Endometriosis & Pelvic Pain Support
Living with endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain can ask so much of you.
It can mean learning how to live in a body that feels unpredictable, painful, or exhausting. It can mean canceled plans, missed work, disrupted intimacy, difficult medical appointments, surgeries, fertility decisions, and constantly having to calculate how much energy you have left to give. And sometimes, it means grieving the life you imagined you would have before chronic illness became part of the picture.
At Moonrise Therapy, you do not have to minimize that grief or convince anyone that your pain is real.
As someone who also has personal experience with endometriosis, I understand that the impact of this disease reaches far beyond physical symptoms. While every person’s experience is different, there can be something deeply meaningful about sitting across from someone who understands that endometriosis is not simply a “bad period.” You deserve a therapeutic space where the emotional weight of living with chronic pain and illness is recognized, believed, and held with compassion.
When Chronic Illness Changes More Than Your Body
Chronic pelvic pain can affect nearly every part of life—your relationship with your body, sexuality and intimacy, work, friendships, independence, identity, plans for the future, and your sense of trust in your own body.
There may be grief for what you have lost, and grief for what might be lost. There may be anger about how long it took to receive answers. Fear before another appointment or procedure. Exhaustion from advocating for yourself. Loneliness when the people around you don't fully understand. Resentment toward a body that seems to demand so much from you and guilt for feeling that resentment in the first place.
There is room for all of it here.
You don't have to find the silver lining. You don't have to be grateful that things aren't worse. And you don't have to perform strength when what you really need is a place to say, this is hard.
Hysterectomy & Surgical Menopause Support
The decision to have a hysterectomy can carry emotions that are far more complicated than people sometimes realize. Whether your surgery is something you have wanted and fought for, something medically necessary, or a decision you have complicated feelings about, relief and grief can exist at the same time.
Therapy can offer a place to process the emotional experience before and after hysterectomy, including fears surrounding surgery, changes in your relationship with your body, questions about identity or fertility, intimacy and sexuality, recovery, and the complicated emotions that can accompany such a significant change.
For those experiencing surgically induced perimenopause or menopause, the transition can feel especially abrupt and disorienting. Physical and hormonal changes may arrive alongside the emotional reality of recovering from surgery and adapting to a body that suddenly feels different. You may find yourself grieving, relieved, angry, hopeful, frightened, or moving between all of those emotions.
None of those feelings cancel the others out.
A Place Where You Don't Have to Explain Why It's Hard
Therapy cannot take away the physical reality of chronic illness, and it should never imply that your pain is simply something you need to think differently about. What therapy can offer is a place where you don't have to carry the emotional weight of it alone.
Together, we can make room for grief, anger, medical trauma, changing relationships with your body, sexual and relational concerns, boundaries, self-advocacy, identity changes, and the ongoing process of building a meaningful life alongside circumstances you never asked for.
You are allowed to mourn what chronic illness has taken from you. You are also allowed to feel hopeful one day and devastated the next. You are allowed to want answers, relief, accommodations, rest, pleasure, connection, and a life that feels like yours again.
At Moonrise Therapy, you don't have to make your experience easier for someone else to hear.
Your pain is worthy of being taken seriously. Your grief deserves space. And you deserve to be supported through all of it.
