Chronic Pain Therapists in Aitkin County, MN
With extensive experience working with patients, I have developed a deep passion for supporting individuals navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, and the unique complexities of foster care/adoption.
With extensive experience working with patients, I have developed a deep passion for supporting individuals navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, and the unique complexities of foster care/adoption.
Online Therapists
Canvas Health is dedicated to bringing hope, healing, and recovery to the lives of people we serve. We achieve this by helping children, adolescents, adults, and families who struggle with mental illness and substance use disorders.
Canvas Health is dedicated to bringing hope, healing, and recovery to the lives of people we serve. We achieve this by helping children, adolescents, adults, and families who struggle with mental illness and substance use disorders.
Each day offers a new opportunity to live the best life we can. Counseling can help when barriers like anxiety, shame, grief, interpersonal conflict, and illness make each day exhausting or frustrating. Taking a fresh, empathetic, and non-judgmental look at your situation will help.
Each day offers a new opportunity to live the best life we can. Counseling can help when barriers like anxiety, shame, grief, interpersonal conflict, and illness make each day exhausting or frustrating. Taking a fresh, empathetic, and non-judgmental look at your situation will help.
It takes a lot of courage to reach out for help. You may be struggling with anxiety, depression, relationships, job stress, grief, trauma related issues, chronic pain or addiction. I'm here to support you by developing a trusting relationship as you navigate the challenges of life. Being in the field for over a decade has provided me skills and insight to handle a multitude of issues. The experiences in your life are unique to you, which is why I strive to have a person-centered approach to empower you so you can reach your goal.
It takes a lot of courage to reach out for help. You may be struggling with anxiety, depression, relationships, job stress, grief, trauma related issues, chronic pain or addiction. I'm here to support you by developing a trusting relationship as you navigate the challenges of life. Being in the field for over a decade has provided me skills and insight to handle a multitude of issues. The experiences in your life are unique to you, which is why I strive to have a person-centered approach to empower you so you can reach your goal.
Are you unhappy with the current version of yourself? Or dealing with unrelenting pressure and feel like you’re drowning & can’t keep up with life’s demands? Or maybe you are trapped by your thoughts and finding it hard to get out of your own head. I was right there where you are. I had built a “successful” and “normal” life so I was happy, right? Everything looked good on the outside, but internally, I was a mess. The chronic pain, spacey-ness, irritability, and unrelenting pressure never seemed to stop. I was unhappy and lost in this version of myself, it finally became too much.
Are you unhappy with the current version of yourself? Or dealing with unrelenting pressure and feel like you’re drowning & can’t keep up with life’s demands? Or maybe you are trapped by your thoughts and finding it hard to get out of your own head. I was right there where you are. I had built a “successful” and “normal” life so I was happy, right? Everything looked good on the outside, but internally, I was a mess. The chronic pain, spacey-ness, irritability, and unrelenting pressure never seemed to stop. I was unhappy and lost in this version of myself, it finally became too much.
Christy Jelsing DURBIN
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPCS, LPCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Isanti, MN 55040 (Online Only)
Christy has experience in working with individuals, couples, children, and families. She has a passion for working with cancer patients or those with terminal illness, as well as a passion for resolving and avoiding compassion fatigue among health care workers, and educating the public on how to best serve the whole person during the wellness journey. She has spoken at numerous conferences on topics including reducing stress, optimizing your health, and the mind-body connection. Christy offers individual therapy and couples counseling via telehealth so that you can get help from the comfort of your own home or workplace.
Christy has experience in working with individuals, couples, children, and families. She has a passion for working with cancer patients or those with terminal illness, as well as a passion for resolving and avoiding compassion fatigue among health care workers, and educating the public on how to best serve the whole person during the wellness journey. She has spoken at numerous conferences on topics including reducing stress, optimizing your health, and the mind-body connection. Christy offers individual therapy and couples counseling via telehealth so that you can get help from the comfort of your own home or workplace.
