Chronic Pain Therapists in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY
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Kristie Redfield
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY 11231
All are welcome with specialties in trauma, anxiety, depression, family and relationship concerns, oncology, cancer survivorship, bereavement, chronic illness, and infertility.
If you are seeking a therapist with an integrative approach, I offer relationship-based psychotherapy that is rooted in mindfulness. My style is compassionate, caring and collaborative. Together we can work towards your therapeutic goals and strengthen your connection to your vitality.
All are welcome with specialties in trauma, anxiety, depression, family and relationship concerns, oncology, cancer survivorship, bereavement, chronic illness, and infertility.
If you are seeking a therapist with an integrative approach, I offer relationship-based psychotherapy that is rooted in mindfulness. My style is compassionate, caring and collaborative. Together we can work towards your therapeutic goals and strengthen your connection to your vitality.
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Grace Slifkin
Licensed Master Social Worker, LMSW
Verified Verified
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Grace works with clients to translate her deep expertise into tangible tools for a life with less worry and more presence, confidence, and connection. She has received exceptional training in CBT, DBT, ERP, ACT, and SPACE at leading hospitals and private practices. She specializes in supporting pre-teens, teens, and adults facing anxiety disorders such as OCD, panic, social anxiety, ARFID, emetophobia, body dysmorphia, perfectionism, and anxiety related to chronic illness and gastrointestinal issues. Grace also works with caregivers of children with behavioral issues, OCD, and anxiety using evidence-based parenting interventions.
Grace works with clients to translate her deep expertise into tangible tools for a life with less worry and more presence, confidence, and connection. She has received exceptional training in CBT, DBT, ERP, ACT, and SPACE at leading hospitals and private practices. She specializes in supporting pre-teens, teens, and adults facing anxiety disorders such as OCD, panic, social anxiety, ARFID, emetophobia, body dysmorphia, perfectionism, and anxiety related to chronic illness and gastrointestinal issues. Grace also works with caregivers of children with behavioral issues, OCD, and anxiety using evidence-based parenting interventions.
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Santos Vales
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY 11231 (Online Only)
Life experiences can bring pain and conflict resulting in depression, anxiety and coping with substances. I frequently hear the expression of loneliness, emptiness and feeling unfulfilled in people's lives and the sadness, disappointment and anger over relationships with themselves, partners, family and friends that fail to satisfy those needs. Experience has taught me that feeling heard and understood generates a sense of hope and stimulates movement toward insight through exploration and examination of one's inner life. Psychodynamic psychotherapy offers the framework and space for this work, leading to corrective emotional experiences and a more satisfying life and relationships.
Life experiences can bring pain and conflict resulting in depression, anxiety and coping with substances. I frequently hear the expression of loneliness, emptiness and feeling unfulfilled in people's lives and the sadness, disappointment and anger over relationships with themselves, partners, family and friends that fail to satisfy those needs. Experience has taught me that feeling heard and understood generates a sense of hope and stimulates movement toward insight through exploration and examination of one's inner life. Psychodynamic psychotherapy offers the framework and space for this work, leading to corrective emotional experiences and a more satisfying life and relationships.
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Alyssa Freeman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY 11231
I am a practicing psychotherapist based in Brooklyn, NY. I work with adults across the lifespan, adolescents and children. I also provide parent-infant therapy, designed to support early bonding and secure attachment. I have a specialization in working with adults and children diagnosed with a chronic or life threatening illness as well as supporting their family members. I have experience in grief work and support those struggling with complex grief.
I am a practicing psychotherapist based in Brooklyn, NY. I work with adults across the lifespan, adolescents and children. I also provide parent-infant therapy, designed to support early bonding and secure attachment. I have a specialization in working with adults and children diagnosed with a chronic or life threatening illness as well as supporting their family members. I have experience in grief work and support those struggling with complex grief.
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Matthew Morse
Counselor, LMHC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY 11231 (Online Only)
Email me today to set up a free 30-minute consult so that you can get unstuck from your emotional and mental pain and start to move forward again.
