Chronic Pain Therapists in Denver, CO
Struggling with chronic pain and/or other somatic symptoms that compromise your quality of life?
I’m a firm believer in providing evidence-based skills for insomnia, anxiety, PTSD, depression, chronic pain, etc. I find EMDR to be highly effective for treating trauma, and use biofeedback to empower clients to calm their physiology. I'm particularly excited to now offer Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) and Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET)!
Struggling with chronic pain and/or other somatic symptoms that compromise your quality of life?
I’m a firm believer in providing evidence-based skills for insomnia, anxiety, PTSD, depression, chronic pain, etc. I find EMDR to be highly effective for treating trauma, and use biofeedback to empower clients to calm their physiology. I'm particularly excited to now offer Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) and Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET)!
Are you living with chronic pain?
One technique that i use, called EMDR, helps people process and release emotions that result from trauma or abuse. It is a simple yet powerful process that guides people in addressing traumatic memories and engaging the body's natural ability to digest and release those experiences.
Are you living with chronic pain?
One technique that i use, called EMDR, helps people process and release emotions that result from trauma or abuse. It is a simple yet powerful process that guides people in addressing traumatic memories and engaging the body's natural ability to digest and release those experiences.
I work with all ages at Aspire Counseling located in Denver. Before private practice, I worked in residential mental health treatment primarily with young adults and adolescents. I am competent in working with both children and adults who have experienced abuse and trauma. I also have a heart for navigating transitions and healing past emotional wounds through evidence based trauma therapies combining both our body and mind in the healing process. Goals for therapy are collaborative in which we will discover your individual needs for optimal growth. My role is to provide a safe space for you to come as you are each session.
I work with all ages at Aspire Counseling located in Denver. Before private practice, I worked in residential mental health treatment primarily with young adults and adolescents. I am competent in working with both children and adults who have experienced abuse and trauma. I also have a heart for navigating transitions and healing past emotional wounds through evidence based trauma therapies combining both our body and mind in the healing process. Goals for therapy are collaborative in which we will discover your individual needs for optimal growth. My role is to provide a safe space for you to come as you are each session.
Through strengths and evidence-based approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), I will help you gently move into greater vitality and health, harmony and satisfaction in your life.
You deserve to experience joy, passion, connection, and agency in your life. Together, we will assess what’s working, what’s not, and set meaningful goals that align with your vision of your best and thriving self. By making small, intentional changes and helping you to get out of your own way, I’ll support you in creating the life you truly desire.
Through strengths and evidence-based approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), I will help you gently move into greater vitality and health, harmony and satisfaction in your life.
You deserve to experience joy, passion, connection, and agency in your life. Together, we will assess what’s working, what’s not, and set meaningful goals that align with your vision of your best and thriving self. By making small, intentional changes and helping you to get out of your own way, I’ll support you in creating the life you truly desire.
I have taught classes on anxiety management, depression, coping with chronic pain, couples communication, living with fibromyalgia, and others.
I approach a client's concerns from a here and now, rapid change perspective. I believe that when we take action to improve ourselves or our circumstances, our attitude and feelings follow suit. I have been in clinical practice for 20 years, and have worked with many types of people and almost every kind of problem. I strive to balance empathy and sensitivity with helping people to move forward in the change process.
I have taught classes on anxiety management, depression, coping with chronic pain, couples communication, living with fibromyalgia, and others.
I approach a client's concerns from a here and now, rapid change perspective. I believe that when we take action to improve ourselves or our circumstances, our attitude and feelings follow suit. I have been in clinical practice for 20 years, and have worked with many types of people and almost every kind of problem. I strive to balance empathy and sensitivity with helping people to move forward in the change process.
Claire Bailey / Bodyful
Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, MA, RYT, LPCC
9 Endorsed
Denver, CO 80209
My somatic therapy approach combines talk therapy and parts work with body-centered techniques to address underlying challenges, including chronic pain.
Are your relationships feeling strained, distant, or caught in conflict cycles? I specialize in helping couples build secure, vibrant connections using the Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT). My work supports partners to co-regulate, understand emotional needs, and navigate challenges with deeper intimacy and trust. Through engaging, body-centered techniques, we address core relational patterns, creating a foundation for secure functioning.
