Integrative, evidence-based care rooted in the mind-body connection. We specialize in comprehensive psychological assessment and personalized treatment to support your complete wellness journey.
Hosted by Thrive Psychological Services LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Group meets in Beaverton, OR 97005
Our therapy emphasizes the mind-body connection, using integrative approaches to help you process trauma, manage chronic pain, and restore emotional and physical well-being.
Integrative, evidence-based care rooted in the mind-body connection. We specialize in comprehensive psychological assessment and personalized treatment to support your complete wellness journey.
The Tree of Life is a 2-day group that invites participants who are navigating chronic illness and/or pain to speak about their lives and difficult experiences in ways that make them stronger and more hopeful for the future. During this group, we will use different parts of a tree as metaphors to represent different aspects of our lives. Using these trees, we will speak of our “roots,” skills and knowledges, and special people in our lives. We will also discuss the “storms” that affect our lives, and ways we protect ourselves and each other through difficult times.
The Tree of Life is a 2-day group that invites participants who are navigating chronic illness and/or pain to speak about their lives and difficult experiences in ways that make them stronger and more hopeful for the future. During this group, we will use different parts of a tree as metaphors to represent different aspects of our lives. Using these trees, we will speak of our “roots,” skills and knowledges, and special people in our lives. We will also discuss the “storms” that affect our lives, and ways we protect ourselves and each other through difficult times.
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This group will support you in building a new relationship with your pain, body, communicate boundaries, and sustain wellness. We will promote safety and connection as you discover new avenues toward pleasure and wellness when living with chronic pain and illness, learn and share strategies for combating ableism, process disenfranchised grief, and explore identity within an affirming community space. This group focuses on individuals with chronic pain and illness between the ages of 18-50, due to the unique challenges this population faces when living with pain and illness.
Hosted by Eden Baron-Williams
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate
Group meets in Portland, OR 97205
This group will support you in building a new relationship with your pain, body, communicate boundaries, and sustain wellness. We will promote safety and connection as you discover new avenues toward pleasure and wellness when living with chronic pain and illness, learn and share strategies for combating ableism, process disenfranchised grief, and explore identity within an affirming community space. This group focuses on individuals with chronic pain and illness between the ages of 18-50, due to the unique challenges this population faces when living with pain and illness.
Art of Living is a workshop focused on skill-building and intention setting. Each week, new Mindfulness concepts and strategies are introduced to help us learn more effective ways to manage stress, anxiety, mood and self care. Information and tools build over the course of the workshop that when applied between sessions, will increase peace, confidence and connection in your life. Weekly check ins and accountability keep us moving forward! 6 virtual group sessions. Interested? Offered 2x/year. Reach out TODAY to schedule an info call for upcoming workshops. Space is limited.
Hosted by Brooke Miller
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, CPC
Group meets in Hillsboro, OR 97123
Art of Living is a workshop focused on skill-building and intention setting. Each week, new Mindfulness concepts and strategies are introduced to help us learn more effective ways to manage stress, anxiety, mood and self care. Information and tools build over the course of the workshop that when applied between sessions, will increase peace, confidence and connection in your life. Weekly check ins and accountability keep us moving forward! 6 virtual group sessions. Interested? Offered 2x/year. Reach out TODAY to schedule an info call for upcoming workshops. Space is limited.
STARTS MONDAY 1/23/22. Goals for group: Processing the difficulties and joys of navigating disabilities and chronic pain/chronic illness in intimate relationships Create dialogue and provide information about expanding one’s idea of what intimacy and sexuality can look like (example: ways to be intimate on flare-up days OR ways to communicate to your partner(s) on days that you want to be close, but touch is painful). 3. Process collaboratively about the impact of ableism on our daily lives and relationships. Registration here: www.connectivetherapycollective.com/ group-therapy
STARTS MONDAY 1/23/22. Goals for group: Processing the difficulties and joys of navigating disabilities and chronic pain/chronic illness in intimate relationships Create dialogue and provide information about expanding one’s idea of what intimacy and sexuality can look like (example: ways to be intimate on flare-up days OR ways to communicate to your partner(s) on days that you want to be close, but touch is painful). 3. Process collaboratively about the impact of ableism on our daily lives and relationships. Registration here: www.connectivetherapycollective.com/ group-therapy
I teach a gentle, short form of Sun-style T'ai Chi appropriate for anyone who seeks a style that is easy on the joints, as well as Yang style Tai Chi and several forms of Qigong. I currently offer a weekly in-person class at Willamette View, however, to take the class you must be a resident of the community. I also teach Tai Chi one-on-one via Zoom and in my Portland office. For additional information, please feel free to contact me through this website.
