Chronic Pain Therapists in Virginia, MN
Many of the individuals I work with struggle with managing daily life stressors. This may be due to experiencing a traumatic childhood, recovering from a recent traumatic event, or having trouble juggling the demands placed on them. Many people find themselves stuck or “going through the motions” and are looking for validation that they are not alone as well as help with finding hope and a purpose in their lives.
Many of the individuals I work with struggle with managing daily life stressors. This may be due to experiencing a traumatic childhood, recovering from a recent traumatic event, or having trouble juggling the demands placed on them. Many people find themselves stuck or “going through the motions” and are looking for validation that they are not alone as well as help with finding hope and a purpose in their lives.
As a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), I am deeply committed to supporting individuals and couples on their journey towards healing and self-discovery. I work with individuals aged 13 and older who struggle with symptoms related to unresolved trauma, anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, and OCD. I create a safe and compassionate space where individuals can explore their innermost thoughts and emotions. My goal is to empower clients to tap into their inner resilience and cultivate a sense of wholeness.
As a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), I am deeply committed to supporting individuals and couples on their journey towards healing and self-discovery. I work with individuals aged 13 and older who struggle with symptoms related to unresolved trauma, anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, and OCD. I create a safe and compassionate space where individuals can explore their innermost thoughts and emotions. My goal is to empower clients to tap into their inner resilience and cultivate a sense of wholeness.
I have worked with adults, adolescents, elders and children. I am comfortable working with anyone, but especially people who have experienced trauma, are in crisis, are struggling with substance use, are LGBTQ+, are Indigenous, are Autistic, have ADHD, or have Borderline Personality Disorder to name a few. While we are each unique communities, I have found myself to be well atuned to the needs and goals of my Indigenous clients as I am indigenous myself and get to practice my culture. My clients' goals usually include an increased feeling of security/safety, community integration, & relationship or interpersonal effectiveness.
I have worked with adults, adolescents, elders and children. I am comfortable working with anyone, but especially people who have experienced trauma, are in crisis, are struggling with substance use, are LGBTQ+, are Indigenous, are Autistic, have ADHD, or have Borderline Personality Disorder to name a few. While we are each unique communities, I have found myself to be well atuned to the needs and goals of my Indigenous clients as I am indigenous myself and get to practice my culture. My clients' goals usually include an increased feeling of security/safety, community integration, & relationship or interpersonal effectiveness.
Clients come to me seeking more than talk therapy—they’re looking for a safe, grounded space to be truly seen and supported. With 25+ years of social work experience, I bring clinical expertise and a compassionate, collaborative approach. I specialize in trauma, interpersonal conflict, anxiety and depression, and caregiver support, using somatic practices and polyvagal theory to promote lasting change. In my North Shore setting, clients find space to rest, reflect, and reconnect—gaining insight, releasing old patterns, and building a more peaceful, empowered life.
Clients come to me seeking more than talk therapy—they’re looking for a safe, grounded space to be truly seen and supported. With 25+ years of social work experience, I bring clinical expertise and a compassionate, collaborative approach. I specialize in trauma, interpersonal conflict, anxiety and depression, and caregiver support, using somatic practices and polyvagal theory to promote lasting change. In my North Shore setting, clients find space to rest, reflect, and reconnect—gaining insight, releasing old patterns, and building a more peaceful, empowered life.
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Kind Mind reserves the right to be exceptionally kind regardless of gender, age, race, religion, ethnicity, past actions, political outlook, sexual orientation, social status, class, appearance, language, or occupation. Kind Mind Center believes in the innate ability of all people to reach their fullest potential as a creative, compassionate, and conscious being. Kind Mind Center provides dedicated and professional integrative health, mental health & substance abuse therapeutic services with a person-centered professional approach, serving all people, from all walks of life, with compassion, dignity & respect.
You know something needs to change-but insight alone isn’t cutting it. Let’s get to the root of what’s keeping you stuck and retrain the brain to heal. Life can be challenging, and we all need some help navigating the tough parts at times. I’m glad you’re here. I work with people who are struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, personality disorders, relationship issues, and behavioral challenges. My approach is brain-based and person-centered—focused on helping you understand the root causes of what’s keeping you stuck. Together, we’ll work as a team to build insight, shift patterns, and move toward healing and personal growth.
You know something needs to change-but insight alone isn’t cutting it. Let’s get to the root of what’s keeping you stuck and retrain the brain to heal. Life can be challenging, and we all need some help navigating the tough parts at times. I’m glad you’re here. I work with people who are struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, personality disorders, relationship issues, and behavioral challenges. My approach is brain-based and person-centered—focused on helping you understand the root causes of what’s keeping you stuck. Together, we’ll work as a team to build insight, shift patterns, and move toward healing and personal growth.