Do you suffer from runaway anxiety and stress? Perhaps you feel too "on edge" or irritable and physically tense? If so, you also probably don't sleep well at night. Maybe in order to function, you've also developed an unhealthy relationship with alcohol, weed, or another substance and would like to learn to enjoy your drug(s) of choice in a measured and less harmful manner? Maybe you're struggling with a major life transition, such as starting a new career, a serious medical diagnosis, a divorce or the death of a loved one? Life can be wildly unfair, and sometimes the piling on of stressors can be overwhelming.
Email me today to set up a free 30-minute consult so that you can get unstuck from your emotional and mental pain and start to move forward again.
Do you suffer from runaway anxiety and stress? Perhaps you feel too "on edge" or irritable and physically tense? If so, you also probably don't sleep well at night. Maybe in order to function, you've also developed an unhealthy relationship with alcohol, weed, or another substance and would like to learn to enjoy your drug(s) of choice in a measured and less harmful manner? Maybe you're struggling with a major life transition, such as starting a new career, a serious medical diagnosis, a divorce or the death of a loved one? Life can be wildly unfair, and sometimes the piling on of stressors can be overwhelming.
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Jonathan Reinharth
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY 11215 (Online Only)
Psychology is not about illness; it helps us understand how we each fit into the fabric of society.
Welcome! My practice is all about collaboration. In addition to therapy, I offer groups, classes, and workshops designed to empower people to reach beyond their struggles to build meaningful lives and strong communities. These interventions give people tools to put individual challenges in broader context and are particularly helpful for people who have been stigmatized and marginalized. I have a background with people who have been diagnosed with developmental disabilities, mood/anxiety disorders, and psychosis, and work from an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy/CBT model. I work with adolescents and adults.
Psychology is not about illness; it helps us understand how we each fit into the fabric of society.
Welcome! My practice is all about collaboration. In addition to therapy, I offer groups, classes, and workshops designed to empower people to reach beyond their struggles to build meaningful lives and strong communities. These interventions give people tools to put individual challenges in broader context and are particularly helpful for people who have been stigmatized and marginalized. I have a background with people who have been diagnosed with developmental disabilities, mood/anxiety disorders, and psychosis, and work from an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy/CBT model. I work with adolescents and adults.
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Alyssa DiLeo
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY 11231 (Online Only)
Whether you are struggling with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, stress, disordered eating, chronic illness, relationship issues, or simply exploring personal growth and self-development, I'm here to support you in your journey.
Hi! I'm Alyssa, a psychotherapist with a decade of experience working with adolescents, adults, and young adults. My approach is centered around each client's unique needs and strengths, drawing upon evidence-based treatments such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). I strive to create a safe, non-judgmental, and accepting environment, connecting with my clients warmly and authentically as we work together toward their goals.
Whether you are struggling with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, stress, disordered eating, chronic illness, relationship issues, or simply exploring personal growth and self-development, I'm here to support you in your journey.
Hi! I'm Alyssa, a psychotherapist with a decade of experience working with adolescents, adults, and young adults. My approach is centered around each client's unique needs and strengths, drawing upon evidence-based treatments such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). I strive to create a safe, non-judgmental, and accepting environment, connecting with my clients warmly and authentically as we work together toward their goals.
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Gretta Keene
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY 11231 (Online Only)
I offer a safe, comfortable place to bring your hopes, fears, pain, confusion and excitement; where your thoughts and feelings will be respected and heard and your strengths acknowledged and utilized.
Together, we will work to understand and transform the areas of suffering and/or concern. I am not afraid to go to where you need to travel.
I work with trauma, grief, unhappy relationships, problematic behaviors, feelings of hopelessness or worthlessness or those who want to make their life "better."
I have a large "toolbox" of techniques and approaches that help to create an experience suited to you.
I offer a safe, comfortable place to bring your hopes, fears, pain, confusion and excitement; where your thoughts and feelings will be respected and heard and your strengths acknowledged and utilized.
Together, we will work to understand and transform the areas of suffering and/or concern. I am not afraid to go to where you need to travel.
I work with trauma, grief, unhappy relationships, problematic behaviors, feelings of hopelessness or worthlessness or those who want to make their life "better."
I have a large "toolbox" of techniques and approaches that help to create an experience suited to you.
