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
Do you desire to move past issues related to food and body, fear and disconnection? To heal the depression and anxiety that is getting in your way of the life you want? Are you ready to begin understanding your mind body connection and how it can be used to deepen your connection with yourself and others? I specialize in traditional psychotherapy as well as yoga therapy to facilitate healing fr...
I am a Licensed Social Worker who contracts with Redemption Counseling Center to provide professional counseling services to those seeking greater hope and healing in their mental, emotional, and behavioral health. I am passionate about the health and wholeness of people and believe that professional counseling is one way that God meets us and draws us towards living more complete, purposeful, ...
I am a licensed Clinical Psychologist specializing in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. I treat children, adolescents and adults using evidence-based practices. I have expertise in working with anxiety disorders including generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), specific phobias, social phobia, panic disorder, and separation anxiety disorder. Additionally, I am skilled in...
I am passionate about encouraging clients on the journey of life to discover true identity, heal from emotional wounds and trauma, overcome fears, breakthrough relational walls, replace unhealthy thought patterns and achieve healthy cognition and behaviors. It is my goal to empower clients to live a fulfilling life and establish hope for the future. I have worked as a crisis counselor with...
I have a caring approach, and rely on proven cognitive-behavioral methods (CBT), focusing on you as an individual or as a couple. I specialize in the treatment of stress and anxiety, which sometimes present in the form of overwhelming anxiety, panic, anger, OCD, PTSD, or depression. After careful evaluation of you and the challenges you face, we together begin a goals-oriented approach to life...
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I am a licensed psychologist with strong specialties in treating folks with eating disorders and anxiety. I also have extensive experience working with people with depression, bipolar disorder, and relationship concerns. I am a compassionate, direct therapist. I work collaboratively with my patients to set and achieve their goals. These goals often include increased self-acceptance, as well as...
What do you want in life? How would you like to be seen in this world? How does your relationship with your self, others, and in the world affect your ability to realize those intentions? Even if you have answers to those questions, you may be hindered in truly fulfilling your wants and needs or even determining what they are. I view therapy as an opportunity to collaboratively and holistically...
Do you feel stuck and can’t quite figure out what to do? Are you struggling with anxiety or sadness? Do you feel alone? Are you wondering why everything is so hard? Do you feel guilt or shame? Is “negative self-talk” or "an inner critic" something you completely understand? Do you have difficulty making decisions and often feel like you don't know what to do next? Finding the right therapist fo...
** Please note, Nancy is not taking new clients until January 2021** Nancy takes a strengths based approach to therapeutic work with individuals, couples, and families. All people have an inherent emotional strength and only through building on that strength can further emotional growth occur. Nancy specializes in Anxiety, Depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and other emotional and ment...
I am a psychologist who work with individuals 18 years and older. I primarily treat person's experiencing anxiety and related disorders. Anxiety disorders can be debilitating, both mentally and physically. I work collaboratively with clients to help them manage their anxiety and live a more fulfilling life. My treatment approach is a combination of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness. ...
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Laura has been working in the mental health field with children, adolescents, and families for over 10 years. She believes that there is a therapist out there for everyone, you just have to find your right fit. Laura specializes in trauma, grief and loss as well as working with children (as young as 2 years old), pre-teens, adolescents, adults and families in a wide variety of other areas. Laur...
The Maplewood Wellness Center was created to be a comfortable place to open up and explore what is troubling you. This includes identifying what you’re struggling with and discovering where your natural strengths lie. Successful therapy includes identifying what you would like to change AND what you are doing well. Everyone goes through pain and all of us deserve a safe place to find what we ne...
