Chronic Pain Therapists in 10015
Harry Lewis
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, MSW, EdD
Verified Verified
New York, NY 10015
, based upon his clinical and scientific research into the areas of personality formation, the biological basis of emotions and defenses, the origin of somatic illness, and the nature and functioning of biosexual energy (orgone energy).
I specialize in Orgone Therapy, character-analysis, and psycho-somatic disorders. I have been a student of the work of Dr. Wilhelm Reich since 1970., I did my training in Orgone Therapy with Dr. Victor M. Sobey, M.D.. who was trained by Dr. Reich. I have taught psychology, child development and psycho-somatic psychology at The New School for Social Research. I am a member of The Institute for Organomic Science, and I run an active training program in Orgone Therapy in New York City. I have practiced Orgone treatment in Manhattan's Greenwich Village for over 30 years.
, based upon his clinical and scientific research into the areas of personality formation, the biological basis of emotions and defenses, the origin of somatic illness, and the nature and functioning of biosexual energy (orgone energy).
I specialize in Orgone Therapy, character-analysis, and psycho-somatic disorders. I have been a student of the work of Dr. Wilhelm Reich since 1970., I did my training in Orgone Therapy with Dr. Victor M. Sobey, M.D.. who was trained by Dr. Reich. I have taught psychology, child development and psycho-somatic psychology at The New School for Social Research. I am a member of The Institute for Organomic Science, and I run an active training program in Orgone Therapy in New York City. I have practiced Orgone treatment in Manhattan's Greenwich Village for over 30 years.
Gino Benza
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
New York, NY 10015
I help people whose sense of themselves or prior life experiences has blocked their ability to access the power they have within to heal and get what they want out of life. My experience includes extensive work in the areas of work/career, sexuality, intimacy, sexual identity and recovery. In addition, I help people work through trauma, grief and illness. My clients include individual adult men and women, couples and families --gay, straight and transgender.
I help people whose sense of themselves or prior life experiences has blocked their ability to access the power they have within to heal and get what they want out of life. My experience includes extensive work in the areas of work/career, sexuality, intimacy, sexual identity and recovery. In addition, I help people work through trauma, grief and illness. My clients include individual adult men and women, couples and families --gay, straight and transgender.
Melissa Angiel
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
New York, NY 10015
Mind-body work focuses on reducing symptoms associated chronic pain or stress related illnesses.
I strive to illuminate your existing strengths and help you to recognize ways to apply these strengths to the areas of your life where you are feeling discouraged or stuck. I will help you to regain your equilibrium, achieve your goals and bring out your best self. I address anxiety/ depression, relationship issues, couples therapy, addictions, weight/eating issues, divorce. I do extensive work with high functioning ambitious adults helping to refine personal goals, push past obstacles and more fully realize potential. I also love working with children, teens and parents.
Mind-body work focuses on reducing symptoms associated chronic pain or stress related illnesses.
I strive to illuminate your existing strengths and help you to recognize ways to apply these strengths to the areas of your life where you are feeling discouraged or stuck. I will help you to regain your equilibrium, achieve your goals and bring out your best self. I address anxiety/ depression, relationship issues, couples therapy, addictions, weight/eating issues, divorce. I do extensive work with high functioning ambitious adults helping to refine personal goals, push past obstacles and more fully realize potential. I also love working with children, teens and parents.
Rande Brown
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
New York, NY 10015
Schooled in both Eastern and Western psychology, I bring a contemplative, fluid perspective to the exploration of the human mind and the alleviation of suffering. Using a psychoanalytic, interpersonal approach, I help my clients make meaning from experience and expand their understanding of self. Together we find pathways that lead beyond old limitations and engraved patterns of behavior towards a life of greater freedom and ease. I am strong but gentle, and able to contain a great deal of distress.
Schooled in both Eastern and Western psychology, I bring a contemplative, fluid perspective to the exploration of the human mind and the alleviation of suffering. Using a psychoanalytic, interpersonal approach, I help my clients make meaning from experience and expand their understanding of self. Together we find pathways that lead beyond old limitations and engraved patterns of behavior towards a life of greater freedom and ease. I am strong but gentle, and able to contain a great deal of distress.
Iris Vivian Goldman
Creative Arts Therapist, MPS, LCAT, ATR-BC
Verified Verified
New York, NY 10015
Perhaps you sense that you could feel happier and more gratified in life. I believe that those seeking therapy want and deserve more. I am a Psychoanalytically trained Psychotherapist. You and I will collaborate to understand you, connect you to your deep feelings, and free you from repeating self-defeating behavior and unhealthy relationships, so that you can achieve the goals and happiness you desire. I have success working with depression, anxiety, trauma, self esteem, anger, relationship issues, career issues. I worked at Bellevue Hospital, in Psychiatry, and at ICP, prior to opening my private practice.
Perhaps you sense that you could feel happier and more gratified in life. I believe that those seeking therapy want and deserve more. I am a Psychoanalytically trained Psychotherapist. You and I will collaborate to understand you, connect you to your deep feelings, and free you from repeating self-defeating behavior and unhealthy relationships, so that you can achieve the goals and happiness you desire. I have success working with depression, anxiety, trauma, self esteem, anger, relationship issues, career issues. I worked at Bellevue Hospital, in Psychiatry, and at ICP, prior to opening my private practice.
Dana Reszutek
Licensed Master Social Worker, LMSW
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
New York, NY 10015
Not accepting new clients
Dana received her Master’s in Social Work from New York University. She dedicated her graduate studies working in community-based mental health and substance use programs. Her clinical experience includes anxiety management, relationship struggles, LGBTQ+ affirming care, chronic illness, addiction, and lived traumatic experiences. Dana takes an integrative and collaborative approach to therapy, utilizing strengths-based perspectives to work on your goals. She strives to create a safe space to explore whatever challenges have brought you to therapy.
Dana received her Master’s in Social Work from New York University. She dedicated her graduate studies working in community-based mental health and substance use programs. Her clinical experience includes anxiety management, relationship struggles, LGBTQ+ affirming care, chronic illness, addiction, and lived traumatic experiences. Dana takes an integrative and collaborative approach to therapy, utilizing strengths-based perspectives to work on your goals. She strives to create a safe space to explore whatever challenges have brought you to therapy.
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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.