My somatic therapy approach combines talk therapy and parts work with body-centered techniques to address underlying challenges, including chronic pain.
Are your relationships feeling strained, distant, or caught in conflict cycles? I specialize in helping couples build secure, vibrant connections using the Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT). My work supports partners to co-regulate, understand emotional needs, and navigate challenges with deeper intimacy and trust. Through engaging, body-centered techniques, we address core relational patterns, creating a foundation for secure functioning.
Whether you are stressed, anxious, sleep-deprived, in pain, or "all of the above", we will work together as a team to name your goals for treatment, create a plan for addressing them, and then begin our journey of therapy, biofeedback or both.
You can't see it, but you can definitely feel it - the chest tightness, racing heartbeat, upset stomach, sweaty hands - the telltale signs of stress and anxiety are so uncomfortable and overwhelming! If only you could measure and see how stressed you were, then you could figure out what to do and how to better manage it. And maybe you could start sleeping well again too. Or maybe you're losing sleep over a really difficult relationship with a partner, parent, child, or even a friend, and you just need to sort through it with someone who isn't any of those people. I am here to help you with all of these issues.
Whether you are stressed, anxious, sleep-deprived, in pain, or "all of the above", we will work together as a team to name your goals for treatment, create a plan for addressing them, and then begin our journey of therapy, biofeedback or both.
You can't see it, but you can definitely feel it - the chest tightness, racing heartbeat, upset stomach, sweaty hands - the telltale signs of stress and anxiety are so uncomfortable and overwhelming! If only you could measure and see how stressed you were, then you could figure out what to do and how to better manage it. And maybe you could start sleeping well again too. Or maybe you're losing sleep over a really difficult relationship with a partner, parent, child, or even a friend, and you just need to sort through it with someone who isn't any of those people. I am here to help you with all of these issues.
I have a strong belief in the power of the therapeutic relationship as the primary healing force of therapy. Connecting with you about anything from big T traumas to your favorite type of bug is important to me. I try to embrace the awkward of being humans building a new connection over the internet. I bring a somewhat silly and non-judgmental attitude into my work with clients, and I'm always open to feedback about what style of relating might suit you best.
I have a strong belief in the power of the therapeutic relationship as the primary healing force of therapy. Connecting with you about anything from big T traumas to your favorite type of bug is important to me. I try to embrace the awkward of being humans building a new connection over the internet. I bring a somewhat silly and non-judgmental attitude into my work with clients, and I'm always open to feedback about what style of relating might suit you best.
When you’re living with chronic pain or illness, struggling to sleep, or feeling stretched thin by stress and life changes, nearly every part of your life can be affected.
I approach wellbeing with the understanding that mind, body, and spirit are deeply interconnected. My style is collaborative, curious, and nonjudgmental. I use evidence-based approaches, including CBT and mindfulness, to help you gain clarity and build practical tools for meaningful, lasting change.
When you’re living with chronic pain or illness, struggling to sleep, or feeling stretched thin by stress and life changes, nearly every part of your life can be affected.
I approach wellbeing with the understanding that mind, body, and spirit are deeply interconnected. My style is collaborative, curious, and nonjudgmental. I use evidence-based approaches, including CBT and mindfulness, to help you gain clarity and build practical tools for meaningful, lasting change.
I’m passionate about supporting folks navigating PTSD, chronic pain, and invisible illnesses.
You deserve a space where you feel seen, heard, and valued exactly as you are. So often the world isn't offering that, more often the opposite, but therapy can. Together, we’ll build a space rooted in agency, consent, and curiosity. One where your full self gets a seat at the table.
As a Neurodivergent/Queer therapist, I bring lived experience, unique skillset and deep care to my work with clients. I know how powerful it can be to have your identity not just accepted, but celebrated. My practice is grounded in a commitment to creating affirming, accessible spaces for all. Here, you get to know that all parts of you are welcome.
I’m passionate about supporting folks navigating PTSD, chronic pain, and invisible illnesses.