True Balance Counseling
Psychologist, MS, LMFT, PhD, LP, RPT-S
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Little Falls, MN 56345
Anxiety? Depression? Just sick and tired of being sick and tired? We get it. Life can be a pain in the .....well.... a pain. Sometimes we just have to let it all out. Our team of experienced therapists get it. Trauma? YEP! ADHD? YEP! Military and public service? YEP! Let us help. We can offer you an alternative, non- doctory, take of your shoes and be comfy, place to let it all start to heal. We work with children, adults, couples, and families. Let us help you, help yourself.
Anxiety? Depression? Just sick and tired of being sick and tired? We get it. Life can be a pain in the .....well.... a pain. Sometimes we just have to let it all out. Our team of experienced therapists get it. Trauma? YEP! ADHD? YEP! Military and public service? YEP! Let us help. We can offer you an alternative, non- doctory, take of your shoes and be comfy, place to let it all start to heal. We work with children, adults, couples, and families. Let us help you, help yourself.
Ashley Kalina
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, LMHC, LPCC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Two Harbors, MN 55616
I work with individuals to address sexual health related issues that may be getting in the way of a healthy and satisfying sex life. I help couples and individuals to improve overall sexual health and connectedness, while also working to improve overall relationship satisfaction and communication. Issues may include: sexual pain, desire discrepancies, orgasm problems, discomfort with your body image, sexual boredom, etc. I recognize that change can be difficult and seek to provide the support you need to achieve your goals by listening to you, helping to identify the outcome you desire, and motivating you to reach your goals.
I work with individuals to address sexual health related issues that may be getting in the way of a healthy and satisfying sex life. I help couples and individuals to improve overall sexual health and connectedness, while also working to improve overall relationship satisfaction and communication. Issues may include: sexual pain, desire discrepancies, orgasm problems, discomfort with your body image, sexual boredom, etc. I recognize that change can be difficult and seek to provide the support you need to achieve your goals by listening to you, helping to identify the outcome you desire, and motivating you to reach your goals.
If you have experienced trauma; symptoms of depression, anxiety, or grief; are in the midst of life transition; or have difficulties with pain or stress, you can find safety and help here.
Our minds and bodies are the sacred lands of our experiences, containing forests of stories, shifting winds, rivers of emotions, and fields of sensations, ranging from painful to pleasureful. When the landscape is disturbed by stress and trauma, the ecosystem shifts out of balance toward pain. By skillfully bringing mind and body together, with the heart of altruistic intention to improve our lives for ourselves and others, we gain capacity to navigate with clarity, calm inner storms, heal rifts, and drink from the waters of fresh perceptions. Through deep listening, movement, attention, and imagination, insight dawns.
If you have experienced trauma; symptoms of depression, anxiety, or grief; are in the midst of life transition; or have difficulties with pain or stress, you can find safety and help here.
Our minds and bodies are the sacred lands of our experiences, containing forests of stories, shifting winds, rivers of emotions, and fields of sensations, ranging from painful to pleasureful. When the landscape is disturbed by stress and trauma, the ecosystem shifts out of balance toward pain. By skillfully bringing mind and body together, with the heart of altruistic intention to improve our lives for ourselves and others, we gain capacity to navigate with clarity, calm inner storms, heal rifts, and drink from the waters of fresh perceptions. Through deep listening, movement, attention, and imagination, insight dawns.
One side of this work may involve pursuing wisdom, guidance and support. The other, involves pursuing healing into our deepest self. Some concepts to explore are... How do you make sense of and think about your world and self? How do you experience and manage your emotional world, what are your survival styles and patterns in relationships, distress and behavior? In what ways do you carry emotional pain and trauma on a body level, impacting you in known and unknown ways? I'm trained as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner to work with the release and resolution of trauma that can be trapped in one's physiology and nervous system.
One side of this work may involve pursuing wisdom, guidance and support. The other, involves pursuing healing into our deepest self. Some concepts to explore are... How do you make sense of and think about your world and self? How do you experience and manage your emotional world, what are your survival styles and patterns in relationships, distress and behavior? In what ways do you carry emotional pain and trauma on a body level, impacting you in known and unknown ways? I'm trained as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner to work with the release and resolution of trauma that can be trapped in one's physiology and nervous system.
