Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes

Type 1 diabetes never turns off.

Living with Type 1 diabetes means making decisions about your health every single day, and most of those decisions happen behind the scenes.

From the outside, it might look like just taking insulin, but you know it's much more than that.

You're thinking about food, insulin doses, blood sugar levels, activity, pump sites, CGMs, supplies, doctor's appointments, insurance, costs… The list is never ending. You're making hundreds of decisions that other people may never see or understand.

And you're doing all of that while trying to live your actual life.

The emotional weight of diabetes is real.

Sometimes the constant demands of diabetes management can leave you feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, anxious, frustrated, or simply tired of having to think about the disease all the time.

You may be experiencing:

  • Diabetes burnout or diabetes distress

  • Anxiety about blood sugar levels or potential complications

  • Fear of low or high blood sugars

  • Perfectionism or feeling like you're "failing" when your numbers aren't where you want them to be

  • Feeling emotionally drained

  • Frustration with the constant demands of diabetes management

  • Difficulty balancing diabetes with work, relationships, family, and everyday life

  • Uncertainty about how to manage diabetes during a big life transition, like going to college, having a baby, or moving to a new city

  • A complicated relationship with food, eating or your body

  • Feeling misunderstood by people who don't live with diabetes

  • Stress related to medical appointments or navigating insurance for diabetes care

You don't have to wait until you're completely burned out to seek support. Diabetes distress is a recognized psychological response to the ongoing emotional demands of living with and managing the disease.

Therapy can be a place where you don't have to explain everything.

As someone with personal experience navigating type 1 diabetes, I understand that diabetes is more than a medical condition you manage at doctor's appointments. It carries a mental load of constantly thinking about numbers, food, insulin, activity, supplies, appointments, and what might happen next.

My goal is not to tell you how to manage your diabetes medically. My role is to help you work through the emotional and psychological side of living with diabetes.

Together, we can explore the thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and patterns that may be making life feel heavier and develop ways to cope that feel sustainable and realistic.

We can make space for you as a whole person—not just the diabetes.

Diabetes can affect your relationship with food, how you feel about your body, your confidence, your relationships, and the way you see yourself. This can be especially complicated when diabetes intersects with body image concerns or disordered eating.

Because my practice also specializes in body image and disordered eating, I can help you explore these concerns within the context of your diabetes rather than treating them as completely separate issues.

We can also work through anxiety, depression, substance use, life transitions, or other challenges that may have nothing to do with diabetes- but still deserve attention.

You are a whole person. Diabetes is one part of your life, not the entirety of who you are.

I bring a collaborative and compassionate approach to therapy.

I believe you are the expert on your own life. Therapy with me is a collaborative process where we can slow things down, better understand what's happening beneath the surface, identify patterns that may no longer be serving you, and work toward meaningful change.

You don't have to have everything figured out before you start therapy. You don't have to prove that things are "bad enough." You don't have to carry the emotional weight of Type 1 diabetes alone.

Ready to talk?

I offer a free 15-minute phone consultation so we can talk about what you're looking for and determine whether working together may be a good fit. I can be contacted via email at brittany@ctrcounselingatl.com or via phone at (678) 218-5344 . You can also schedule a consultation call through the “request appointment” button on my home page.