Counseling services for those with chronic pain and illness. Our initiative is to help people with chronic pain/illness live their best life.
Visit our website below to learn more about us and our services.
10/28/2025
As most of you probably know, it seems SNAP benefits will not be dispersed in November. People with disabilities are less likely to be able to access food pantries and use the food in the pantries because of their illnesses/disabilities.
My non-profit, Chronic Hope Cares, is organizing volunteers to help fill this need. We are a registered non-profit, donations can be tax-deductible, and tax receipts can be provided.
If you are able to volunteer time or donate food/money please add your name/business to the following spreadsheet:
You’re invited to our cozy FREE Fall Cookout & Celebration!🧟♀️
🥧This charming event is planned with love and intentionality for those living with chronic pain, illness and disability as well as their friends, family, and supporters. 🍂
At Chronic Hope, we know how to throw a party Spoonie-style! Expect comfort, laughter, community, and all the fall vibes as we celebrate the spooky season!🥄🥄
At Chronic Hope, we already have our $hLi$t! Anyone listening to on repeat?
Louise's favorite song: Honey
Finn's favorite song: Opalite
Scooby's favorite song: CANCELLED! (We're scared to ask him why)
10/10/2025
Our Interns Have Immediate Opens
If you have chronic pain/illness/disability and want to talk to a therapist about how much that sucks check out our specialized practice! That's what we do.
Have iffy insurance or are on a budget? Don't stress we've got your back!
We have well supervised, brilliant interns, with personal experience with chronic illness, who will see you on a serious sliding scale or even for free!
Check out their bios. They can't wait to meet you:
Interns Bailey SouthardInterns are highly supervised, including weekly supervision meetings with Jennifer Sutton. Rates:$0-$35 depending on household incomeBailey Southard (she/her) is a counseling intern at Chronic Hope Counseling with a heart for walking alongside people living with chronic pain.....
10/01/2025
Chronic Hope is hosting a free community event for everyone with chronic pain/illness/disability, as well as their friends/families/caregivers, etc. Please share and invite anyone who may be interested! www.chronichopecounseling.com/nigels-adventures
09/10/2025
Our interns are back!
Rates: $0-$55
Check out their bios and schedule a session: www.chronichopecounseling.com/interns
Chronic Hope Cares Dogs of Chronic Hope
08/22/2025
Fact Friday! What do you think about this fact? Research has found this correlation repeatedly. Should I create a video to explain this phenomenon further?
Every single Spoonie has numerous stories of doctors not comprehending what feels like the simplest things about pain and how it's affecting them. Why is that?...
08/11/2025
When you live with chronic pain/illness, we understand that it affects every part of your life and every decision that you make. It can easily become harmful to your mental health, and that's when we're there to support you!
08/08/2025
One thing I heard over and over (and over) while working with people experiencing chronic pain was that with pain came crazy and vivid dreams. I heard it so often that it led me to see if anyone had done any research on the topic. Look at that...I wasn't the only one to notice the connection!
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Jennifer Sutton is a North Carolina native who grew up in the small community of Pittsboro. She has been part of the chronic pain community for over a decade and has first hand experience with the physical and emotional struggles that comes with pain. She found her passion for working with people who suffer from chronic pain and illness when she discovered how isolating pain can be and the lack of resources available for those who struggle. Jennifer will be a certified LPCA (licensed professional counselor associate) by the time Chronic Hope opens in August. Jennifer graduated with her M.ed in counseling from NC State in 2019.
Jennifer Sutton’s (counselor and owner of Chronic Hope) Chronic Pain Story:
When I was 16 years old I was a normal healthy teenager who was ranked first on my school's tennis team. I had always ached and struggled with minor pain but it was never anything serious. When I returned to tennis my senior year everything was different, I couldn’t move like I used to. I started playing all of my games wrapped in braces and struggling to be the player I used to me. This pain increased and continued to get worse over the next few years until I could barely make it through the day. When I was 22, I was diagnosed with Lyme Disease, it was a relief to finally know what was wrong with me, but I knew that Lyme was going to be a lifelong struggle. Following this diagnosis my life flipped upside down, I was forced to withdraw from a graduate program I had committed to at Western University and focus on my health. I was put on strong antibiotics for over a year and during that year I spent my time in bed, too sick to get up completely engulfed in my illness. I watched life move on without me, forgetting I was even there
After I was done with treatment I was fortunate to have a few good years. During these years I was still overwhelmed with fatigue and struggled everyday, but I could work and I could smile again. One day in 2016 I was at work and suddenly got confused, dizzy and overwhelmed with pain in my neck and head I remember my coworkers had to call my husband to come pick me up. This neck pain and headaches have persisted since that day, no one has been able to diagnose what causes my pain. Not having a diagnosis can be so isolating and confusing. I have been to every doctor I can think of and they all just refer me somewhere else. I have endured nerve blocks, nerve ablations, years of physical therapy, steroid epidural injections and have been put on dozens of different medications, and I never found any relief.
Through these past few years I recognized the extreme lack of resources for those with chronic pain and illness, it seems that we have been forgotten. I remember once trying to seek out counseling and being sent to an addictions counselor because it was the closest thing to a pain counselor they had. This was devastating and this made me realize I wanted to make a difference. I want to make a world that takes care of and nurtures their chronic pain patients, not ignores them. So through my chronic pain I spend three years getting my master's degree in counseling so I could maybe make a difference for people like us. After the medical world failed me I started to study everything I could find about chronic pain and mental health and I discovered a powerful connection between people's minds and their pain. By taking control and training you brain you can gain power over your pain and learn to live beyond it. I have created my counseling practice around this idea, I believe that the mind is the most powerful tool we have again our pain.