Chrissy Bensen
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Saint Michael, MN 55376 (Online Only)
Are you searching for ways to show up more joyfully and authentically in your life? Does something feel a little "off," and you wish there was a place where you could sort it out and find a way to feel better? You may be struggling with depression, anger, or anxiety. You might seem fine on the outside, but inside you feel disconnected, a little lonely, or falling just short of where you'd like to be in your life. Although it might be more of a nagging feeling, you might also have some history with workplace, family, or religious trauma, parenting/step-parenting, chronic pain or illness, or identity/existential concerns.
Are you searching for ways to show up more joyfully and authentically in your life? Does something feel a little "off," and you wish there was a place where you could sort it out and find a way to feel better? You may be struggling with depression, anger, or anxiety. You might seem fine on the outside, but inside you feel disconnected, a little lonely, or falling just short of where you'd like to be in your life. Although it might be more of a nagging feeling, you might also have some history with workplace, family, or religious trauma, parenting/step-parenting, chronic pain or illness, or identity/existential concerns.
Kelly Nichole Larson
Marriage & Family Therapist, BA, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Wadena, MN 56482 (Online Only)
Anxiety, sleep, postpartum, couples therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), life adjustments, self esteem and self identity, social anxiety, anger management, chronic pain, grief and loss, compassion fatigue and more.
I have been in the Mental Health field for almost 20 years specializing in individual, children, families and couples therapy. Often people seek therapy when they feel stuck. Sometimes it takes a unbaised voice to put new persepctive into your thought process. Are you experiencing a change in career, a loss of a relationship, parenting difficulties, social anxiety or low self esteem? Do you overthink situations, feel misunderstood or judged? Have you even said, " I know why, but can't seem to change." Knowledge alone without application of daily skills cannot create lasting change.
Anxiety, sleep, postpartum, couples therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), life adjustments, self esteem and self identity, social anxiety, anger management, chronic pain, grief and loss, compassion fatigue and more.
I have been in the Mental Health field for almost 20 years specializing in individual, children, families and couples therapy. Often people seek therapy when they feel stuck. Sometimes it takes a unbaised voice to put new persepctive into your thought process. Are you experiencing a change in career, a loss of a relationship, parenting difficulties, social anxiety or low self esteem? Do you overthink situations, feel misunderstood or judged? Have you even said, " I know why, but can't seem to change." Knowledge alone without application of daily skills cannot create lasting change.
Northland Psychological Services
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Duluth, MN 55811
Alongside EDMR, I am also Induced After-Death Communication (IADC), a therapeutic modality that helps individuals with sadness and the pain of grief.
Life is a stroll alongside a river—beautiful scenery bursting with vibrancy and opportunity but filled with unanticipated peril. One moment, your direction seems sure; the next moment, you’re stuck in ruthless rapids. The origin of the rapids varies: they can form from the loss of a loved one, pervasive negative energy or illness, or a traumatic event in your life. In my practice, I primarily work with adults ages 19 and beyond who live with chronic pain and illness, terminal illness, grief stemming from death or loss, spiritual pain, developmental trauma, PTSD, depression, and/or anxiety.
Alongside EDMR, I am also Induced After-Death Communication (IADC), a therapeutic modality that helps individuals with sadness and the pain of grief.
Life is a stroll alongside a river—beautiful scenery bursting with vibrancy and opportunity but filled with unanticipated peril. One moment, your direction seems sure; the next moment, you’re stuck in ruthless rapids. The origin of the rapids varies: they can form from the loss of a loved one, pervasive negative energy or illness, or a traumatic event in your life. In my practice, I primarily work with adults ages 19 and beyond who live with chronic pain and illness, terminal illness, grief stemming from death or loss, spiritual pain, developmental trauma, PTSD, depression, and/or anxiety.
Hello! My name is Jill Williams and I am currently accepting new telehealth clients. I have a waitlist for in-person sessions. My passion is working with adult women who experienced trauma or are struggling with life stressors/changes, grief and loss, depression, life stressors/transitions and depression. I believe that therapy should be a collaborative process from the first session moving forward. As a therapist, I am strength based and systemic in my approach, exploring how past events and relationships are currently impacting people now. I am passionate in helping others understand their pain and tap into their inner resilience.
