Chronic Pain Therapists in Freeland, WA
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*Accepting new clients*- It can be lonely and overwhelming to find ourselves in emotional struggle. The therapeutic relationship is unique and one that I deeply trust. It's instrumental to have a companion and guide as we traverse these unchartered inner landscapes. The pain we feel invites us on a transformative journey from obscurity to clarity. It's so tempting to contract when we are challenged, but it's critical to soften and trust into the process. This movement through our pain rearranges us into an expanded version of ourselves. I bring the qualities of warmth, openness, and curiosity to this transformative work together.
*Accepting new clients*- It can be lonely and overwhelming to find ourselves in emotional struggle. The therapeutic relationship is unique and one that I deeply trust. It's instrumental to have a companion and guide as we traverse these unchartered inner landscapes. The pain we feel invites us on a transformative journey from obscurity to clarity. It's so tempting to contract when we are challenged, but it's critical to soften and trust into the process. This movement through our pain rearranges us into an expanded version of ourselves. I bring the qualities of warmth, openness, and curiosity to this transformative work together.
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Hannah Guggenheim
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, MFA
Verified Verified
Freeland, WA 98249
Waitlist for new clients
Intuitive, culturally sensitive, solution-based therapy can help you cultivate gratitude, understand nuance and heal. Our focus: wellbeing, self acceptance and your quest for ongoing transformation. I am a trauma informed practitioner supporting life transitions for individuals, couples and families. I work with adjustment difficulties and disorders, anxiety/depression, grief and loss, PTSD, ADHD, SPD, infertility and parent coaching. LGBTQ2SIA, gender affirming mental health therapy. I am a certified technology addiction specialist.
Intuitive, culturally sensitive, solution-based therapy can help you cultivate gratitude, understand nuance and heal. Our focus: wellbeing, self acceptance and your quest for ongoing transformation. I am a trauma informed practitioner supporting life transitions for individuals, couples and families. I work with adjustment difficulties and disorders, anxiety/depression, grief and loss, PTSD, ADHD, SPD, infertility and parent coaching. LGBTQ2SIA, gender affirming mental health therapy. I am a certified technology addiction specialist.
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As helpful as traditional talk therapy can be, your mind is in every cell of your body, so creating shifts in your mind or body requires working with both. I work with mind and body at the same time: with bodywork (CranioSacral Therapy techniques) I can sense and help you release physical and energetic restrictions so your body can function more optimally, and with therapeutic dialoguing (Hypnotherapy techinques) I can help discover and transform internal conflict to help you feel at ease within yourself. My goal is to help you feel better from the very first session.
As helpful as traditional talk therapy can be, your mind is in every cell of your body, so creating shifts in your mind or body requires working with both. I work with mind and body at the same time: with bodywork (CranioSacral Therapy techniques) I can sense and help you release physical and energetic restrictions so your body can function more optimally, and with therapeutic dialoguing (Hypnotherapy techinques) I can help discover and transform internal conflict to help you feel at ease within yourself. My goal is to help you feel better from the very first session.
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Are you ready to find solace and healing on your unique journey towards mental and emotional wellness? I'm Katie Luetkehans, a dedicated psychotherapist specializing in holistic Contemplative Psychotherapy, and I'm here to walk with you on a path towards lasting health. I practice evidence-based therapeutic techniques, including dialectical behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and somatic experiencing. These tools are the pillars of my practice, guiding individuals like you towards positive change and personal growth.
Are you ready to find solace and healing on your unique journey towards mental and emotional wellness? I'm Katie Luetkehans, a dedicated psychotherapist specializing in holistic Contemplative Psychotherapy, and I'm here to walk with you on a path towards lasting health. I practice evidence-based therapeutic techniques, including dialectical behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and somatic experiencing. These tools are the pillars of my practice, guiding individuals like you towards positive change and personal growth.
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Veronica Rose Connolly-Bagshaw
Counselor, MA, LMHC, NCC, RYT
Verified Verified
Freeland, WA 98249
Not accepting new clients
Are you struggling with the effects of stress in your body, thoughts, emotions, relationships, and want to respond to stress more skillfully? Are you living with challenges such as anxiety & depression, relationship stress, grief and loss, chronic illness, or are caring for an ill or aging loved one (family caregiving)? Do you have experiences of trauma in your past (or present) that are hindering your quality of life? Are you feeling overwhelmed, unsure of what to do, where to turn to regain your sense of balance and well being? Doing OK yet still want to learn, grow, reach more optimal level of skill, function and quality of life?
Are you struggling with the effects of stress in your body, thoughts, emotions, relationships, and want to respond to stress more skillfully? Are you living with challenges such as anxiety & depression, relationship stress, grief and loss, chronic illness, or are caring for an ill or aging loved one (family caregiving)? Do you have experiences of trauma in your past (or present) that are hindering your quality of life? Are you feeling overwhelmed, unsure of what to do, where to turn to regain your sense of balance and well being? Doing OK yet still want to learn, grow, reach more optimal level of skill, function and quality of life?