You deserve a space where you feel seen, heard, and valued exactly as you are. So often the world isn't offering that, more often the opposite, but therapy can. Together, we’ll build a space rooted in agency, consent, and curiosity. One where your full self gets a seat at the table.
As a Neurodivergent/Queer therapist, I bring lived experience, unique skillset and deep care to my work with clients. I know how powerful it can be to have your identity not just accepted, but celebrated. My practice is grounded in a commitment to creating affirming, accessible spaces for all. Here, you get to know that all parts of you are welcome.
Susan Weinstein & City Park Counseling Center,PLLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, MSW, LCSW
2 Endorsed
Denver, CO 80205
I am an EMDRIA approved EMDR Consultant. I have a passion for working with adults in big or small life transitions and emerging adults staring their adult lives! I have a trauma focused practice. I work with those who seek treatment for life experiences such as: anxiety, depression, sexual, physical, or emotional abuse, social isolation, friendships/bullying/dating, parenting, low energy, stress, panic attacks, a traumatic event or other stressors, self sufficiency development, divorce, low self esteem, mood dysregulation, dissociation, and relational and attachment issues.
I am an EMDRIA approved EMDR Consultant. I have a passion for working with adults in big or small life transitions and emerging adults staring their adult lives! I have a trauma focused practice. I work with those who seek treatment for life experiences such as: anxiety, depression, sexual, physical, or emotional abuse, social isolation, friendships/bullying/dating, parenting, low energy, stress, panic attacks, a traumatic event or other stressors, self sufficiency development, divorce, low self esteem, mood dysregulation, dissociation, and relational and attachment issues.
Dale Gibson with Gravity Counseling, LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LAC
1 Endorsed
Denver, CO 80203
Living with chronic pain can change how you move through the world—physically, emotionally, and mentally.
My lived experience with chronic pain informs my work, but it does not define it. I can deeply understand the frustration of navigating medical systems, the grief that can come with changes to your body or abilities, and the toll of pain that doesn’t simply “go away.” My approach is grounded in the belief that relief and meaningful change are possible.
Living with chronic pain can change how you move through the world—physically, emotionally, and mentally.
My lived experience with chronic pain informs my work, but it does not define it. I can deeply understand the frustration of navigating medical systems, the grief that can come with changes to your body or abilities, and the toll of pain that doesn’t simply “go away.” My approach is grounded in the belief that relief and meaningful change are possible.
Nikita King - Chronic Pain, Anxiety, Trauma
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
3 Endorsed
Online Only
Hi, I’m Nikita, a specialist in trauma, chronic pain, and anxiety.
If you've felt stuck after traditional talk therapy or struggled to make progress despite your best efforts, my work could be the next step for you. By connecting emotional experiences with the sensations in your body, we can move beyond surface-level processing to bring about real transformation.
Hi, I’m Nikita, a specialist in trauma, chronic pain, and anxiety.
If you've felt stuck after traditional talk therapy or struggled to make progress despite your best efforts, my work could be the next step for you. By connecting emotional experiences with the sensations in your body, we can move beyond surface-level processing to bring about real transformation.
Anxiety, depression, relationships, work and career, rehabilitation, health and personal wellness are some of the things which challenge us across life. Mapping a way forward can bring a positive sense of relief when these concerns are addressed, and sometimes, at a surprisingly brisk pace.
Anxiety, depression, relationships, work and career, rehabilitation, health and personal wellness are some of the things which challenge us across life. Mapping a way forward can bring a positive sense of relief when these concerns are addressed, and sometimes, at a surprisingly brisk pace.
The focus of my practice is on issues related to depression, anxiety, substance abuse, trauma, and chronic pain and other physical health issues.
If you have been seeking solutions to problems without resolution, or you have tried therapy before without success, contact me to discuss a new path. People often look for ways to eliminate bad feelings, or ways to understand their past. You may have declared that you don't want certain things in your life; but as soon as you say that you don't want something the problems expand. I will work with you to find a workable solution - a way to live your life in accordance with your values, and to develop a willingness to be present in your life.