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Rosa Regincos
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, LCSW
Verified Verified
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY 11231
My clinical interests include perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, PTSD, interpersonal difficulties, attachment trauma, work stressors, life transitions, chronic illness, grief and ambiguous loss.
I provide a safe, collaborative treatment environment where healing is nurtured through both conventional and integrative body-mind based approaches determined by my client goals. I am passionate about helping them to address symptoms, develop better ways of coping with stressors and draw on their innate resiliency for transformation and self-healing. I use practical tools to assist my clients in their daily functioning and focusing on symptoms as 'reactions' to achieve safety.
My clinical interests include perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, PTSD, interpersonal difficulties, attachment trauma, work stressors, life transitions, chronic illness, grief and ambiguous loss.
I provide a safe, collaborative treatment environment where healing is nurtured through both conventional and integrative body-mind based approaches determined by my client goals. I am passionate about helping them to address symptoms, develop better ways of coping with stressors and draw on their innate resiliency for transformation and self-healing. I use practical tools to assist my clients in their daily functioning and focusing on symptoms as 'reactions' to achieve safety.
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Sally Rabinowitz
Art Therapist, LCAT, MS
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY 11231
I specialize in working with individuals coping with anxiety, interpersonal conflicts, relationship issues, complex trauma, chronic illness, and chronic pain.
I provide both talk therapy and art therapy with a focus on trauma-informed and psychodynamic approaches, examining how past experiences may affect present ones. As a queer disabled person, my therapeutic approach emphasizes human connection, collaboration, and fostering a sense of safety and empowerment. I view therapy as a way to support my clients in slowing down and finding ways to adapt their environments to fit their unique needs. Therapy can feel daunting, especially when experiences are too difficult or exhausting to initially put into words. Working as a team can alleviate some of that fear and pressure.
I specialize in working with individuals coping with anxiety, interpersonal conflicts, relationship issues, complex trauma, chronic illness, and chronic pain.
I provide both talk therapy and art therapy with a focus on trauma-informed and psychodynamic approaches, examining how past experiences may affect present ones. As a queer disabled person, my therapeutic approach emphasizes human connection, collaboration, and fostering a sense of safety and empowerment. I view therapy as a way to support my clients in slowing down and finding ways to adapt their environments to fit their unique needs. Therapy can feel daunting, especially when experiences are too difficult or exhausting to initially put into words. Working as a team can alleviate some of that fear and pressure.
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Zan Morley
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Are you feeling stuck in your life or relationship patterns? Perhaps anxious, depressed, or lonely? If so, then I am glad that we have found each other. With a warm and collaborative style, my goal is to make our therapeutic relationship a safe place for expressing yourself freely, resolving conflicts as they may occur, and exploring yourself in relation to another. I will utilize a psychodynamic, relational, and integrative approach to our work. I believe in working in partnership, helping you identify and use your strengths to overcome the challenges that hold you back and cause you pain.
Are you feeling stuck in your life or relationship patterns? Perhaps anxious, depressed, or lonely? If so, then I am glad that we have found each other. With a warm and collaborative style, my goal is to make our therapeutic relationship a safe place for expressing yourself freely, resolving conflicts as they may occur, and exploring yourself in relation to another. I will utilize a psychodynamic, relational, and integrative approach to our work. I believe in working in partnership, helping you identify and use your strengths to overcome the challenges that hold you back and cause you pain.
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David Yellen
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW, IFS, Level 2
Verified Verified
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY 11231
I create a warm, friendly, and welcoming environment where we can explore what’s happening in your life now to collaborate on what might be possible for you in the future. Then, we will partner to understand what burdens you’ve taken on from your past—burdens that may have limited your belief systems or distorted your experience—to blaze new pathways towards your release from pain and entry into freedom and joy. I specialize in working with clients who struggle with anxiety, depression, and relationship issues. However, my approach is not a one size fits all formula. I tailor my work to the individual and their specific needs.
I create a warm, friendly, and welcoming environment where we can explore what’s happening in your life now to collaborate on what might be possible for you in the future. Then, we will partner to understand what burdens you’ve taken on from your past—burdens that may have limited your belief systems or distorted your experience—to blaze new pathways towards your release from pain and entry into freedom and joy. I specialize in working with clients who struggle with anxiety, depression, and relationship issues. However, my approach is not a one size fits all formula. I tailor my work to the individual and their specific needs.
