Chronic Pain Therapists in 20879
Safoura Moraveji
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C, LICSW
Verified Verified
Gaithersburg, MD 20879 (Online Only)
From storytelling and writing a blends her practice of spirituality and psychotherapy to provide comprehensive mental health care for pain management, chronic illnesses, and end of life transitions.
Safoura Moraveji is a seasoned licensed psychotherapist who has been practicing in Maryland and the District of Columbia since 1988. Safoura's most current work has focused primarily on adults experiencing major life transitions such as divorce, family, career moves, and illness. After graduating from the University of Maryland in College Park with her master’s degree in social work, Safoura turned her attention toward psychoanalytic psychotherapy and studies in Gestalt-Existential psychotherapy. Her specialized focuses include working with adults who suffer from severe mood and panic disorders, depression, and anxiety.
From storytelling and writing a blends her practice of spirituality and psychotherapy to provide comprehensive mental health care for pain management, chronic illnesses, and end of life transitions.
Safoura Moraveji is a seasoned licensed psychotherapist who has been practicing in Maryland and the District of Columbia since 1988. Safoura's most current work has focused primarily on adults experiencing major life transitions such as divorce, family, career moves, and illness. After graduating from the University of Maryland in College Park with her master’s degree in social work, Safoura turned her attention toward psychoanalytic psychotherapy and studies in Gestalt-Existential psychotherapy. Her specialized focuses include working with adults who suffer from severe mood and panic disorders, depression, and anxiety.
Special interests include: anxiety, depression, relationship issues, parenting, self esteem, chronic illness/ pain, mindfulness, women’s health, identity issues, grief, culturally sensitive therapy, life transitions, ADHD, and neurodiversity-affirming care.
Accepting New Clients! If you experience frequent stress and anxiety in your everyday life, you are not alone. Worrying and feeling overwhelmed can leave you exhausted. If you are tired of feeling this way, counseling can help. I will work to understand your needs and to support you, guiding you towards living with more calmness and connection in your relationships. Prioritizing a nurturing and warm environment in the therapy sessions, we can work collaboratively to help you to access your strengths, and to cultivate more self-compassion and greater self-awareness. Our work together can help you to feel more at ease with yourself.
Special interests include: anxiety, depression, relationship issues, parenting, self esteem, chronic illness/ pain, mindfulness, women’s health, identity issues, grief, culturally sensitive therapy, life transitions, ADHD, and neurodiversity-affirming care.
Accepting New Clients! If you experience frequent stress and anxiety in your everyday life, you are not alone. Worrying and feeling overwhelmed can leave you exhausted. If you are tired of feeling this way, counseling can help. I will work to understand your needs and to support you, guiding you towards living with more calmness and connection in your relationships. Prioritizing a nurturing and warm environment in the therapy sessions, we can work collaboratively to help you to access your strengths, and to cultivate more self-compassion and greater self-awareness. Our work together can help you to feel more at ease with yourself.
Graciela Bilis
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, MEd, LPC-VA, LC-MD, NCC
Verified Verified
Gaithersburg, MD 20879 (Online Only)
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MRS. BILIS, MS, MEd, Director of Ominis, a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and a Certified Meditation Instructor, practices Integrative Counseling, an approach that takes into consideration both mind and body to reach wellness. Mrs. Bilis offers a multi-dimensional analysis and treatment plan uniquely designed for each individual. This approach includes the best and proven Eastern and Western modalities and practical life skills and resources to individuals, couples, and families to help them achieve optimum mind, body, and spiritual harmony in their lives and their environment.
MRS. BILIS, MS, MEd, Director of Ominis, a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and a Certified Meditation Instructor, practices Integrative Counseling, an approach that takes into consideration both mind and body to reach wellness. Mrs. Bilis offers a multi-dimensional analysis and treatment plan uniquely designed for each individual. This approach includes the best and proven Eastern and Western modalities and practical life skills and resources to individuals, couples, and families to help them achieve optimum mind, body, and spiritual harmony in their lives and their environment.
Thomas Rea
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C, LICSW, CST
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
I provide therapeutic services and support to help individuals and partner(s) who are experiencing sexual concerns. Many issues can contribute to impaired sexual functioning and desire like anxiety, depression, anger, low self-esteem and unhappiness. Additionally, sexual concerns can also be the result of a medical condition, medications, stress or relationship difficulties. I specialize in helping people and partner(s) resolve their sexual concerns, along with other psychological issues, using a broad base of treatment approaches.
I provide therapeutic services and support to help individuals and partner(s) who are experiencing sexual concerns. Many issues can contribute to impaired sexual functioning and desire like anxiety, depression, anger, low self-esteem and unhappiness. Additionally, sexual concerns can also be the result of a medical condition, medications, stress or relationship difficulties. I specialize in helping people and partner(s) resolve their sexual concerns, along with other psychological issues, using a broad base of treatment approaches.
Skye Horner is a dedicated Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) in the state of Maryland, committed to providing a safe and supportive environment for clients to heal and grow. Skye earned her Master’s Degree from the University of Maryland School of Social Work. In this role, she worked to integrate beh.avioral health into primary care and improve access to both behavioral and physical healthcare.
Skye Horner is a dedicated Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) in the state of Maryland, committed to providing a safe and supportive environment for clients to heal and grow. Skye earned her Master’s Degree from the University of Maryland School of Social Work. In this role, she worked to integrate beh.avioral health into primary care and improve access to both behavioral and physical healthcare.
Christopher Cofone
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C
Verified Verified
Gaithersburg, MD 20879 (Online Only)
Is this a time for a new start? A reset in life? I welcome the change to meet with you and support a new beginning for you . I am friendly and open and welcome the change to understand your needs as well as connecting as people.
Is this a time for a new start? A reset in life? I welcome the change to meet with you and support a new beginning for you . I am friendly and open and welcome the change to understand your needs as well as connecting as people.
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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.