Thriving Despite Chronic Pain
Come learn how to harness the power of your brain to gain a greater quality of life. We will be discussing tools you can use to manage your pain. This will be a 10 week interactive group where you will ...
Hosted by Cheryl Garman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Vancouver, WA 98663
Come learn how to harness the power of your brain to gain a greater quality of life. We will be discussing tools you can use to manage your pain. This will be a 10 week interactive group where you will ...
Chronic Illness Support Group- Low Cost
Living with chronic pain can present significant challenges, both physically and emotionally. This 6-week group therapy experience is designed to help individuals who experience chronic pain cope with their pain, regulate their emotions, and process their experience in a supportive ...
Hosted by Stephanie Angione
Pre-Licensed Professional
Verified Verified
Group meets in Seattle, WA 98121
Living with chronic pain can present significant challenges, both physically and emotionally. This 6-week group therapy experience is designed to help individuals who experience chronic pain cope with their pain, regulate their emotions, and process their experience in a supportive ...
LGBTQ+ Chronic Illness & Disability Support Group
Join other queer and trans folks living with chronic illness, chronic pain, or disability in learning from and supporting each other, building community, and expanding our skillsets for grounding and nervous system support. Groups will include personal sharing, somatic techniques ...
Join other queer and trans folks living with chronic illness, chronic pain, or disability in learning from and supporting each other, building community, and expanding our skillsets for grounding and nervous system support. Groups will include personal sharing, somatic techniques ...
Empower Wellness
This meeting consists of community members coming together to tell their story. Everyone works together to solve problems, provide support, and lead each other to a better life. Examples, socialization with people of the same age that share empowering stories ...
Hosted by Emerald Behavioral Health, PLLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, MA, LSWAIC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Bremerton, WA 98312
This meeting consists of community members coming together to tell their story. Everyone works together to solve problems, provide support, and lead each other to a better life. Examples, socialization with people of the same age that share empowering stories ...
Online Support for Chronic Pain
For anyone living with chronic pain no matter what the cause. NOW on ZOOM THURSDAY 6-7pm Pacific time. Includes: check in, educational information and resources, guided relaxation and/or movement, breath awareness and personal sharing. Join us and break the isolation, ...
For anyone living with chronic pain no matter what the cause. NOW on ZOOM THURSDAY 6-7pm Pacific time. Includes: check in, educational information and resources, guided relaxation and/or movement, breath awareness and personal sharing. Join us and break the isolation, ...
Chronic Pain
Are you experiencing pain? does it interfere with your daily life? if so, please attend my Chronic pain meeting that focuses on how to manage pain. How to find new ways to cope with pain and meeting amazing people while ...
Hosted by Emerald Behavioral Health, PLLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, MA, LSWAIC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Bremerton, WA 98312
Are you experiencing pain? does it interfere with your daily life? if so, please attend my Chronic pain meeting that focuses on how to manage pain. How to find new ways to cope with pain and meeting amazing people while ...
Living Mindfully with Chronic Illness
A supportive group for those wanting to live mindfully and with self-compassion. Meetings occur the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month from 6-7pm PST To sign up.
Hosted by B. Bartja Wachtel
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, MHP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Seattle, WA 98103
A supportive group for those wanting to live mindfully and with self-compassion. Meetings occur the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month from 6-7pm PST To sign up.
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Stress is an inescapable aspect of human life. Mindfulness-Bases Stress Reduction teaches skills that are proven to increase well-being and reduce suffering in the face of life's challenges. This supportive 8 week class consists of guided meditations, gentle yoga and ...
Hosted by Susan Sweetwater
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BFA, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
Stress is an inescapable aspect of human life. Mindfulness-Bases Stress Reduction teaches skills that are proven to increase well-being and reduce suffering in the face of life's challenges. This supportive 8 week class consists of guided meditations, gentle yoga and ...
Self-Healing Workshop
Students will experience firsthand how to identify, release and heal trauma on the deepest cellular level and recalibrate to a higher, lighter frequency by tapping into the Intuitive mind. The benefits of igniting one's inner healer are of immeasurable value, ...