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Gina Campanella
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Together we can identify your defenses - the ways you keep yourself safe and the pain away but also keep you stuck and take away your sense of well-being.
When you lose the ability to connect with others or your connections are unfulfilling, you may choose to settle for just getting by. You may put on a happy face because it seems easier while pushing more painful emotions aside. Maybe you fear if you show your true self you will lose control or worse, be seen as unlovable. You feel stuck - perhaps struggling to even identify what is causing you pain. I get it. Facing fear, shame, self-doubt or past injuries can be overwhelming and the prospect of change daunting, especially when you think you have to do it by yourself.
Together we can identify your defenses - the ways you keep yourself safe and the pain away but also keep you stuck and take away your sense of well-being.
When you lose the ability to connect with others or your connections are unfulfilling, you may choose to settle for just getting by. You may put on a happy face because it seems easier while pushing more painful emotions aside. Maybe you fear if you show your true self you will lose control or worse, be seen as unlovable. You feel stuck - perhaps struggling to even identify what is causing you pain. I get it. Facing fear, shame, self-doubt or past injuries can be overwhelming and the prospect of change daunting, especially when you think you have to do it by yourself.
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Tori Maidenberg
Licensed Master Social Worker, LMSW
Verified Verified
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Tori has extensive training in a diverse range of therapeutic modalities proven to be highly effective, including DBT, CBT, Exposure Therapy, and Couples/Family Therapy. She was a fellow in Columbia University’s DBT Training Program and trained by the renowned Behavioral Tech Institute. Working with adolescents through adulthood, Tori has cultivated a wealth of experience and expertise in addressing a wide range of therapeutic needs across the lifespan. Her focus lies in the treatment of emotional and interpersonal dysregulation, OCD, anxiety-related disorders, social anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and couples/family issues.
Tori has extensive training in a diverse range of therapeutic modalities proven to be highly effective, including DBT, CBT, Exposure Therapy, and Couples/Family Therapy. She was a fellow in Columbia University’s DBT Training Program and trained by the renowned Behavioral Tech Institute. Working with adolescents through adulthood, Tori has cultivated a wealth of experience and expertise in addressing a wide range of therapeutic needs across the lifespan. Her focus lies in the treatment of emotional and interpersonal dysregulation, OCD, anxiety-related disorders, social anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and couples/family issues.
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I am a psychologist providing therapy and assessment services for children through adults. I have extensive clinical experience and am an expert Cognitive Behavioral Therapist. I’ve been trained by top therapy institutes, am a board member for well accomplished CBT organizations, and run the official podcast for the national CBT organization. I strive to regularly advance my knowledge and provide leading scientific treatments. I specialize in the treatment of anxiety, depression, panic, OCD, trauma, stress, insomnia, ADHD, defiance, and work/school issues. Many of my clients lead busy lives; therefore, I offer evening appointments.
I am a psychologist providing therapy and assessment services for children through adults. I have extensive clinical experience and am an expert Cognitive Behavioral Therapist. I’ve been trained by top therapy institutes, am a board member for well accomplished CBT organizations, and run the official podcast for the national CBT organization. I strive to regularly advance my knowledge and provide leading scientific treatments. I specialize in the treatment of anxiety, depression, panic, OCD, trauma, stress, insomnia, ADHD, defiance, and work/school issues. Many of my clients lead busy lives; therefore, I offer evening appointments.
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Haley provides evidence-based therapy for children, teens, and adults. She has had the opportunity to provide care in private practice, school, and medical settings. This array of experiences has fostered her ability to understand clients through a multi-disciplinary lens and draw upon a multitude of evidence-based treatments, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Behavioral Activation, Prevention-Focused Care, Crisis Intervention, Trauma-Focused CBT, and Exposure and Response Prevention. She utilizes these therapies to target anxiety, stress, depression, OCD, trauma, and executive functioning deficits.
Haley provides evidence-based therapy for children, teens, and adults. She has had the opportunity to provide care in private practice, school, and medical settings. This array of experiences has fostered her ability to understand clients through a multi-disciplinary lens and draw upon a multitude of evidence-based treatments, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Behavioral Activation, Prevention-Focused Care, Crisis Intervention, Trauma-Focused CBT, and Exposure and Response Prevention. She utilizes these therapies to target anxiety, stress, depression, OCD, trauma, and executive functioning deficits.