You May Be Seeking Support With:
Endometriosis & Chronic Pelvic Pain
The emotional exhaustion of living with chronic or unpredictable pain
Grief surrounding the ways chronic illness has changed your life
Feeling dismissed, misunderstood, or not believed about your symptoms
Medical trauma and difficult healthcare experiences
Anxiety surrounding appointments, procedures, testing, or surgery
The exhaustion of continually advocating for yourself
Anger, sadness, helplessness, or resentment toward your illness
Feeling disconnected from or betrayed by your body
Changes in body image and self-esteem
Pain-related anxiety and fear of symptom flares
Navigating work, relationships, social plans, and everyday life with chronic illness
Guilt surrounding canceled plans, needing rest, or asking for accommodations
Feeling isolated when others don't understand what living with chronic pain is actually like
Navigating relationships and communicating your needs to partners, family, or friends
Changes in sex, intimacy, desire, and your relationship with pleasure
Grief and complicated emotions surrounding fertility or reproductive choices
Finding ways to honor your limitations without feeling defined by them
Pre- & Post-Hysterectomy Support
Processing the decision to have a hysterectomy
Preparing emotionally for surgery and recovery
Fear, anxiety, or uncertainty leading up to surgery
Grieving the loss of an organ or changes to your body
Complicated feelings surrounding fertility and reproductive identity
Holding relief and grief at the same time
Adjusting emotionally and physically during recovery
Changes in body image after surgery
Navigating changes in sexuality, intimacy, or sexual functioning
Processing difficult or traumatic surgical and medical experiences
Adjusting to a body that may feel unfamiliar after surgery
Navigating relationships and asking for support during recovery
Processing expectations when recovery or symptom relief doesn't look the way you hoped
Surgically Induced Perimenopause & Menopause
Adjusting to sudden or unexpected hormonal changes after surgery
Grieving a transition you may not have expected to experience yet
Feeling unfamiliar or disconnected from your changing body
Mood and emotional changes during the transition
Changes in sexual desire, arousal, comfort, or intimacy
Changes in body image and sense of self
Processing anger, sadness, fear, or uncertainty about this stage of life
Navigating changes in relationships and sexual connection
Making space for the emotional impact of physical symptoms
Redefining your relationship with your body, sexuality, and identity
Finding ways to feel grounded when your body seems to be changing all at once
Creating space for grief while also adjusting to what comes next
Chronic illness can create a kind of grief that doesn't always have a clear ending. You may grieve the body you once knew, the plans that had to change, the time you've lost to pain, or the version of life you thought you would have. You are allowed to grieve those things. You are also allowed to feel relieved, angry, hopeful, exhausted, or all of them at once.
Here, you don't have to minimize your pain, make your experience easier for someone else to understand, or find a silver lining. There is space for the reality of what you're carrying.
Living with endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain can ask so much of you.
It can mean learning how to live in a body that feels unpredictable, painful, or exhausting. It can mean canceled plans, missed work, disrupted intimacy, difficult medical appointments, surgeries, fertility decisions, and constantly having to calculate how much energy you have left to give. And sometimes, it means grieving the life you imagined you would have before chronic illness became part of the picture.
At Moonrise Therapy, you do not have to minimize that grief or convince anyone that your pain is real.
As someone who also has personal experience with endometriosis, I understand that the impact of this disease reaches far beyond physical symptoms. While every person’s experience is different, there can be something deeply meaningful about sitting across from someone who understands that endometriosis is not simply a “bad period.” You deserve a therapeutic space where the emotional weight of living with chronic pain and illness is recognized, believed, and held with compassion.
When Chronic Illness Changes More Than Your Body
Chronic pelvic pain can affect nearly every part of life—your relationship with your body, sexuality and intimacy, work, friendships, independence, identity, plans for the future, and your sense of trust in your own body.
There may be grief for what you have lost, and grief for what might be lost. There may be anger about how long it took to receive answers. Fear before another appointment or procedure. Exhaustion from advocating for yourself. Loneliness when the people around you don't fully understand. Resentment toward a body that seems to demand so much from you and guilt for feeling that resentment in the first place.
There is room for all of it here.
You don't have to find the silver lining. You don't have to be grateful that things aren't worse. And you don't have to perform strength when what you really need is a place to say, this is hard.
Hysterectomy & Surgical Menopause Support
The decision to have a hysterectomy can carry emotions that are far more complicated than people sometimes realize. Whether your surgery is something you have wanted and fought for, something medically necessary, or a decision you have complicated feelings about, relief and grief can exist at the same time.
Therapy can offer a place to process the emotional experience before and after hysterectomy, including fears surrounding surgery, changes in your relationship with your body, questions about identity or fertility, intimacy and sexuality, recovery, and the complicated emotions that can accompany such a significant change.