Hosted by Amy S Marohn
Hypnotherapist Registration , MS, CHT, BMsc
Verified Verified
Group meets in Lake Stevens, WA 98258
Students will experience firsthand how to identify, release and heal trauma on the deepest cellular level and recalibrate to a higher, lighter frequency by tapping into the Intuitive mind. The benefits of igniting one's inner healer are of immeasurable value, ...
Art Therapy for Chronic Illness
A virtual drop-in Art Therapy group. Open to anyone impacted with chronic illness. Topics vary weekly but may include: identity, grief/loss, medical trauma, nervous system regulation, mindfulness, existentialism, and stress reduction. Art making is an integral part to each group, ...
Hosted by Spira Counseling
Counselor, MA, LMHC, ATR
Verified Verified
Group meets in Seattle, WA 98125
A virtual drop-in Art Therapy group. Open to anyone impacted with chronic illness. Topics vary weekly but may include: identity, grief/loss, medical trauma, nervous system regulation, mindfulness, existentialism, and stress reduction. Art making is an integral part to each group, ...
Chronic Illness Support Group - low cost
Living with chronic pain can present significant challenges, both physically and emotionally. This 6-week group therapy experience is designed to help individuals who experience chronic pain cope with their pain, regulate their emotions, and process their experience in a supportive ...
Living with chronic pain can present significant challenges, both physically and emotionally. This 6-week group therapy experience is designed to help individuals who experience chronic pain cope with their pain, regulate their emotions, and process their experience in a supportive ...
Chronic Illness Support Group - low cost
Living with chronic pain can present significant challenges, both physically and emotionally. This 6-week group therapy experience is designed to help individuals who experience chronic pain cope with their pain, regulate their emotions, and process their experience in a supportive ...
Living with chronic pain can present significant challenges, both physically and emotionally. This 6-week group therapy experience is designed to help individuals who experience chronic pain cope with their pain, regulate their emotions, and process their experience in a supportive ...
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MSBR) is an 8 week, research based program designed to give participants an opportunity to learn mindfulness skills within a supportive group environment.
Hosted by Sable Elizabeth Bruce
Counselor, MA, LMHC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Poulsbo, WA 98370
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MSBR) is an 8 week, research based program designed to give participants an opportunity to learn mindfulness skills within a supportive group environment.
Chronic Illness
Chronic disease and pain increases one's chances of anxiety, depression, financial distress & self-esteem issues. Often diseases are 'silent'- few will acknowledge them- however, disease is disease. Learn to understand this better without your disease defining who you are. New ...
Chronic disease and pain increases one's chances of anxiety, depression, financial distress & self-esteem issues. Often diseases are 'silent'- few will acknowledge them- however, disease is disease. Learn to understand this better without your disease defining who you are. New ...
Bring to Light, a Group for Invisible Illness
A support and therapy group for those experiencing invisible illness and disability: Cancer, lyme, autoimmune, mental health, physical or mental disability, and the list goes on. All those who suffer from an "unseen" illness welcome, as well as loved ones. ...
A support and therapy group for those experiencing invisible illness and disability: Cancer, lyme, autoimmune, mental health, physical or mental disability, and the list goes on. All those who suffer from an "unseen" illness welcome, as well as loved ones. ...
Guided Forest Therapy Walks and Day Retreats
I am a Certified Forest Therapy Guide, trained by the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs. Offering nature based therapy in a variety of ways is the primary reason for establishing The ONE Center just outside Olympia, ...
Hosted by Brenda S Butterfield
Counselor, EdD, MSW, LMHC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Olympia, WA 98502
I am a Certified Forest Therapy Guide, trained by the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs. Offering nature based therapy in a variety of ways is the primary reason for establishing The ONE Center just outside Olympia, ...
DBT for Mind AND Body
Do you experience anxiety? Chronic pain? Trauma? Do you feel stuck? Or, do you want to add to an already strong repertoire of self-help knowledge? Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is a robust, evidence-based set of thinking & emotional regulation skills ...
Hosted by Hannah Smith
Counselor, MA, LMHC, CGP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Mount Vernon, WA 98273
Do you experience anxiety? Chronic pain? Trauma? Do you feel stuck? Or, do you want to add to an already strong repertoire of self-help knowledge? Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is a robust, evidence-based set of thinking & emotional regulation skills ...
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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.