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
Feeling overwhelmed, confused, or sad? Do you need assistance navigating these difficult times? Please contact me to see how I can be of a help. I specialize in treating individuals with anxiety, depression, and trauma. I work with individuals focusing on different issues such as: life transition, school problems, communication issues, anger, and so on. I use modalities such as Cognitive Behavi...
My years of experience in the mental health field have led me to work with people often drowned by worry, depression, and who feel hopeless about their ability to change. I work to help individuals develop skills aimed at decreasing the power of negative emotions and increasing the presence of other emotions that are often edged out, such as joy. In the words of Jon Kabat-Zinn, "You can't stop ...
Due to COVID-19 (Novel Caronavirus) we will be more than happy to have a phone session with you. We have a sliding scale from $20 - $100. We are available days,evenings and weekends for your convenience.We accept UBH BCBS Aetna, & CIGNA. We do not accept Medicaid. Clarissa and the Counseling Team specializes in working with couples, families, marriage and couples counseling troubled teens,...
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Leor Ram, M.A., LMFT, LPCC, CGP is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT 115538), a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC 7354), and a Certified Group Psychotherapist practicing individual, couple, group, and family psychotherapy at Integrative Psychotherapy Group. Through his intensive training at The Maple Counseling Center as well as his work at the Trevor Project, Early...
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I believe that each client, child or adult, is an individual and should be treated as such. Because of this I tailor my treatment modality to fit the specific needs of those whom I see. As a Licensed Professional Counselor, I have the ability to work with a wide variety of clientele. I have a passion for working with children and adolescents because of the complicated issues so many of them fac...
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