The focus of my practice is on issues related to depression, anxiety, substance abuse, trauma, and chronic pain and other physical health issues.
If you have been seeking solutions to problems without resolution, or you have tried therapy before without success, contact me to discuss a new path. People often look for ways to eliminate bad feelings, or ways to understand their past. You may have declared that you don't want certain things in your life; but as soon as you say that you don't want something the problems expand. I will work with you to find a workable solution - a way to live your life in accordance with your values, and to develop a willingness to be present in your life.
I specialize in mind-body, evidence-informed therapy for people with sleep concerns, chronic pain, chronic illness or health-related stress, in an LGBTQ+ affirming space.
My approach integrates mind and body, is evidence-informed, and builds on the strengths you already have to support meaningful change. Therapy with me builds awareness of your thoughts, emotions, and daily patterns, so you can relate to challenges with more choice and flexibility.
I specialize in mind-body, evidence-informed therapy for people with sleep concerns, chronic pain, chronic illness or health-related stress, in an LGBTQ+ affirming space.
My approach integrates mind and body, is evidence-informed, and builds on the strengths you already have to support meaningful change. Therapy with me builds awareness of your thoughts, emotions, and daily patterns, so you can relate to challenges with more choice and flexibility.
You want your relationship with yourself to be a friendly one, and not a source of pain.
I come to my profession as a therapist having worked over 10 years as a personal trainer, and the counseling degree that I chose is in somatic / body counseling. My hope for our work together in therapy is to care for both the body and the mind as we move toward greater health, happiness, and quality of life.
You want your relationship with yourself to be a friendly one, and not a source of pain.
I come to my profession as a therapist having worked over 10 years as a personal trainer, and the counseling degree that I chose is in somatic / body counseling. My hope for our work together in therapy is to care for both the body and the mind as we move toward greater health, happiness, and quality of life.
In some cases, avoidance of their own experience contributes to the development of chronic pain conditions like migraines, pelvic pain, or back aches.
I work with adults experiencing anxiety, pregnancy or postpartum anxiety/depression, and chronic pain. I also provide support to people dealing with major life stressors. I provide strategies to address clients' immediate issues, while deepening awareness to shift their lives in long-lasting ways. My approach is warm, thoughtful, and gently challenging.
In some cases, avoidance of their own experience contributes to the development of chronic pain conditions like migraines, pelvic pain, or back aches.
I work with adults experiencing anxiety, pregnancy or postpartum anxiety/depression, and chronic pain. I also provide support to people dealing with major life stressors. I provide strategies to address clients' immediate issues, while deepening awareness to shift their lives in long-lasting ways. My approach is warm, thoughtful, and gently challenging.
Many of my clients are high-functioning on the outside but feel exhausted, in pain, anxious, or stuck underneath.
Together, we slow things down and explore the patterns running your life; whether that’s anxiety that won’t shut off, pain keeping you in bed, substances that help you cope but leave you feeling stuck, or relationships that keep repeating the same hurt. I work using approaches to help you respond differently to what’s hard, not just push it away.
Many of my clients are high-functioning on the outside but feel exhausted, in pain, anxious, or stuck underneath.
Together, we slow things down and explore the patterns running your life; whether that’s anxiety that won’t shut off, pain keeping you in bed, substances that help you cope but leave you feeling stuck, or relationships that keep repeating the same hurt. I work using approaches to help you respond differently to what’s hard, not just push it away.
If you are facing challenges in your life that include recovering from trauma, moving through a recent loss and/or coping with anxiety, depression or chronic illness, you are not alone.
You know how taking a walk can clear your head? Well, in addition to processing emotions, I use body awareness and movement to enhance counseling sessions. We also dive deeply into the parts of you that are struggling and access your most compassionate self.
If you are facing challenges in your life that include recovering from trauma, moving through a recent loss and/or coping with anxiety, depression or chronic illness, you are not alone.
You know how taking a walk can clear your head? Well, in addition to processing emotions, I use body awareness and movement to enhance counseling sessions. We also dive deeply into the parts of you that are struggling and access your most compassionate self.
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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.