Chronic Pain Therapists in Carroll County, GA
It's a normal human experience to get caught by the hard times in your life, but sometimes you get caught causes you pain and suffering to the point you don't know where to start to make it better.
I know what it's like to feel this kind of suffering, and to wake up everyday feeling like an imposter. I take a unique approach to mental health treatment that is person-centered and strength-based in nature, but utilizes the wisdom of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance-Commitment Therapy and others. I value creating a personalized plan for you.
It's a normal human experience to get caught by the hard times in your life, but sometimes you get caught causes you pain and suffering to the point you don't know where to start to make it better.
I know what it's like to feel this kind of suffering, and to wake up everyday feeling like an imposter. I take a unique approach to mental health treatment that is person-centered and strength-based in nature, but utilizes the wisdom of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance-Commitment Therapy and others. I value creating a personalized plan for you.
I work with people living with PTSD and C-PTSD, anxiety, depression, stress, and chronic illness.
Everyone deserves to live a fulfilling life. Asking for help is a mark of stepping into your own power and shows a desire to heal.
I help clients who have been impacted by trauma reclaim their sense of self, establish peace in their bodies and minds, validate their own feelings and needs, and process their guilt and shame. I walk beside my clients as they form a new relationship with themselves, find compassion for themselves, advocate for their right to have feelings and needs, and express themselves in kind and honest ways. I value my clients showing up authentically so that I may hold space for all their experiences.
I work with people living with PTSD and C-PTSD, anxiety, depression, stress, and chronic illness.
Everyone deserves to live a fulfilling life. Asking for help is a mark of stepping into your own power and shows a desire to heal.
I help clients who have been impacted by trauma reclaim their sense of self, establish peace in their bodies and minds, validate their own feelings and needs, and process their guilt and shame. I walk beside my clients as they form a new relationship with themselves, find compassion for themselves, advocate for their right to have feelings and needs, and express themselves in kind and honest ways. I value my clients showing up authentically so that I may hold space for all their experiences.
Stephanie Cole
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, CPCS
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Villa Rica, GA 30180
Stephanie knew at the age of 15 that she would study psychology and her ultimate goal was to build a safe and healthy place for individuals, to not only understand their mental illness, but learn how to cope with those various illnesses.
Stephanie serves the West Georgia community, and has for 20+ years, changing children/adolescents and families. She began in Polk County as the child and adolescent therapist/supervisor. From 2007-13 she was a therapist at Development Behavioral Pediatrics. In 2013, Journeys Counseling Center was built where Stephanie is a therapist and co-owner.
Stephanie knew at the age of 15 that she would study psychology and her ultimate goal was to build a safe and healthy place for individuals, to not only understand their mental illness, but learn how to cope with those various illnesses.
Stephanie serves the West Georgia community, and has for 20+ years, changing children/adolescents and families. She began in Polk County as the child and adolescent therapist/supervisor. From 2007-13 she was a therapist at Development Behavioral Pediatrics. In 2013, Journeys Counseling Center was built where Stephanie is a therapist and co-owner.
I promise to help you be free from the hurt, pain, shame and guilt.
My name is Essence, I am a Licensed Professional Counselor. I have worked with various populations and have a diverse background including people with trauma, Borderline personality disorder, depression, anxiety, grief, parenting, relationship problems. Struggling with feeling inadequate and not good enough? Are you someone that struggles with enmeshment, boundaries, perfectionism, anxiety, depression and trauma? Our personal struggles can impact our relationships with others. I work with individuals and partners who live with Depression, relationship grief, clinical anxiety, unhealthy enmeshment, perfectionism and relationships.
I promise to help you be free from the hurt, pain, shame and guilt.
My name is Essence, I am a Licensed Professional Counselor. I have worked with various populations and have a diverse background including people with trauma, Borderline personality disorder, depression, anxiety, grief, parenting, relationship problems. Struggling with feeling inadequate and not good enough? Are you someone that struggles with enmeshment, boundaries, perfectionism, anxiety, depression and trauma? Our personal struggles can impact our relationships with others. I work with individuals and partners who live with Depression, relationship grief, clinical anxiety, unhealthy enmeshment, perfectionism and relationships.
