Your whole life matters here

Whole Life Care

We built Mettle on decades of clinical practice and on something that predates medicine entirely: to be together… the human impulse to care for each other in life’s hardest moments. We call it Whole Life Care.


Relational support

Dealing with complex emotions, your own and everyone else’s

  • Having difficult conversations

  • Intimacy and sexuality

  • Accepting help

  • Coping with a new reality

  • Creating and restoring connection


Practical support

Easing the logistical weight so you can focus on what matters

  • Decoding medical speak

  • Navigating a complex medical system

  • Understanding treatment options

  • Connecting to community resources


Existential support

The deeper questions: meaning, identity, mortality

  • Reckoning with changes to identity and sense of self

  • Finding meaning in what’s happening

  • Exploring questions of mortality


Aesthetic support

Experiences, practices, and rituals designed to return you to yourself or to hold what can’t be said

  • Art and nature as medicine

  • Finding beauty in hard moments

  • Living fully inside a new reality



Not sure where to start?

Just received a new diagnosis? Ongoing issues around illness? Dealing with grief? Book a free introduction consultation with one of our counselors to discuss your situation and find out how we can help.

This is big. You’re here. That means something.

Whatever brings you to Mettle today, we know it isn’t easy. Whether you are facing a serious illness, navigating grief, or caregiving, we recognize that these moments are messy and unpredictable. There are no simple fixes for the ‘stuff of life and death,’ and it can’t be easily categorized. If you’re feeling overwhelmed or confused, know that you're in the right place — exactly as you are.

Ready to get started, or just have a few questions?

You don’t have to carry this alone

Get personalized, 1-on-1 care designed around exactly what you need right now.