For those experiencing surgically induced perimenopause or menopause, the transition can feel especially abrupt and disorienting. Physical and hormonal changes may arrive alongside the emotional reality of recovering from surgery and adapting to a body that suddenly feels different. You may find yourself grieving, relieved, angry, hopeful, frightened, or moving between all of those emotions.
None of those feelings cancel the others out.
A Place Where You Don't Have to Explain Why It's Hard
Therapy cannot take away the physical reality of chronic illness, and it should never imply that your pain is simply something you need to think differently about. What therapy can offer is a place where you don't have to carry the emotional weight of it alone.
Together, we can make room for grief, anger, medical trauma, changing relationships with your body, sexual and relational concerns, boundaries, self-advocacy, identity changes, and the ongoing process of building a meaningful life alongside circumstances you never asked for.
You are allowed to mourn what chronic illness has taken from you. You are also allowed to feel hopeful one day and devastated the next. You are allowed to want answers, relief, accommodations, rest, pleasure, connection, and a life that feels like yours again.
At Moonrise Therapy, you don't have to make your experience easier for someone else to hear.
Your pain is worthy of being taken seriously. Your grief deserves space. And you deserve to be supported through all of it.
You May Be Seeking Support With:
Endometriosis & Chronic Pelvic Pain
The emotional exhaustion of living with chronic or unpredictable pain
Grief surrounding the ways chronic illness has changed your life
Feeling dismissed, misunderstood, or not believed about your symptoms
Medical trauma and difficult healthcare experiences
Anxiety surrounding appointments, procedures, testing, or surgery
The exhaustion of continually advocating for yourself
Anger, sadness, helplessness, or resentment toward your illness
Feeling disconnected from or betrayed by your body
Changes in body image and self-esteem
Pain-related anxiety and fear of symptom flares
Navigating work, relationships, social plans, and everyday life with chronic illness
Guilt surrounding canceled plans, needing rest, or asking for accommodations
Feeling isolated when others don't understand what living with chronic pain is actually like
Navigating relationships and communicating your needs to partners, family, or friends
Changes in sex, intimacy, desire, and your relationship with pleasure
Grief and complicated emotions surrounding fertility or reproductive choices
Finding ways to honor your limitations without feeling defined by them
Pre- & Post-Hysterectomy Support
Processing the decision to have a hysterectomy
Preparing emotionally for surgery and recovery
Fear, anxiety, or uncertainty leading up to surgery
Grieving the loss of an organ or changes to your body
Complicated feelings surrounding fertility and reproductive identity
Holding relief and grief at the same time
Adjusting emotionally and physically during recovery
Changes in body image after surgery
Navigating changes in sexuality, intimacy, or sexual functioning
Processing difficult or traumatic surgical and medical experiences
Adjusting to a body that may feel unfamiliar after surgery
Navigating relationships and asking for support during recovery
Processing expectations when recovery or symptom relief doesn't look the way you hoped
Surgically Induced Perimenopause & Menopause
Adjusting to sudden or unexpected hormonal changes after surgery
Grieving a transition you may not have expected to experience yet
Feeling unfamiliar or disconnected from your changing body
Mood and emotional changes during the transition
Changes in sexual desire, arousal, comfort, or intimacy
Changes in body image and sense of self
Processing anger, sadness, fear, or uncertainty about this stage of life
Navigating changes in relationships and sexual connection
Making space for the emotional impact of physical symptoms
Redefining your relationship with your body, sexuality, and identity
Finding ways to feel grounded when your body seems to be changing all at once
Creating space for grief while also adjusting to what comes next
Chronic illness can create a kind of grief that doesn't always have a clear ending. You may grieve the body you once knew, the plans that had to change, the time you've lost to pain, or the version of life you thought you would have. You are allowed to grieve those things. You are also allowed to feel relieved, angry, hopeful, exhausted, or all of them at once.
Here, you don't have to minimize your pain, make your experience easier for someone else to understand, or find a silver lining. There is space for the reality of what you're carrying.