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
Are you experiencing a life transition that has been difficult to cope with? Have your feelings, thoughts, and behaviors become confusing to you? We all have behaviors and coping skills that likely served a purpose in the past, but are no longer useful when we experience difficult emotions and life stressors. Mari can work with you to develop personal growth, which will lead to a greater sense ...
Nelson Rodriguez is a bilingual licensed professional counselor (LPC) skilled in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with individual and family therapy. He is a strong advocate for the veterans, homeless, women, children, and minority rights. He provides outpatient therapeutic services for children, adolescents, and adult populations. He utilizes the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy CBT approach to...
Hello and welcome. My therapy practice is through a Telehealth platform and therefore far reaching throughout the state of California. I also provide psychological assessment services. I enjoy working with varied adult populations within a spectrum of life's difficulties, including: anxiety, depression, chronic pain, chronic stress, trauma, childhood trauma, self-esteem, and improving confidenc...
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I view clients as the experts in their own lives and my role as their influential guide along the way. I am prepared to help clients process what they bring to sessions as well as teach concrete skills to ease suffering outside of session. I have 18 years experience working in the fields of mental health and addictions, over 10 of those years as a therapist for adults and families struggling wi...
"Be what you are becoming, without clinging to what you might have been, what you might yet be." It is easy for us to view our lives like a piece of sheet music. We get caught up in the notes, time signature, key changes. As a result, we end up missing the beautiful symphony inside of us and all around us. I want you to be able to hear the music while still appreciating the music theory. Our...
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