More than a Patient: Building Relationships and Creating a Meaningful Life When You Have a Chronic Illness - Softcover

Taub, Jodi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1967115257 ISBN 13: 9781967115259

Publisher: Wren House Press, 2026

Synopsis

Living with chronic illness means medical appointments, unpredictable symptoms, and the exhausting work of managing your health. Relationships often become casualties. Friends drift away. Dating feels impossible. Family dynamics strain under caregiving pressures. The isolation can be as painful as the physical symptoms themselves.

In this groundbreaking, compassionate guide, psychotherapist and chronic illness and rare disease expert Jodi Taub—who lives with primary immunodeficiency and associated conditions—teaches you how to rebuild and strengthen the connections that matter most. Drawing from almost three decades as a therapist specializing in chronic illness and hard-won insights from her own lived experience, Taub provides practical strategies for challenges familiar to patients: handling unhelpful comments, dating with a diagnosis, managing mental health, navigating caregiving relationships, and working with medical teams.

You didn’t choose to be sick, but you can choose what to do with it. The right relationships can transform your experience, and this book will help you build them.

About this title

About the Author

Jodi Taub, LCSW, PLLC, is a New York-based psychotherapist with over 27 years of experience providing individual, couples, family, and group therapy. She specializes in chronic illness and rare diseases, supporting patients and caregivers in managing health anxiety, medical trauma, and the psychological impact of complex health conditions.In addition to her clinical work, Jodi is a published writer, speaker, and researcher. She lectures nationally, facilitates support groups, and contributes to professional education and advocacy within the chronic illness and rare disease communities. Drawing on both her expertise and her own lived experience with chronic illness, Jodi is recognized for her evidence-based, relationship-centered approach that fosters resilience and meaningful connections.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wren House Press
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1967115257
• ISBN 13: 9781967115259
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 190