Chronic Pain Therapists in 74063
Marie (Missy) Ritchie-Nicholas
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Sand Springs, OK 74063
I get to hand out hope for a living! I work with a wide variety of people with interpersonal difficulties and relational issues. I have extensive experience with young adults in the areas of depressive disorders, identity issues and managing life's milestones. I also work with those maneuvering the milestones of retirement and other life changes. My treatment approach provides support and practical feedback to help clients resolve current problems and change long-standing patterns that have proven self-defeating. With sensitivity and compassion, I am a straightforward communicator who helps clients find solutions and make changes.
I get to hand out hope for a living! I work with a wide variety of people with interpersonal difficulties and relational issues. I have extensive experience with young adults in the areas of depressive disorders, identity issues and managing life's milestones. I also work with those maneuvering the milestones of retirement and other life changes. My treatment approach provides support and practical feedback to help clients resolve current problems and change long-standing patterns that have proven self-defeating. With sensitivity and compassion, I am a straightforward communicator who helps clients find solutions and make changes.
Dale R Doty
Marriage & Family Therapist, LCSW, LMFT, PhD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Sand Springs, OK 74063
I am a Licensed Marital and Family Therapist and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I have been in clinical practice for over 40 years. I have been teaching and supervising graduate and postgraduate professionals, as well as maintaining an active full time professional practice. I am married, have 5 grown children and 7 grand children. Christian Family Institute serves all persons, but specializes in being sensitive to faith issues, combining those resources with the best science from the mental health disciplines.
I am a Licensed Marital and Family Therapist and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I have been in clinical practice for over 40 years. I have been teaching and supervising graduate and postgraduate professionals, as well as maintaining an active full time professional practice. I am married, have 5 grown children and 7 grand children. Christian Family Institute serves all persons, but specializes in being sensitive to faith issues, combining those resources with the best science from the mental health disciplines.
Through my role as a professional counselor, I've been privileged to be allowed access to the most deeply held thoughts and beliefs of many who are suffering. I've been honored to bear witness to that suffering... and to the healing that ensues. I continue to accept new clients and to look forward to accompanying all of them on their healing journeys.
Through my role as a professional counselor, I've been privileged to be allowed access to the most deeply held thoughts and beliefs of many who are suffering. I've been honored to bear witness to that suffering... and to the healing that ensues. I continue to accept new clients and to look forward to accompanying all of them on their healing journeys.
Racheal Elrod-Edwards
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Sand Springs, OK 74063
Not accepting new clients
Do you feel like you are spinning emotionally? Is the every day struggle of managing stress or breakdowns beginning to weigh on the family? Using Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), I can help deal with the overwhelming emotions that lead to negative thinking and behaviors. This often paves the way for a more connected and successful life. Some symptoms of struggle are uncontrollable anxiety, inattention, sleep struggles, acting younger than your age, self harming, disconnection and jumping to negative conclusions, etc.
Do you feel like you are spinning emotionally? Is the every day struggle of managing stress or breakdowns beginning to weigh on the family? Using Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), I can help deal with the overwhelming emotions that lead to negative thinking and behaviors. This often paves the way for a more connected and successful life. Some symptoms of struggle are uncontrollable anxiety, inattention, sleep struggles, acting younger than your age, self harming, disconnection and jumping to negative conclusions, etc.
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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.