You are grieving what used to feel normal.
Your energy, mobility, routine, independence, plans, or sense of predictability may have changed — and that loss deserves space.
Virtual therapy for adolescents 12+ and adults navigating chronic illness, chronic pain, health-related grief, anxiety, depression, disordered eating, and the emotional work of adapting to a body or life that keeps changing.
You do not have to minimize what this has cost you. My approach is person-centered, client-led, and trauma-informed, with practical tools drawn from mindfulness, CBT, and DBT when they fit your needs.
Sara Cook is a Georgia Associate Professional Counselor (APC), National Certified Counselor (NCC), and psychotherapist at Kula Wellness Group.
I provide virtual therapy across Georgia for adolescents ages 12+ and adults, with particular focus on chronic illness, chronic pain, health-related grief, anxiety, depression, disordered eating, and the identity and emotional changes that can come with long-term health concerns.
My approach is person-centered, client-led, and trauma-informed. Depending on your goals, I may integrate mindfulness, CBT, and DBT as practical tools for coping, emotion regulation, boundaries, communication, and adapting to change.
Chronic illness and pain can affect much more than symptoms. They can change how you relate to your body, your future, your work, your relationships, your independence, and the version of yourself you thought you would get to be.
Your energy, mobility, routine, independence, plans, or sense of predictability may have changed — and that loss deserves space.
Invisible symptoms can come with constant explaining, minimizing, or the feeling that other people do not understand the effort it takes to function.
A diagnosis or long-term health challenge can affect how you see yourself, what you can do, and what you imagine for your future.
Worry, irritability, fear, frustration, uncertainty, and hyper-awareness of your body can make it difficult to feel present in the rest of your life.
Asking for help, changing plans, resting, setting limits, or depending on others may bring shame or the fear that you are becoming a burden.
Medical experiences, body changes, control, restriction, fear, or disordered eating patterns may be part of what you are carrying.
Chronic illness can come with a lot of pressure to stay positive, be grateful, push through, or accept things before you are ready. Therapy can make room for anger, grief, fear, uncertainty, and exhaustion without requiring you to pretend those feelings are the whole story.
My approach is person-centered and client-led. We can identify what feels most urgent, what has changed, what still matters to you, and what kind of support would make your day-to-day life more workable.
I may draw from mindfulness, CBT, and DBT to support emotion regulation, communication, boundaries, coping, thought patterns, and practical decision-making. The goal is not to force your experience into a framework; the tools should fit you.
Therapy does not treat the medical condition itself. It gives us space to work with the emotional, relational, behavioral, and identity-level impact of living with symptoms, pain, uncertainty, and ongoing health demands.
Emotional adjustment to diagnosis, changing capacity, uncertainty, treatment demands, fatigue, identity shifts, and the ongoing work of adaptation.
Support for the emotional burden of persistent pain, including frustration, grief, fear, isolation, changes in functioning, and the impact on relationships.
Grieving lost normalcy, plans, independence, roles, abilities, or a future you expected — even when other people do not recognize those changes as losses.
Worry, fear of the future, low mood, hopelessness, irritability, withdrawal, and the emotional effects of living with prolonged uncertainty or limitation.
Exploring emotional and behavioral patterns around food, body image, control, coping, and body changes with compassion and attention to the larger context.
Making sense of who you are when work, school, relationships, independence, or the expectations you had for yourself need to change.
Sessions can adapt to where you actually are that day. Some weeks may have more capacity than others. That variability is information, not failure.
You should not have to convince your therapist that your symptoms, limitations, frustration, or grief are real.
We can adjust pace and focus based on what your body, energy, and current circumstances allow that day.
You are the expert on your own lived experience. Therapy is something we build together rather than something prescribed to you.
We do not need to deny real limitations to look for meaning, agency, connection, support, and choices that still belong to you.
I want therapy to be a place that can meet you on your best days, your worst days, and the days when you are not sure how much you have to give. You do not need to perform wellness in order to receive support.
My clients are often navigating chronic illness, chronic pain, grief, anxiety, depression, disordered eating, and the emotional complexity of living in a body that may require constant adaptation. I use mindfulness, CBT, and DBT as flexible tools within a person-centered, trauma-informed approach.
My professional background also includes working with children in nonprofit and religious organizations, which shaped how I think about development, family context, trust, and the importance of meeting people where they are. I also bring experience supporting clients around grief and disordered eating. My current individual therapy practice at Kula is for adolescents ages 12+ and adults.
I also frequently help facilitate Kula's groups and workshops. I value the different kind of connection that can happen when people learn, reflect, or practice skills together outside of individual therapy.
Individual therapy is Sara's ongoing clinical work. She also frequently facilitates Kula groups and workshops when those offerings are active.
Virtual therapy for adolescents 12+ and adults across Georgia, with particular focus on chronic illness, chronic pain, health-related grief, anxiety, depression, and disordered eating.
Schedule a Discovery Call →Sara often helps facilitate Kula's therapy groups. Current topics, schedules, eligibility, and registration vary by offering.
Explore Current Groups →Sara also helps facilitate Kula workshops and educational or wellness experiences when they align with current programming.
Explore Current Workshops →Sara currently provides individual therapy virtually to eligible clients located throughout Georgia.
Sara currently works with clients ages 12 and older.
Initial intake: $145. Other session lengths may be discussed after intake when clinically appropriate.
Kula does not bill insurance directly. Superbills may be available for possible out-of-network reimbursement.
Learn more about superbills, reduced-fee options, scholarships, and other ways Kula works to make care more accessible.
Direct answers about chronic illness therapy, virtual care, ages, approach, groups, workshops, supervision, fees, and getting started.
A free 15-minute Discovery Call gives you room to ask questions, tell us a little about what you are looking for, and explore whether working with Sara might make sense.
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