Chronic pain occurs for many reasons. Regardless of its cause, chronic pain is exhausting, debilitating, and can lead to mental health issues such as isolation, depression, and suicidal ideation.
Available Treatment Options
Therapist interventions for chronic pain include the therapist validating the person. People with chronic pain may feel alone or unheard because their loved ones have heard (often repeatedly) about the pain. Not feeling heard could make them feel small, unimportant, or unworthy. On the contrary, a therapist’s job is to sit with the person and their pain. To recognize it, name it, and validate the person’s experiences with it.
Group therapy can also be helpful for people with chronic pain, as it is comforting to recognize other people are experiencing the same thing. Mindfulness techniques, such as meditation, yoga, tai chi, or breathwork, can be helpful for individuals with chronic pain.
Therapists Who Specialize in Helping Those Who Struggle With Chronic Pain
Relationships are hard work. You desire to be the individual that you are, but also try to figure out how to overcome the changes that being in a relationship can bring. Not all relationships are created equal. I want to help you cultivate a healthy relationship (whatever that may look like for you) as well as encourage a healthy relationship with yourself. I desire to provide you with a...
I am a clinical psychologist and clinical assistant professor at NYU Medical Center. My areas of specialty are trauma, grief, depression, and anxiety (panic, phobia, OCD, social anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder, illness anxiety). I provide empirically-supported treatments that are individually tailored to each patient to ensure that therapy is effective, collaborative, and growth-promoting...
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Ms. Huddleston is licensed as a Certified Psychological Assistant, and is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a Mental Health Service Provider designation. She has a special interest in the logic and procedures of standardized testing accommodations. She is a graduate of the Vanderbilt Volunteer Advocacy Program with a focus on assisting children and families with IEP's and 504 plans....
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