect far more than physical health.

When illness changes roles, routines, relationships, work, independence, or future plans, clients may find themselves asking: “Who am I now?”

Therapists need language and frameworks that make room for this identity disruption without reducing the person to a diagnosis.

I explore these complexities in my book and in my self-guided CE course for mental health professionals.
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07/28/2026

“Who am I now?”

It is a question that can emerge when illness changes work, relationships, independence, energy, appearance, routines, or future plans.

For therapists, identity work with chronic illness requires nuance.

We do not want to deny the very real impact of disease. But we also do not want the diagnosis to consume every part of how a person understands themselves.

There can be space for grief and possibility. Loss and continuity. Illness and a self that remains larger than illness.

This intersection of physical illness and psychological care is central to my work, my book, and my self-guided CE course for mental health professionals.

Learn more through the link in bio.

07/23/2026

Grief can return when the loss changes.

For people living with autoimmune disease, a new flare, limitation, transition, or change in functioning may bring up grief again—even after periods of adjustment.

Therapeutic work should have room for that complexity.

Mental health professionals can explore this topic and others in my self-guided CE course focused on psychotherapy for clients with autoimmune disease.

🔗 Link in bio.

07/21/2026

Autoimmune disease can involve losses that are difficult to name and even harder for others to recognize.

The loss of spontaneity.
The loss of a former identity.
The loss of trust in the body.
The loss of a future someone assumed they would have.

And because autoimmune disease can fluctuate, grief may return, not because someone has “failed to accept” their illness, but because a new change may bring a new loss.

For therapists, making room for this complexity matters.

I explore grief, identity, trauma, and the psychological realities of autoimmune disease in my book and self-guided CE course.

Resources through the link in bio.

07/16/2026

The diagnosis is only one part of the story.

For many clients living with autoimmune disease, the years before diagnosis may include uncertainty, dismissal, self-doubt, and repeated attempts to be taken seriously.

Therapists need to understand what that history can mean inside the therapeutic relationship.
This is one of the clinical areas I explore in my self-guided CE training for mental health professionals.

Learn more through the link in bio.

07/14/2026

A client’s experience with the healthcare system does not stay outside the therapy room.

If someone has spent months or years being dismissed, doubted, misdiagnosed, or told that physical symptoms are “just stress,” those experiences may shape how they relate to you.

They may minimize. Over-explain. Bring documentation. Apologize for their needs. Question their own perceptions.

These responses deserve curiosity—not judgment.
For mental health professionals who want to deepen their understanding of autoimmune disease and invisible illness, my self-guided CE course explores medical invalidation, trauma, therapeutic pitfalls, and more.

10 CE hours. Learn at your own pace.
Click the link in bio.

07/09/2026

What happens when a client’s illness is largely invisible, but its impact reaches nearly every part of life?

Therapists do need to understand the psychological realities that can accompany autoimmune disease.

That includes uncertainty, loss, medical invalidation, identity disruption, and the exhaustion of repeatedly explaining an illness others cannot see.

I explore these issues more deeply in my book and self-guided CE course for mental health professionals.

Course and book information are available through the link in bio.

07/07/2026

When illness is invisible, people are often asked—directly or indirectly—to prove their pain.

They may hear:
“You don’t look sick.”
“But you were fine yesterday.”
“Have you tried reducing stress?”
“At least it’s not…”

These comments can add another layer of distress to an already complicated experience.

For therapists, understanding invisible illness means looking beyond symptoms alone. It means recognizing grief, uncertainty, medical invalidation, changing identity, and the emotional toll of not being believed.

My book, Understanding Autoimmune Disease: A Therapist’s Guide to Invisible Illness, and my self-guided CE course were created to help deepen that understanding.

🔗 Learn more through the link in bio.