Hello! My name is Jill Williams and I am currently accepting new telehealth clients. I have a waitlist for in-person sessions. My passion is working with adult women who experienced trauma or are struggling with life stressors/changes, grief and loss, depression, life stressors/transitions and depression. I believe that therapy should be a collaborative process from the first session moving forward. As a therapist, I am strength based and systemic in my approach, exploring how past events and relationships are currently impacting people now. I am passionate in helping others understand their pain and tap into their inner resilience.
Markie Gohman
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPCC, NCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Becker, MN 55308
I am passionate about working with individuals and couples (15+) with depression, grief and loss, chronic illness and other medical conditions, high achievers and burnout, caregivers, sports performance.
My approach with clients includes a promise to show up with authenticity, humor, and to create a safe space that will allow you to share your story and, when necessary, challenge you. I work to meet each client where they are in their journey and stand beside you as you work towards healing.
I am passionate about working with individuals and couples (15+) with depression, grief and loss, chronic illness and other medical conditions, high achievers and burnout, caregivers, sports performance.
My approach with clients includes a promise to show up with authenticity, humor, and to create a safe space that will allow you to share your story and, when necessary, challenge you. I work to meet each client where they are in their journey and stand beside you as you work towards healing.
Cheryl Ann Champion
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
Duluth, MN 55802
I have many years of experience in human services; including the fields of mental health, social services, education, medicine and crisis intervention. I have worked with a variety of populations; urban and rural, racial and ethnic, cultural and religious, age and socio economic level. I have done counseling with children, adolescents, families and individuals. I have skills in crisis intervention, diagnosis and assessment, short term counseling, and group work. I have worked in the areas of sexual and domestic violence, serious and persistent mental illness, chronic pain and disease issues. I help clients adjust and cope with life changing events.
I have many years of experience in human services; including the fields of mental health, social services, education, medicine and crisis intervention. I have worked with a variety of populations; urban and rural, racial and ethnic, cultural and religious, age and socio economic level. I have done counseling with children, adolescents, families and individuals. I have skills in crisis intervention, diagnosis and assessment, short term counseling, and group work. I have worked in the areas of sexual and domestic violence, serious and persistent mental illness, chronic pain and disease issues. I help clients adjust and cope with life changing events.
Kayla Larkin
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC, MS, NCC
Verified Verified
Sauk Rapids, MN 56379
Dealing with chronic pain, illness, autoimmune conditions, or disability can feel isolating, as if you're battling alone and misunderstood. The continuous struggle can lead to feelings of depression, anxiety, and isolation. My passion lies in supporting individuals through their struggles with anxiety, depression, aging, grief, loss, chronic illness, and trauma. I employ a variety of approaches, including Trauma Focused, Family Systems, and Strengths Based methodologies.
Dealing with chronic pain, illness, autoimmune conditions, or disability can feel isolating, as if you're battling alone and misunderstood. The continuous struggle can lead to feelings of depression, anxiety, and isolation. My passion lies in supporting individuals through their struggles with anxiety, depression, aging, grief, loss, chronic illness, and trauma. I employ a variety of approaches, including Trauma Focused, Family Systems, and Strengths Based methodologies.
Fuller Living & Associates, LLC
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Anoka, MN 55303
We offer counseling in Blaine, Anoka, and Roseville for individuals, couples, and families. We journey with clients through their life struggle. We provide a safe and non-judgmental environment in which we hear you through ears of empathy and understanding. We have experience working with individuals facing many issues and we believe in the power of effective and efficient care. We believe that there is always hope, that getting to your dreams is possible and that healing is attainable. We journey alongside you through your life difficulties with ears, eyes, and hearts of empathy and understanding.