Maritza Pitelli
Licensed Professional Counselor, M Ed, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Carrollton, GA 30117
Maybe we will know in ways that sizzle like magnolia buds in early spring and take us over the way pain used
My clinical focus is bodily, emotional recovery from trauma, childhood experience, loss, grief, depression and anxiety. I believe in the possibilities for my clients to discover a second life-of joy, purpose, & renewal they couldn’t imagine at the depths of despair-struggle-change. "Maybe we will find a new purpose. Dedicate to an old dream. Maybe we will soften. Meet God. Taste the vast reservoir of our resiliency and strength. Find beauty and meaning in the simple things—like a cup of tea with a loved one while watching a yellow-tinged leaf dance into a puddle. Maybe we will find dancing or painting or writing or art or science
Maybe we will know in ways that sizzle like magnolia buds in early spring and take us over the way pain used
My clinical focus is bodily, emotional recovery from trauma, childhood experience, loss, grief, depression and anxiety. I believe in the possibilities for my clients to discover a second life-of joy, purpose, & renewal they couldn’t imagine at the depths of despair-struggle-change. "Maybe we will find a new purpose. Dedicate to an old dream. Maybe we will soften. Meet God. Taste the vast reservoir of our resiliency and strength. Find beauty and meaning in the simple things—like a cup of tea with a loved one while watching a yellow-tinged leaf dance into a puddle. Maybe we will find dancing or painting or writing or art or science
As a biblical therapist, my foremost commitment is to honor my clients' spiritual and emotional needs. I recognize that seeking therapy can often be a journey of faith, and I aim to provide a safe and supportive space where individuals can explore their beliefs and struggles within the framework of their faith. What sets me apart is my integrated approach, weaving together the principles of psychology with the wisdom of scripture. Drawing upon psychological techniques and biblical teachings, I offer a comprehensive approach to healing that addresses the whole person – mind, body, and spirit.
As a biblical therapist, my foremost commitment is to honor my clients' spiritual and emotional needs. I recognize that seeking therapy can often be a journey of faith, and I aim to provide a safe and supportive space where individuals can explore their beliefs and struggles within the framework of their faith. What sets me apart is my integrated approach, weaving together the principles of psychology with the wisdom of scripture. Drawing upon psychological techniques and biblical teachings, I offer a comprehensive approach to healing that addresses the whole person – mind, body, and spirit.
Are you looking for a guide to help you through the challenges of life? Are you looking for tools designed especially for you to help bring a sense of peace? Do you desire better relationships? Do you need someone to help hold a safe space for you as you face specific challenges in your life? Are you desiring a deeper sense of Purpose for your life. Do you have a lingering sense that there is so much more to life, but you don't know where to turn? For 30+ years I have been drawing from many types of psychology as well as body and spirit centered practices, and bring effective tools for healing.
Are you looking for a guide to help you through the challenges of life? Are you looking for tools designed especially for you to help bring a sense of peace? Do you desire better relationships? Do you need someone to help hold a safe space for you as you face specific challenges in your life? Are you desiring a deeper sense of Purpose for your life. Do you have a lingering sense that there is so much more to life, but you don't know where to turn? For 30+ years I have been drawing from many types of psychology as well as body and spirit centered practices, and bring effective tools for healing.
Resolutions | Mental Wellness Starts Here
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Carrollton, GA 30117
Life can be hard. Are you struggling to find your voice and prioritize your own needs? Have you experienced traumatic events that continue to impact your life? Is the stress of life creating anxiety or depression? Many of us feel isolated, defeated, and don't know how to make the changes we desire in our lives. Our compassionate and skilled therapists empower you by providing the tools and support to help you lead a more balanced and fulfilled life.
Life can be hard. Are you struggling to find your voice and prioritize your own needs? Have you experienced traumatic events that continue to impact your life? Is the stress of life creating anxiety or depression? Many of us feel isolated, defeated, and don't know how to make the changes we desire in our lives. Our compassionate and skilled therapists empower you by providing the tools and support to help you lead a more balanced and fulfilled life.
Complex trauma changes the way our brains work over time. Fortunately, healing does the same thing. By working through how distressing events impacted us, we can create a life where we feel fully alive and can thrive.
While I have worked with a variety of different mental health concerns, I specialized in complex trauma and dissociation, neurodivergence and autism in adults, and LGBT issues. I am a nonbinary counselor; my pronouns are they/them.
Complex trauma changes the way our brains work over time. Fortunately, healing does the same thing. By working through how distressing events impacted us, we can create a life where we feel fully alive and can thrive.
While I have worked with a variety of different mental health concerns, I specialized in complex trauma and dissociation, neurodivergence and autism in adults, and LGBT issues. I am a nonbinary counselor; my pronouns are they/them.