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Bonnie Walchuk at Dream Big Wellness
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, ATR-BC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Clinton, WA 98236
Waitlist for new clients
At Dream Big Wellness we warmly welcome our clients in taking this step to find support and compassionate care. We are a team of licensed and experienced clinicians in WA state & nationally registered art therapists. We specialize in supporting people impacted by cancer, medical illness, chronic illness/pain, trauma, stress, bereavement, grief & loss, adjustment & transition, anxiety & depression. Dream Big Wellness is an Art Therapy & Integrative Wellness 501(c)3 Nonprofit increasing access to mental health care, art therapy, and wellness services through our Pay it Forward Program. www.dreambigwellness.org/pay-it-forward/
At Dream Big Wellness we warmly welcome our clients in taking this step to find support and compassionate care. We are a team of licensed and experienced clinicians in WA state & nationally registered art therapists. We specialize in supporting people impacted by cancer, medical illness, chronic illness/pain, trauma, stress, bereavement, grief & loss, adjustment & transition, anxiety & depression. Dream Big Wellness is an Art Therapy & Integrative Wellness 501(c)3 Nonprofit increasing access to mental health care, art therapy, and wellness services through our Pay it Forward Program. www.dreambigwellness.org/pay-it-forward/
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In addition, I specialize in working with people who are living with serious illness or living in the midst of grief.
As a therapist I have witnessed healing and its splendor in the darkest of circumstances and am honored when individuals choose to embark on this journey with me. I know the decision to enter therapy is not always easy. Therapy is not easy. But therapy heals. When you enter therapy you put forth a willingness to acknowledge painful emotions and circumstances and a readiness to explore life events that are often uncomfortable, sometimes even paralyzing. But the insight and meaning you will gain from therapy will lead to transformation, comfort and growth.
In addition, I specialize in working with people who are living with serious illness or living in the midst of grief.
As a therapist I have witnessed healing and its splendor in the darkest of circumstances and am honored when individuals choose to embark on this journey with me. I know the decision to enter therapy is not always easy. Therapy is not easy. But therapy heals. When you enter therapy you put forth a willingness to acknowledge painful emotions and circumstances and a readiness to explore life events that are often uncomfortable, sometimes even paralyzing. But the insight and meaning you will gain from therapy will lead to transformation, comfort and growth.
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Like Reiki, Energy Medicine helps people with a wide range of illness.
In this time of unprecedented loss and stress due to COVID-19 and other world events such as accelerating climate change, I can help you deal with anxiety and depression. My orientation is transpersonal as I see physical and emotional issues as doorways to transformation and spiritual awakening. In my psychotherapy practice, people have achieved new levels of personal freedom and self-esteem. Together, we can enrich your quality of life and enhance your creativity. Integrative healing encompasses body, mind & spirit. We all deserve to be happy in our bodies and our lives. I work also with couples to resolve relationship issues.
Like Reiki, Energy Medicine helps people with a wide range of illness.
In this time of unprecedented loss and stress due to COVID-19 and other world events such as accelerating climate change, I can help you deal with anxiety and depression. My orientation is transpersonal as I see physical and emotional issues as doorways to transformation and spiritual awakening. In my psychotherapy practice, people have achieved new levels of personal freedom and self-esteem. Together, we can enrich your quality of life and enhance your creativity. Integrative healing encompasses body, mind & spirit. We all deserve to be happy in our bodies and our lives. I work also with couples to resolve relationship issues.
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Leslie Fleming
Counselor, MA, LMHC
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Chimacum, WA 98325
Waitlist for new clients
Areas of Specialization: couples; sexual assault, domestic violence, trauma recovery; traumatic brain injury; LGBTQ and sexuality issues; poly and kink friendly; chronic and terminal illness; spiritual crisis; death and dying/grief and loss; personal growth, self-awareness, fulfillment.
I offer a unique, holistic approach to transformational healing and growth through a weaving of shamanism, psychotherapy, and coaching. I am direct, compassionate, and intuitive in working with clients, offering deep integrity, fortitude, and over 3 decades of shamanic practice supporting journeys of healing, personal mastery, and authenticity. The transformational work of embodying who you truly are and why you are here is a beautiful, challenging journey of embracing and integrating all of who you are with deep compassion and fierce love. A journey I invite you to take and am honored to support.
Areas of Specialization: couples; sexual assault, domestic violence, trauma recovery; traumatic brain injury; LGBTQ and sexuality issues; poly and kink friendly; chronic and terminal illness; spiritual crisis; death and dying/grief and loss; personal growth, self-awareness, fulfillment.
