Disability Doula and Chronic Illness Support Services
Healthcare systems only offer options that are detrimental to disabled people, especially those of us with multiple marginalizing identities. We recognize that these systems are harmful and are not designed to meet our needs or support us in thriving. But we also struggle to find a way to get our physical, emotional, mental, spiritual needs met when living in a society not built for us.
Growing up chronically ill, experiencing near-death incidents at a young age, and experiencing the violence of the medical system, I struggled for years (and sometimes still do!) to accept and love myself and my disabilities. I felt that I was the problem because that's what these systems told me. I have found so much joy and personal power in healing these feelings with and through community.
My services are meant to provide a jumping off point for learning how to make space for yourself and your needs outside of violent systems. I want to provide the support that I wish I had when I first got sick. My goal is not to be an expert or to “fix” anything, my aim is to provide space for healing, questioning, exploring, growing, and to support community to reclaim bodily autonomy.
All services are offered remotely.
I am doing this work out of love, and I want to work with you regardless of your financial situation. Each offering has three pricing tiers to accommodate different financial situations. Please only choose the subsidized option if it is reflective of your financial situation.
True Cost: the true cost of the offering.
Subsidized Cost: a subsidized option for financial accessibility.
Giving Back: an option to give back and support my ability to provide subsidized options.
Do you feel dismissed, gaslit, and unseen by the medical system? Do you feel like you don't see support for someone like you in mainstream medicine? Do you feel like discussions of disabilities and chronic illnesses don't take into account your other identities and experiences?
One-On-On Session
These individual sessions provide a peer counseling space to share about your experiences, be listened to, and witnessed. This can be an emotional support space, or a task-oriented session. This is a space for you to choose what kind of support you need.
Some topics we can dig into:
navigating internalized oppression and shame
medical violence and gaslighting, processing the trauma of medical spaces
navigating and processing coming into disability, mental illness, chronic illness, etc.
processing the intersections of identity in medical spaces, social spaces, and work/educational spaces
navigating interpersonal challenges related to disability/chronic illness
Some tasking options:
Prioritizing needs & budgeting energy
building a care plan
brainstorming and problem-solving medical barriers
preparing for a conversation regarding access needs
preparing for a doctor appointment
creating a healing plan and/or goals
finding healers and medical care
Cost per hour
True Cost: $75
Subsidized: $40
Giving Back: $100
Workshops
I facilitate workshops on disability and chronic illness-related topics such as:
using poetry to process disability
disability and sex
ADA and reasonable accommodations at school and in the workplace
grieving and celebrating diagnosis
using poetry to imagine bodily autonomy beyond capitalism and colonialism
Upcoming workshops are listed on my homepage under "upcoming". Please contact me if you would like to book me for a workshop for your organization.
Cost per person
True Cost: $55
Subsidized: $30
Giving Back: $75
Supporting
These spaces are made for people who have a loved one with a disability or chronic illness who want to better support their loved one but don't know how. Sessions can just be for the support person, or can also include the person receiving support.
Cost per hour
True Cost: $75
Subsidized: $40
Giving Back: $100