Virtual Chronic Pain & Illness Support Group
Adults with chronic pain often feel alone in their struggles. This group would allow a space for them to speak to others who can understand their challenges whether you want to vent about the latest doctors appointment, express frustration about ...
Hosted by Carly Braswell
Licensed Professional Counselor Associate, MS, LPC-A, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77006
Adults with chronic pain often feel alone in their struggles. This group would allow a space for them to speak to others who can understand their challenges whether you want to vent about the latest doctors appointment, express frustration about ...
Hope, Heal & Connect
Hope, Heal & Connect is a 2 hour weekly mind-body skills group meeting on Tues. 6:30-8:30pm for 8 weeks Oct. 23- Dec. 11. Mind-Body Skills are simple tools that can decrease the negative impacts of stress on your physical and ...
Hosted by Erin Provost
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC-S
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77058
Hope, Heal & Connect is a 2 hour weekly mind-body skills group meeting on Tues. 6:30-8:30pm for 8 weeks Oct. 23- Dec. 11. Mind-Body Skills are simple tools that can decrease the negative impacts of stress on your physical and ...
Chronic Pain/Illness Support Group
A group for older teens and adults that are struggling to cope with chronic pain or a chronic illness. Learn proven coping techniques and find comfort and support. $100/session or $300/4 sessions.
Hosted by Symphony Family Counseling
Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77024
A group for older teens and adults that are struggling to cope with chronic pain or a chronic illness. Learn proven coping techniques and find comfort and support. $100/session or $300/4 sessions.
"Just Breathe" Relaxation & Breathing Retraining
Available in four to six (4-6), 1 hr sessions; or one (1) half-day Training
Hosted by Leslie Ann Shields
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPCS, CBIS
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77008
Available in four to six (4-6), 1 hr sessions; or one (1) half-day Training
Resilience and Wellbeing Mental Health Services
Hosted by Dr. Frances Deavers
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77008
Chronic Illness / Chronic Pain
This is a closed group. It is a here and now process as well as support group. Interviews are ongoing and a wait list is being created for an additional group. We are also interviewing and preparing for a caregiver ...
Hosted by Catherine Boswell
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77005
This is a closed group. It is a here and now process as well as support group. Interviews are ongoing and a wait list is being created for an additional group. We are also interviewing and preparing for a caregiver ...
Chronic Pain and Illness Support/Process Group
There is a wait-list for this group, please email or phone to discuss.
Hosted by Catherine Boswell
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77005
There is a wait-list for this group, please email or phone to discuss.
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Virtual Chronic Pain & Illness Support Group
Adults with chronic pain often feel alone in their struggles. This group would allow a space for them to speak to others who can understand their challenges whether you want to vent about the latest doctors appointment, express frustration about ...
Hosted by Carly Braswell
Licensed Professional Counselor Associate, MS, LPC-A, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77006
Adults with chronic pain often feel alone in their struggles. This group would allow a space for them to speak to others who can understand their challenges whether you want to vent about the latest doctors appointment, express frustration about ...
Hope, Heal & Connect
Hope, Heal & Connect is a 2 hour weekly mind-body skills group meeting on Tues. 6:30-8:30pm for 8 weeks Oct. 23- Dec. 11. Mind-Body Skills are simple tools that can decrease the negative impacts of stress on your physical and ...
Hosted by Erin Provost
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC-S
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77058
Hope, Heal & Connect is a 2 hour weekly mind-body skills group meeting on Tues. 6:30-8:30pm for 8 weeks Oct. 23- Dec. 11. Mind-Body Skills are simple tools that can decrease the negative impacts of stress on your physical and ...
Chronic Pain/Illness Support Group
A group for older teens and adults that are struggling to cope with chronic pain or a chronic illness. Learn proven coping techniques and find comfort and support. $100/session or $300/4 sessions.
Hosted by Symphony Family Counseling
Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77024
A group for older teens and adults that are struggling to cope with chronic pain or a chronic illness. Learn proven coping techniques and find comfort and support. $100/session or $300/4 sessions.
"Just Breathe" Relaxation & Breathing Retraining
Available in four to six (4-6), 1 hr sessions; or one (1) half-day Training
Hosted by Leslie Ann Shields
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPCS, CBIS
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77008
Available in four to six (4-6), 1 hr sessions; or one (1) half-day Training
Resilience and Wellbeing Mental Health Services
Hosted by Dr. Frances Deavers
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77008
Chronic Illness / Chronic Pain
This is a closed group. It is a here and now process as well as support group. Interviews are ongoing and a wait list is being created for an additional group. We are also interviewing and preparing for a caregiver ...
Hosted by Catherine Boswell
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77005
This is a closed group. It is a here and now process as well as support group. Interviews are ongoing and a wait list is being created for an additional group. We are also interviewing and preparing for a caregiver ...
Chronic Pain and Illness Support/Process Group
There is a wait-list for this group, please email or phone to discuss.
Hosted by Catherine Boswell
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Houston, TX 77005
There is a wait-list for this group, please email or phone to discuss.
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Chronic Pain Support Groups
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.