I have worked with various clients with a multitude of issues that are primarily substance use related. In addition to substance use disorders, many also have family discord, loss of employment, housing and hope. Their goals are to gain coping skills, relapse prevention education, stress and anger management management to deal with past unresolved issues that includes and not limited to PTSD, child abuse abuse and neglect, life stressors, and to learn how to develop and sty connected to a supportive network while becoming productive in all areas of their lives.
I have worked with various clients with a multitude of issues that are primarily substance use related. In addition to substance use disorders, many also have family discord, loss of employment, housing and hope. Their goals are to gain coping skills, relapse prevention education, stress and anger management management to deal with past unresolved issues that includes and not limited to PTSD, child abuse abuse and neglect, life stressors, and to learn how to develop and sty connected to a supportive network while becoming productive in all areas of their lives.
Family & Forensic Intervention Counseling, LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC, NCC, NCSC
Verified Verified
Serves Area
Individuals seek therapy for a wide variety of reasons, from coping with major life challenges or childhood trauma, to dealing with depression or anxiety, to simply desiring personal growth and greater self-knowledge. I have served in the helping profession for well over a decade. Years of work in the field has informed the belief that the helping profession is most effective through collaborative and eclectic approaches to treatment, whether in residential / acute, in-home, community outpatient or private practice mental health settings. Professional Counselors bring different dynamics, expertise, approaches, and strengths to collaborative treatment.
Individuals seek therapy for a wide variety of reasons, from coping with major life challenges or childhood trauma, to dealing with depression or anxiety, to simply desiring personal growth and greater self-knowledge. I have served in the helping profession for well over a decade. Years of work in the field has informed the belief that the helping profession is most effective through collaborative and eclectic approaches to treatment, whether in residential / acute, in-home, community outpatient or private practice mental health settings. Professional Counselors bring different dynamics, expertise, approaches, and strengths to collaborative treatment.
Meet Our Chronic Pain Therapists
Life throws challenges your way, but you don’t have to face them alone. Whether it’s stress, confidence, major life changes, or past experiences holding you back, the right support can help you regain control, build resilience, and move forward with clarity and strength.
Life throws challenges your way, but you don’t have to face them alone. Whether it’s stress, confidence, major life changes, or past experiences holding you back, the right support can help you regain control, build resilience, and move forward with clarity and strength.
Michella C Jones
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MAC, CHT, AACC, CAMS
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Not accepting new clients
Do you find yourself feeling easily overwhelmed? Are you emotionally overspent and energetically under funded? Feeling sad or glum for no apparent reason? Struggling trying to understand your emotions & moods? Feeling tightly wound or wound down? It is probably time to focus on taking care of YOU instead of everyone around you. I am particularly fond of working with adults, who find themselves struggling with today's world, past abuse issues and current relationship issues. I look forward to meeting & helping you on your journey. On your first visit an initial assessment is completed & a treatment plan is initiated.
Do you find yourself feeling easily overwhelmed? Are you emotionally overspent and energetically under funded? Feeling sad or glum for no apparent reason? Struggling trying to understand your emotions & moods? Feeling tightly wound or wound down? It is probably time to focus on taking care of YOU instead of everyone around you. I am particularly fond of working with adults, who find themselves struggling with today's world, past abuse issues and current relationship issues. I look forward to meeting & helping you on your journey. On your first visit an initial assessment is completed & a treatment plan is initiated.
Online Therapists
I specialize in behavioral medicine, stress management, treatment of mood and anxiety disorders, chronic pain, and the emotional impact of physical illness.
Some treatment methods I use include psychodynamic psychotherapy, trauma focused therapy, and CBT. I also have extensive resources available to address self-esteem, insomnia, interpersonal conflict, and relaxation. I am also a Certified Personality Disorder specialist and treatment provider.
I specialize in behavioral medicine, stress management, treatment of mood and anxiety disorders, chronic pain, and the emotional impact of physical illness.
Some treatment methods I use include psychodynamic psychotherapy, trauma focused therapy, and CBT. I also have extensive resources available to address self-esteem, insomnia, interpersonal conflict, and relaxation. I am also a Certified Personality Disorder specialist and treatment provider.
My goal is to empower my clients by helping them learn more about themselves, learn to work through their pain to gain a better mindset and quality of life.
The types of clients I work with are usually aged 19 and older. I am most comfortable with treating conditions related to depression, anxiety, anger management, bipolar disorder, chronic illness, chronic pain, codependency, learning coping skills, grief, impulsivity, self-esteem, and suicidal ideation.