I offer a unique, holistic approach to transformational healing and growth through a weaving of shamanism, psychotherapy, and coaching. I am direct, compassionate, and intuitive in working with clients, offering deep integrity, fortitude, and over 3 decades of shamanic practice supporting journeys of healing, personal mastery, and authenticity. The transformational work of embodying who you truly are and why you are here is a beautiful, challenging journey of embracing and integrating all of who you are with deep compassion and fierce love. A journey I invite you to take and am honored to support.
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In my 40 years as a psychologist my goal has been to provide the safe nurturing environment that creates a productive client/therapist relationship. I have never forgotten my early experiences in seeking help from a therapist, wondering what it would be like, and if it would really help. I appreciated the understanding and insight I received then, and throughout my life, sometimes with my husband, I have found different kinds of therapy that were helpful to me and to my clients.
In my 40 years as a psychologist my goal has been to provide the safe nurturing environment that creates a productive client/therapist relationship. I have never forgotten my early experiences in seeking help from a therapist, wondering what it would be like, and if it would really help. I appreciated the understanding and insight I received then, and throughout my life, sometimes with my husband, I have found different kinds of therapy that were helpful to me and to my clients.
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Clarity Counseling-Joan Forest LICSW
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, L, I, C, S, W
Verified Verified
Greenbank, WA 98253
Not accepting new clients
Each client has unique circumstances, challenges and goals, and I adapt my treatment to best fit the particular needs of the individual, couple or family. I am experienced in helping clients with difficult life transitions, depression, anxiety, PTSD, and marital problems. I am currently seeing children age five and up, teens and adults. My office is located in Greenbank, WA, and I provide telehealth as well as in person therapy.
Each client has unique circumstances, challenges and goals, and I adapt my treatment to best fit the particular needs of the individual, couple or family. I am experienced in helping clients with difficult life transitions, depression, anxiety, PTSD, and marital problems. I am currently seeing children age five and up, teens and adults. My office is located in Greenbank, WA, and I provide telehealth as well as in person therapy.
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Enid Braun
Counselor, LMHC, MEd
Verified Verified
Greenbank, WA 98253 (Online Only)
Not accepting new clients
Eclectic treatment approach, drawing from a spectrum of techniques and schools of thought, and applying them as they seem useful to each client and his or her situation. Integrative and strengths-based.
Eclectic treatment approach, drawing from a spectrum of techniques and schools of thought, and applying them as they seem useful to each client and his or her situation. Integrative and strengths-based.
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Christine Nock
Counselor, MA, LMHC
Verified Verified
Port Hadlock, WA 98339
Not accepting new clients
You can recover your authentic self! My compassionate and accepting approach uses a variety of simple and effective techniques to help clients understand themselves, make clear and conscious choices, learn to listen to their own inner wisdom, set healthy boundaries, fulfill their own deepest needs, and become their most authentic selves.
You can recover your authentic self! My compassionate and accepting approach uses a variety of simple and effective techniques to help clients understand themselves, make clear and conscious choices, learn to listen to their own inner wisdom, set healthy boundaries, fulfill their own deepest needs, and become their most authentic selves.
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Mindy M Maxwell
Counselor, LMHC
Verified Verified
Port Ludlow, WA 98365 (Online Only)
Not accepting new clients
Are you feeling stuck where you are currently? Often, how we present to the world is driven by how we learned to survive in it. At our core, we seek to feel seen, heard, loved, and valued. However, our own beliefs that we are unworthy or undeserving of these basic desires lead us to feel anxious or depressed, lonely, disconnected, misunderstood or overwhelmed. Such beliefs about ourselves are built on years of messaging that tell us who we "should" be and bring us further away from who we are at our core. By exploring these beliefs, we can work together to heal and to bring you closer to your truest, most authentic self.
Are you feeling stuck where you are currently? Often, how we present to the world is driven by how we learned to survive in it. At our core, we seek to feel seen, heard, loved, and valued. However, our own beliefs that we are unworthy or undeserving of these basic desires lead us to feel anxious or depressed, lonely, disconnected, misunderstood or overwhelmed. Such beliefs about ourselves are built on years of messaging that tell us who we "should" be and bring us further away from who we are at our core. By exploring these beliefs, we can work together to heal and to bring you closer to your truest, most authentic self.
Online Therapists
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Sometimes I introduce EEG Biofeedback to support deeper understanding of your need to find relief from emotional and physical pain.
I specialize neuromodulation therapies. My emphasis is on the interaction of our relationship, the integration of brain, mind and body. What brings you to search for a skilled professional to be present to your inquiry? An inquiry perhaps ignited by an ineffable experience, invoking you to reshape your life, or perhaps an inner call to open deeper connectivity and understanding beyond the multitude of daily cyber interactions? What do you require most to navigate your life through the labyrinth of work, relationships and community? I am available to explore your questions with you, and to support you to awaken to your own potential.
