Christian counseling for chronic pain and illness.
Care for body, mind, and soul when your health, or the health of someone you love, isn’t getting better. Online from anywhere, or in person in Memphis, TN and Franklin County, NC.
Your suffering is real, and you are not forgotten.
Living with chronic pain or illness touches every part of life: your work, your relationships, your sense of who you are, and often your faith. You may grieve the life you expected. You may feel misunderstood by friends, doctors, or even your church. And you may wonder where God is when prayers for healing go unanswered.
Chronic pain and illness is one of the three areas Courage specializes in, and for our team it’s personal as well as professional. Our director, Dr. Nate Brooks, writes and teaches on chronic illness out of his own family’s experience. We know illness doesn’t only affect the person who is sick. It reshapes marriages, children, finances, friendships, and faith.
We won’t offer easy fixes or suggest that more faith would make it all go away. We’ll help you grieve what has been lost, find steady hope in God’s faithfulness, and learn to live and love well in a life that looks different than you planned.
Compassionate | Christ-Centered | Trauma-Informed | Biblically Faithful
Who we help
People living with chronic pain
Back and joint pain, migraines, nerve pain, and other pain that hasn’t gone away.
Chronic and autoimmune illness
Long-term conditions that change what daily life looks like, including when there is no cure in sight.
Grief, anxiety, and depression
The emotional weight that comes with ongoing health struggles.
Caregivers and loved ones
Spouses, parents, children, and friends whose own lives and faith have been disrupted by a loved one’s illness.
Marriages and families
When illness reshapes roles, routines, closeness, and intimacy at home. Learn about marriage and family counseling.
Ongoing medical difficulties
Including medical trauma and parents of NICU babies.
Support groups
Community matters when illness isolates. Our two support groups offer Scripture, prayer, and shared stories with others who understand. Groups are support, not therapy, and individual counseling is available alongside them.
Fully Known & Fully Loved
For adults living with chronic pain or illness
Thursdays, 1:00–2:00 PM ET, with a weekly prompt. Tuesdays, 1:00–2:00 PM ET, for open conversation and fellowship. $60 per month, limited to 15 members. Scholarships are available. Learn more about Fully Known & Fully Loved.
Compassion for Caregivers
For those caring for a loved one with chronic pain or illness
Thursdays, 7:30–8:30 PM ET. $60 per month, limited to 15 members. Scholarships are available. Learn more about Compassion for Caregivers.
For loved ones and caregivers, Dr. Brooks’s book Disrupted Journey: Walking with Your Loved One Through Chronic Pain and Illness (P&R, 2025) offers honest, Scripture-centered encouragement for the road.
FAQs
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No. We believe your pain is real. Counseling doesn’t replace your medical care. It works alongside it, caring for the emotional, relational, and spiritual weight that illness brings.
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Yes. Much of our work is with people who don’t expect a medical cure. Counseling can help you grieve real losses, wrestle honestly with God, and find ways to live and love well within new limits.
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Online sessions let you meet from home on hard days. Virtual counseling and Christian Care Coaching are available across the U.S. and internationally. Learn about online counseling.
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Yes. Caring for someone with chronic illness disrupts your own life, too, and your struggles deserve care. You can meet one-on-one with a counselor or Christian Care Coach, or join our Compassion for Caregivers support group.
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Yes. In-person sessions are available at our Memphis location at 5340 Quince Rd, and we’ll match you with someone who fits your needs.
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Individual sessions are $129, or $85 with a counseling fellow. Support groups are $60 per month. We do not bill insurance. See full pricing.