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I offer a safe, respectful, collaborative and creative environment where we can explore both individual and relationship issues. The two are deeply connected, since our individual personalities are formed in relationship and expressed in relationship.
Your concerns, whether they are distressing emotions, problematic patterns of behavior, or interpersonal conflict, are the starting place for a process of investigation, understanding, and change.
Together we will find ways to use who you are to change how you are.
I offer a safe, respectful, collaborative and creative environment where we can explore both individual and relationship issues. The two are deeply connected, since our individual personalities are formed in relationship and expressed in relationship.
Your concerns, whether they are distressing emotions, problematic patterns of behavior, or interpersonal conflict, are the starting place for a process of investigation, understanding, and change.
Together we will find ways to use who you are to change how you are.
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Ranjana Hari
Pre-Licensed Professional, PsyD, NCSP
Verified Verified
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY 11231
I'm a dedicated psychotherapist with an extensive and diverse background, spanning private practice, schools, college clinics, foster care, and hospitals, including acute care. With a passion for treating individuals of all ages, I specialize in harnessing the power of evidence-based therapies to create long-lasting positive change, focusing on the core of issues, rather than surface change. I take pride in fostering a safe, warm, and compassionate environment that embraces the unique perspectives of clients from diverse backgrounds. Even the most resistant patients find themselves engaged in the therapeutic process under my care.
I'm a dedicated psychotherapist with an extensive and diverse background, spanning private practice, schools, college clinics, foster care, and hospitals, including acute care. With a passion for treating individuals of all ages, I specialize in harnessing the power of evidence-based therapies to create long-lasting positive change, focusing on the core of issues, rather than surface change. I take pride in fostering a safe, warm, and compassionate environment that embraces the unique perspectives of clients from diverse backgrounds. Even the most resistant patients find themselves engaged in the therapeutic process under my care.
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Charlotte Howorth
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY 11231
As a psychotherapist in private practice, and Clinical Director of a therpaeutic agency, I bring a depth of expertise to my work that has been sharpened by 20 years of clinical experience. The cornerstone of my therapeutic work is to help people become fully present in the Here and Now, free from dysfunctional roles, psychological distortions, and trauma. To help clients rest into this connection with themselves and their environment I use a variety of modalities including Psychanalytic Relational Self Psychology, Spiritual Psychology, Focusing, and EMDR. I work with individuals, couples, families, groups, and lead workshops, teach, and supervise internationally."
As a psychotherapist in private practice, and Clinical Director of a therpaeutic agency, I bring a depth of expertise to my work that has been sharpened by 20 years of clinical experience. The cornerstone of my therapeutic work is to help people become fully present in the Here and Now, free from dysfunctional roles, psychological distortions, and trauma. To help clients rest into this connection with themselves and their environment I use a variety of modalities including Psychanalytic Relational Self Psychology, Spiritual Psychology, Focusing, and EMDR. I work with individuals, couples, families, groups, and lead workshops, teach, and supervise internationally."
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Maura Sheehy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY 11231
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Change, growth, and healing are possible for everyone. Using a warm, interactive approach we'll listen to your feelings and thoughts to discover what you need and want in order to feel more alive, fulfilled, and freer to know yourself, be yourself, and express yourself. We'll find the practical strategies and the deeper understanding that will help you to shift patterns of behavior and thought, and sort out relationships. Even when conflict and confusion, sadness, anger, fragmentation, loneliness, fear, stuckness (or any other feeling) seems ever-present, we can heal and change.
Change, growth, and healing are possible for everyone. Using a warm, interactive approach we'll listen to your feelings and thoughts to discover what you need and want in order to feel more alive, fulfilled, and freer to know yourself, be yourself, and express yourself. We'll find the practical strategies and the deeper understanding that will help you to shift patterns of behavior and thought, and sort out relationships. Even when conflict and confusion, sadness, anger, fragmentation, loneliness, fear, stuckness (or any other feeling) seems ever-present, we can heal and change.
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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.