Sometimes I introduce EEG Biofeedback to support deeper understanding of your need to find relief from emotional and physical pain.
I specialize neuromodulation therapies. My emphasis is on the interaction of our relationship, the integration of brain, mind and body. What brings you to search for a skilled professional to be present to your inquiry? An inquiry perhaps ignited by an ineffable experience, invoking you to reshape your life, or perhaps an inner call to open deeper connectivity and understanding beyond the multitude of daily cyber interactions? What do you require most to navigate your life through the labyrinth of work, relationships and community? I am available to explore your questions with you, and to support you to awaken to your own potential.
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Deborah Jean Magnuson
Counselor, MS, LMHCA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043 (Online Only)
I am accepting new clients mornings and early afternoons most weekdays. My ideal clients are those who have felt excluded or judged because of their gender, illness status, diversity, sexual orientation, or religion. I believe everyone has the right to live their individual best lives, regardless of barriers they may face.
I am accepting new clients mornings and early afternoons most weekdays. My ideal clients are those who have felt excluded or judged because of their gender, illness status, diversity, sexual orientation, or religion. I believe everyone has the right to live their individual best lives, regardless of barriers they may face.
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Megan Maloney
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98108 (Online Only)
I have extensive experience helping navigate issues in Parenting, Relationship Challenges, Relational Trauma, Substance Use, Chronic Illness/Pain in the individual and family, Mood Disorders, and Acute/Complex Trauma/PTSD.
The goals of therapy are directed toward providing a positive and collaborative forum to ease presenting difficulties; and draw on the individual's strengths and resilience to enable greater contentment and satisfaction in life. The foundation from which I view issues is from a systems approach. Thus, my focus is on the relational context that each individual resides within. Additionally, I borrow ideas from Attachment , Emotionally Focused, Cognitive-Behavioral, and EMDR constructs when tailoring goals developed for each person's unique needs.
I have extensive experience helping navigate issues in Parenting, Relationship Challenges, Relational Trauma, Substance Use, Chronic Illness/Pain in the individual and family, Mood Disorders, and Acute/Complex Trauma/PTSD.
The goals of therapy are directed toward providing a positive and collaborative forum to ease presenting difficulties; and draw on the individual's strengths and resilience to enable greater contentment and satisfaction in life. The foundation from which I view issues is from a systems approach. Thus, my focus is on the relational context that each individual resides within. Additionally, I borrow ideas from Attachment , Emotionally Focused, Cognitive-Behavioral, and EMDR constructs when tailoring goals developed for each person's unique needs.
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As a graduate of both the UW School of Medicine and also Bastyr University, I am able to look at illness and wellness from more than one perspective.
I am only offering Tele-Health therapy at present. My work is informed by Mindfulness, the AEDP model of psychotherapy developed by Diana Fosha, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Interpersonal Neurobiology as developed by Daniel Siegel,
As a graduate of both the UW School of Medicine and also Bastyr University, I am able to look at illness and wellness from more than one perspective.
I am only offering Tele-Health therapy at present. My work is informed by Mindfulness, the AEDP model of psychotherapy developed by Diana Fosha, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Interpersonal Neurobiology as developed by Daniel Siegel,
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Are you going through the motions, feeling overwhelmed, or barely getting by? Are you searching for a way forward but aren't sure where to start? If you are struggling with depression, anxiety, stress, chronic pain, trauma, PTSD, and/or ADHD, I would love to help. Together we'll work to understand your experiences and develop practical skills to work with your symptoms, challenges, and strengths in new and helpful ways.
Are you going through the motions, feeling overwhelmed, or barely getting by? Are you searching for a way forward but aren't sure where to start? If you are struggling with depression, anxiety, stress, chronic pain, trauma, PTSD, and/or ADHD, I would love to help. Together we'll work to understand your experiences and develop practical skills to work with your symptoms, challenges, and strengths in new and helpful ways.
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Struggling with pain, depression, anxiety on your own is very challenging and so I am here to help guide you to a better path.
I am taking on new clients that are Veterans and working professionals such as, Medical professionals, police officers, or firefighters. I'm eclectic in my therapeutic orientation and because of this I'm able to help people through many different emotional issues, ranging from grief or loss, depression, and anxiety. I teach coping skills that help regulate a persons emotions. I have developed skills that help me tailor therapy to meet your personality and mental needs.
Struggling with pain, depression, anxiety on your own is very challenging and so I am here to help guide you to a better path.
I am taking on new clients that are Veterans and working professionals such as, Medical professionals, police officers, or firefighters. I'm eclectic in my therapeutic orientation and because of this I'm able to help people through many different emotional issues, ranging from grief or loss, depression, and anxiety. I teach coping skills that help regulate a persons emotions. I have developed skills that help me tailor therapy to meet your personality and mental needs.
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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.