I teach a gentle, short form of Sun-style T'ai Chi appropriate for anyone who seeks a style that is easy on the joints, as well as Yang style Tai Chi and several forms of Qigong. I currently offer a weekly in-person class at Willamette View, however, to take the class you must be a resident of the community. I also teach Tai Chi one-on-one via Zoom and in my Portland office. For additional information, please feel free to contact me through this website.
This virtual group offers a supportive and understanding community for individuals living with chronic health conditions or persistent pain. It provides a safe, nonjudgmental space to share experiences, process emotions, and connect with others who truly understand the challenges. The group combines emotional support with practical somatic techniques to help regulate the nervous system, reduce tension, and build resilience. Whether seeking coping tools, understanding, or a sense of belonging, participants are welcomed at any stage of their journey. The group is inclusive, accepting OHP, and focuses on healing, growth, and empowerment in a compassionate environment. 6 week group.
This virtual group offers a supportive and understanding community for individuals living with chronic health conditions or persistent pain. It provides a safe, nonjudgmental space to share experiences, process emotions, and connect with others who truly understand the challenges. The group combines emotional support with practical somatic techniques to help regulate the nervous system, reduce tension, and build resilience. Whether seeking coping tools, understanding, or a sense of belonging, participants are welcomed at any stage of their journey. The group is inclusive, accepting OHP, and focuses on healing, growth, and empowerment in a compassionate environment. 6 week group.
Are you seeking community with people who experience ableism and queerphobia? Do you want to challenge your own internalized ableism and queerphobia? Are you looking for a place to cope with related current events? The purpose of this group is to build connection and community between people with shared lived experience and process these experience during these challenging political times. This 8-week virtual counseling group will run from April 21st-June 9th, meeting weekly from 6-7:30pm. Interested in learning more? Email marta.vc@csfamilytherapy.com or audrey.o@csfamilytherapy.com.
Are you seeking community with people who experience ableism and queerphobia? Do you want to challenge your own internalized ableism and queerphobia? Are you looking for a place to cope with related current events? The purpose of this group is to build connection and community between people with shared lived experience and process these experience during these challenging political times. This 8-week virtual counseling group will run from April 21st-June 9th, meeting weekly from 6-7:30pm. Interested in learning more? Email marta.vc@csfamilytherapy.com or audrey.o@csfamilytherapy.com.
Next group starts in February 2026. Space available, enroll now! To join, visit: allisonbrowne.com/group-therapy/ and click View Available Groups. This is a trauma-informed 6 week therapy group for people who want to connect with others around shared experience and explore your relationship with pain. Emphasis is on pain as a protective function of the nervous system. Group is facilitated by a therapist with lived experience of chronic pain. Offered online via Zoom.
I'm certified in Pain Reprocessing Therapy.
Next group starts in February 2026. Space available, enroll now! To join, visit: allisonbrowne.com/group-therapy/ and click View Available Groups. This is a trauma-informed 6 week therapy group for people who want to connect with others around shared experience and explore your relationship with pain. Emphasis is on pain as a protective function of the nervous system. Group is facilitated by a therapist with lived experience of chronic pain. Offered online via Zoom.
Online Groups
Free form movement outdoors with community to a soundtrack
Hosted by Mike Meyer
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CADC I, SJS, QMHP
Group meets in Eugene, OR 97404
Free form movement outdoors with community to a soundtrack
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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.