Therapists in Altus, OK
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My aim is to create a safe and healing place to bring people within the community back to normalcy in life. I am committed to help clients in all diverse populations to achieve healthy mental, emotional, and physical aspect of their lives. I will strive to provide the best therapeutic services that will suit and meet the needs of every individual and family to attain their goals on improving their quality of life.
My aim is to create a safe and healing place to bring people within the community back to normalcy in life. I am committed to help clients in all diverse populations to achieve healthy mental, emotional, and physical aspect of their lives. I will strive to provide the best therapeutic services that will suit and meet the needs of every individual and family to attain their goals on improving their quality of life.
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Tiffany Ware is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Oklahoma, where she has been providing individual, family, and group psychotherapy, behavioral health rehabilitation, case management, and consultations for the past 8 years. Tiffany Ware has 29 years of experience working with human and animal behavior, communication, and development.
Tiffany Ware is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Oklahoma, where she has been providing individual, family, and group psychotherapy, behavioral health rehabilitation, case management, and consultations for the past 8 years. Tiffany Ware has 29 years of experience working with human and animal behavior, communication, and development.
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We provide high-quality Mental Health Care and Services which meet and exceed all expectations.
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We provide high-quality Mental Health Care and Services which meet and exceed all expectations.
For further information please view www.mindheartandsoul.com
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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.