My goal is to empower my clients by helping them learn more about themselves, learn to work through their pain to gain a better mindset and quality of life.
The types of clients I work with are usually aged 19 and older. I am most comfortable with treating conditions related to depression, anxiety, anger management, bipolar disorder, chronic illness, chronic pain, codependency, learning coping skills, grief, impulsivity, self-esteem, and suicidal ideation.
The truth is, you're a total badass who has been pushing through pain and difficulty most of your life.
You've probably been to traditional talk therapy before and found it somewhat helpful, but you don't quite FEEL the change you were hoping for, or the symptoms came back a few months later. My work is guided by somatic trauma-informed modalities that focus on helping your overworked nervous system re-negotiate how it finds a sense of peace and safety.
The truth is, you're a total badass who has been pushing through pain and difficulty most of your life.
You've probably been to traditional talk therapy before and found it somewhat helpful, but you don't quite FEEL the change you were hoping for, or the symptoms came back a few months later. My work is guided by somatic trauma-informed modalities that focus on helping your overworked nervous system re-negotiate how it finds a sense of peace and safety.
I am psychotherapist with more than a decade of experience helping clients to to work through their pain so they are free to live their lives.
Do you feel like no matter what you do, it's never enough? You try & try but no matter what others may see or say, underneath it, you're struggling? Maybe something happened & you can't move forward despite all your efforts to do so. Maybe you've been trying to conceive or you're struggling after baby arrives. Maybe you're struggling with your body or your relationship with food. Maybe life just feels overwhelming. You are NOT alone. The decision to enter therapy is a courageous one- a decision to get the support you need and deserve so you can move towards your goals and become more of who you authentically are!
I am psychotherapist with more than a decade of experience helping clients to to work through their pain so they are free to live their lives.
Do you feel like no matter what you do, it's never enough? You try & try but no matter what others may see or say, underneath it, you're struggling? Maybe something happened & you can't move forward despite all your efforts to do so. Maybe you've been trying to conceive or you're struggling after baby arrives. Maybe you're struggling with your body or your relationship with food. Maybe life just feels overwhelming. You are NOT alone. The decision to enter therapy is a courageous one- a decision to get the support you need and deserve so you can move towards your goals and become more of who you authentically are!
My particular gift is in establishing a a therapeutic space where individual men and women, as well as adolescents and young adults, who are in pain or under stress, can feel safe and understood.
Many of my clients face life transitions, traumas, anxiety and depression, loss and grief, and spiritual crises, or the pain of a troubled relationship. I believe that therapy can be beneficial at some point in any person's life. So, I see my clients as fellow seekers rather than patients.
My particular gift is in establishing a a therapeutic space where individual men and women, as well as adolescents and young adults, who are in pain or under stress, can feel safe and understood.
Many of my clients face life transitions, traumas, anxiety and depression, loss and grief, and spiritual crises, or the pain of a troubled relationship. I believe that therapy can be beneficial at some point in any person's life. So, I see my clients as fellow seekers rather than patients.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 12 years of experience as both a therapist and case manager, dedicated to supporting adults and seniors in managing depression, anxiety, stress-related conditions, chronic pain, self-esteem issues, and other life challenges.
My approach combines cognitive behavioral, solution-focused, and strength-based techniques to bring awareness to how thought processes affect emotions, self-esteem, well-being, and resilience. I aim to be a supportive guide as you navigate life's highs and lows, helping you recognize and build on your strengths.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 12 years of experience as both a therapist and case manager, dedicated to supporting adults and seniors in managing depression, anxiety, stress-related conditions, chronic pain, self-esteem issues, and other life challenges.
My approach combines cognitive behavioral, solution-focused, and strength-based techniques to bring awareness to how thought processes affect emotions, self-esteem, well-being, and resilience. I aim to be a supportive guide as you navigate life's highs and lows, helping you recognize and build on your strengths.
Melissa Lester
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Sandy Springs, GA 30328
The aging process, chronic pain and chronic illness have recently become additional areas of focus.
Combining insight with body-based, somatic & sensory approaches offers immediate, deep and long-term relief. From an insight oriented and feminist theory perspective, we will forge your path from where you are now to where you want to be. Because therapy can (and should) be life-changing.
The aging process, chronic pain and chronic illness have recently become additional areas of focus.
Combining insight with body-based, somatic & sensory approaches offers immediate, deep and long-term relief. From an insight oriented and feminist theory perspective, we will forge your path from where you are now to where you want to be. Because therapy can (and should) be life-changing.
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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.