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
I see clients with needs involving emotional and mental pain that come from a variety of different pathways, including but not limited to, anxiety, depression, grief/loss, and trauma. I look to provide the client with evidenced based practices and interventions to allow the client, caregiver, and I to collaborate and determine the best pathway to growth. I see clients ranging in ages, from 3 to...
Hi, I'm Signe. Welcome to my mindful integrative therapy practice. I provide a safe space to support the awakening of your potential as you heal your emotional heart. As suffering is relieved and transformed, you will shed old patterns that no longer serve you. Mind-body-spirit health brings you into harmony within yourself that allows positive energy to expand in and around you, radiating out...
Pascal is a licensed clinical professional counselor and holds a masters degree in Health and Human Development from Montana State University. For 4 years, he provided counseling to students in the Counseling and Psychological Services department at MSU. His therapeutic approach is adapted to each client's needs and is grounded in a collaborative, here and now relational approach. Pascal has...
Tiffany received her Master’s Degree in Social Work from Loyola University Chicago in 2012. She has expertise with the following: anxiety, emotional and behavioral challenges, mood disorders, trauma, self-esteem, ADHD, eating disorders, substance abuse, chronic illness and pain, divorce, bereavement, and other life changes. Her focus is on helping you gain awareness of your strengths, behavior...
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