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
15+ years of experience working with adults, adolescents, and children with a variety of issues and goals. I approach each client with kindness, empathy, and compassion, and use a variety of therapeutic techniques, including CBT, Harm Reduction, Motivational Interviewing, and Feminist Therapy, depending on the needs of each individual and family. I spend time working with clients to explore how...
I have 20 years experience working as a psychologist in a variety of settings, including addiction treatment centers, outpatient clinics, inpatient psychiatric units, and community mental health. I have extensive experience working with addiction and co-occurring trauma. Over the years, the needs of many of the people I have worked with have inspired me to pursue specialized training to...
Counseling is an individualized journey that fosters change and self care. Within a confidential, respectful, caring environment, we will look at your own unique needs, the resources you have and together develop an action plan that will support your goals and keep you moving forward. Using a strength based approach, I will assist you with developing the knowledge and skills needed to cope with...
My practice is currently full ** I help adults and teens increase a sense of stability and resource in times of shift and change. I offer a safe place for you to bring your experience of anxiety, depression, anger, or your struggles with recovery. I work from the perspective that in order to connect with inherent strength and resilience, you don't have to edit or bypass what you're feeling. It'...
As a queer nonbinary/transgender woman and a survivor, I know how hard it can be to seek desperately needed help, only to be made unwelcome by the very professionals we trust to provide that help. I always strive to meet my clients with openness, respect, and compassion. I believe that therapy should provide a safer space to explore your values and strengths, gain insight into your struggles, a...
Would you like to get help fulfilling your life, whether you have lost a job, marriage, relationship, relative, or location? Do you have ADHD? How did you find out? I offer free consultations to those adults who are looking to improve their quality of life, especially if they are anxious or depressed. I can help you decide if coaching or therapy will work better for you. Most of my clients seek...
Do you suffer from chronic physical or emotional pain? Have you ever been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, IBS or non-epileptic seizures? Had physical symptoms that doctors could not explain, or told were “in your head.” Suddenly lost your ability to speak, walk, or see only to have the ability return at a later time? These symptoms and diagnoses are painful, stressful, and frightening. However, ma...
I work with individuals, couples, and families affected by chronic illness, anxiety, and/or trauma. I work from a trauma-informed, whole-body perspective drawing upon approaches such as mindfulness, EMDR, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. If you are reading this, you may feel alone, scared, and overwhelmed by all of the uncertainty and change you are experiencing and seeing around you. You...
Life is constantly changing & pressing on us, leading to stress, and calling for our growth. Rather than looking for acceptance or healing from others, it's important to look inward. This understanding of who we are & how we operate eases stress & peaceful life transitions. Science verifies that changing our thinking, feeling & behaviors improves the quality of our life. I specialize in connect...
Hello and Welcome! Whether it's wanting to enjoy being in your relationships again, navigating forever complicated relationships, or dealing with mental health issues in your relationships, I'm here to help! "I LOVE what I do!" All relationships have hiccups (annoyances, issues, and challenges) that drive one insane. There are many ways to cure hiccups and therapy could be your cure! Try therap...
You deserve to feel heard and supported! I can help via online therapy - daytime, evenings & weekends! The stress of all the everyday things - work, family, appointments, etc - can be overwhelming. You get a moment to breathe & you feel guilty, wondering if you deserve to take time for yourself. When I work with clients, I find that those who want to learn to manage their anxiety or depression ...
I work with individuals who are struggling with a myriad of different concerns. PTSD, trauma, grief/loss, severe anxiety, phobias, dissociative disorders, traumatic and acquired brain injuries, addiction, and depression, just to name a few. I have experience working with military veterans, first-responders, those that have experienced abuse, or human trafficking, those struggling with addiction...
The issue we all struggle with is how to remain present when our minds constantly are driven to anticipate and control an unmanageable future and keep a tight grip on an unbearable past (so that we are not overcome by it). When this dilemma becomes too much we lose trust, faith, and the use of intuition and begin to operate on fear, shame, and anger. This pattern is altered through someone maki...
Mental wellness and physical wellness can either help or hinder the other. Behavioral treatments significantly improve both mental and physical outcomes, but we know it's easier said than done. I take a primarily cognitive-behavioral approach, which has the strongest evidence base and research backing, to most problem areas impacting your wellness. CBT techniques effectively change your life in...
I am here to provide empathic listening and hold sacred space for people seeking improved mental health, enhanced brain function, more self-love and acceptance, spiritual guidance, and enriched relationships with others. You may have experienced a loss, a trauma, a transition, or an unexpected life upheaval. My job is to walk with you in the darkness and shine a light, so we may find the way...