We offer counseling in Blaine, Anoka, and Roseville for individuals, couples, and families. We journey with clients through their life struggle. We provide a safe and non-judgmental environment in which we hear you through ears of empathy and understanding. We have experience working with individuals facing many issues and we believe in the power of effective and efficient care. We believe that there is always hope, that getting to your dreams is possible and that healing is attainable. We journey alongside you through your life difficulties with ears, eyes, and hearts of empathy and understanding.
Amber Rose Fuller
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
8 Endorsed
Anoka, MN 55303
I have the belief that all doors open and close for a reason and that if we desire to be where the creator wants us, he will put us exactly where we need to be and I believe that I'm supposed to be in a place where I help others realize this. I also have a huge passion for instilling hope into the lives of others. I've seen people lose hope and believe the lie that it is non-existent; I have a passion for helping people regain hope and grow personally and spiritually. Fuller Living has locations in Anoka, Roseville, Blaine, and Saint Louis Park.
I have the belief that all doors open and close for a reason and that if we desire to be where the creator wants us, he will put us exactly where we need to be and I believe that I'm supposed to be in a place where I help others realize this. I also have a huge passion for instilling hope into the lives of others. I've seen people lose hope and believe the lie that it is non-existent; I have a passion for helping people regain hope and grow personally and spiritually. Fuller Living has locations in Anoka, Roseville, Blaine, and Saint Louis Park.
Christina enjoys working with individuals, couples and families helping support them in making changes they want to make. She has her B.A. in Sociology and Diversity Studies from SCSU and her M.S. in MHC from Walden University. She is an LPCC, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in the State of MN. Christina has worked 11 years in clinical counseling. She has 24 additional years working with children, and families with services that are person-centered, strength-based and therapeutic. She has worked in foster and long-term residential based programs, as well as crisis, substance abuse treatment, vocational and education areas.
Christina enjoys working with individuals, couples and families helping support them in making changes they want to make. She has her B.A. in Sociology and Diversity Studies from SCSU and her M.S. in MHC from Walden University. She is an LPCC, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in the State of MN. Christina has worked 11 years in clinical counseling. She has 24 additional years working with children, and families with services that are person-centered, strength-based and therapeutic. She has worked in foster and long-term residential based programs, as well as crisis, substance abuse treatment, vocational and education areas.
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Chronic Pain Therapists
How does chronic pain therapy work?
Engaging with a psychotherapist to help treat chronic pain does not mean that one’s pain is all in their head. Therapy for chronic-pain patients has been shown to benefit both the mind and the body, targeting physical symptoms and increasing daily functioning. In other words, for many, addressing their emotional health through therapy affects their physical health. A therapist can help a client challenge unhelpful thoughts about pain and develop new ways to respond to it, such as distraction or calming breathing techniques. Studies have found that therapy can be as effective as surgery for certain cases of chronic pain and many doctors recommend trying psychotherapy in advance of considering invasive surgery.
What are the most effective treatment options for chronic pain?
Stress, anxiety, depression, catastrophizing, ruminating, lack of activity, and social withdrawal all make chronic pain worse. Addressing these issues, research shows, can help people gain control over their pain symptoms. Therapeutic approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy, biofeedback, and mindfulness-based stress reduction, along with greater pain-management education, have been found to help people reduce fear and disability.
Are there new treatments for chronic pain?
Many cases of chronic pain, particularly those involving back pain, remain medically unexplained. But there is evidence that changes in the brain or nervous system are caused by previous physical ailments such as tissue damage; in such cases, the brain may continue to send out pain signals despite the physical cause having healed. To aid patients under these circumstances, a recently developed treatment known as pain reprocessing therapy (PRT) is designed to help the brain “unlearn” this response. A PRT practitioner helps individuals to reduce the “threat value” of their ongoing pain signals until they can reappraise them as less threatening and fear-inducing. They also help an individual to develop new emotional regulation skills.
How long does therapy for chronic pain take?
There is no set timeline for recovery from chronic pain, especially as there may be a range of physical and psychological causes for any individual’s discomfort, but most patients should expect to see a therapist for a number of weeks or months, typically spanning at least 12 sessions. Studies of pain reprocessing therapy found that many individuals’ experience of pain lessened in eight sessions over four weeks.