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
Coping with the effects of a traumatic experience is like battling through a stream of thick mud, making you feel helpless and unsafe. On the outside you may appear fine, but on the inside, there is something dark and sad sitting just below the surface. The irritability, lack of connection to others and yourself, disinterest in the things you used to enjoy, and difficulty sleeping is enough to...
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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Jennifer provides counseling services to adult individuals in a relaxed, non-judgmental and safe atmosphere where you can share your concerns comfortably. Her style is mostly cognitive behavioral therapy and hypnotherapy, incorporating other techniques as needed to best meet your treatment goals. She has over twenty years of experience treating depression, anxiety, and abuse- and trauma-related...
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Since 1999, Dr. Bolnick has been providing therapeutic services to individuals (i.e., school-age through adulthood) and their families. Thinking outside the box, integrating her understanding of Clinical Psychology, Learning Disabilities, Health Psychology, and Neuropsychology, has allowed her to create innovative interventions. She believes each individual and family is a unique puzzle and no...
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