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The chronic pain, spacey-ness, irritability, and unrelenting pressure never seemed to stop.
I did the hard work and found a way that ends with confidence in my abilities and in my future. Now, as a psychotherapist, it’s my mission to support others who are feeling inadequate or unworthy of where they’re at in life to confidently show up for life on their terms. I’d love to help you, too.
The chronic pain, spacey-ness, irritability, and unrelenting pressure never seemed to stop.
I did the hard work and found a way that ends with confidence in my abilities and in my future. Now, as a psychotherapist, it’s my mission to support others who are feeling inadequate or unworthy of where they’re at in life to confidently show up for life on their terms. I’d love to help you, too.
Finding a space where you can process topics such as grief, death, or chronic illness can be hard to find.
I specialize in working with adults navigating aging, grief, chronic illness, medical trauma, and end-of-life experiences. My approach is deeply relationship-centered. I prioritize creating a safe, compassionate space where each client feels genuinely seen, heard, and supported throughout their therapeutic journey.
Finding a space where you can process topics such as grief, death, or chronic illness can be hard to find.
I specialize in working with adults navigating aging, grief, chronic illness, medical trauma, and end-of-life experiences. My approach is deeply relationship-centered. I prioritize creating a safe, compassionate space where each client feels genuinely seen, heard, and supported throughout their therapeutic journey.
I work with children ages 5+, teens, and adults navigating anxiety, trauma, emotional regulation, severe mental illness, cognitive or behavioral challenges, and life transitions.
My approach is flexible, strengths-based, and tailored to each client's needs. I use CBT, DBT, person-centered, and trauma-informed approaches to help clients build coping skills, emotional awareness, communication skills, resilience, and meaningful progress toward their goals.
I work with children ages 5+, teens, and adults navigating anxiety, trauma, emotional regulation, severe mental illness, cognitive or behavioral challenges, and life transitions.
My approach is flexible, strengths-based, and tailored to each client's needs. I use CBT, DBT, person-centered, and trauma-informed approaches to help clients build coping skills, emotional awareness, communication skills, resilience, and meaningful progress toward their goals.
I have worked in the areas of sexual and domestic violence, serious and persistent mental illness, chronic pain and disease issues.
I try to coach people in making transitions and changes that will alter their approach to life. I work on creating new coping skills, support systems, family dynamics and stress reduction. I use a variety of techniques including mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy, narrative therapy and feminist therapy .
I have worked in the areas of sexual and domestic violence, serious and persistent mental illness, chronic pain and disease issues.
I try to coach people in making transitions and changes that will alter their approach to life. I work on creating new coping skills, support systems, family dynamics and stress reduction. I use a variety of techniques including mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy, narrative therapy and feminist therapy .
I am dedicated to guiding clients through trauma and losses that obscure life's beauty. My goal is to reignite your spirit, help you meet your authentic self, and navigate life's changes and challenges. Together, we'll explore your inner strength to acknowledge discrepancies and learn how to make desired changes. I combine EMDR with CBT, DBT, IFS and holistic methods to improve your relationship with yourself, others, and the world. Through eye movements, you'll feel as if you've solved a puzzle, breaking the vicious cycle of unhealthy behaviors, shedding long-held burdens and for lasting change, opening opportunities for growth.
I am dedicated to guiding clients through trauma and losses that obscure life's beauty. My goal is to reignite your spirit, help you meet your authentic self, and navigate life's changes and challenges. Together, we'll explore your inner strength to acknowledge discrepancies and learn how to make desired changes. I combine EMDR with CBT, DBT, IFS and holistic methods to improve your relationship with yourself, others, and the world. Through eye movements, you'll feel as if you've solved a puzzle, breaking the vicious cycle of unhealthy behaviors, shedding long-held burdens and for lasting change, opening opportunities for growth.
Accepting new clients! Anxiety can show up in many ways including constant worry, overwhelm, physical tension, perfectionism, or feeling stuck in daily life. I help individuals understand their anxiety and develop tools to create meaningful, lasting change.
I bring a warm, grounded, and collaborative approach to therapy, shaped by my experience in schools, hospitals, and outpatient clinics. I believe a strong therapeutic relationship is the foundation for effective work and strive to create a space where clients feel supported, understood, and empowered.
Accepting new clients! Anxiety can show up in many ways including constant worry, overwhelm, physical tension, perfectionism, or feeling stuck in daily life. I help individuals understand their anxiety and develop tools to create meaningful, lasting change.
I bring a warm, grounded, and collaborative approach to therapy, shaped by my experience in schools, hospitals, and outpatient clinics. I believe a strong therapeutic relationship is the foundation for effective work and strive to create a space where clients feel supported, understood, and empowered.
Hi there! I am a dedicated and compassionate therapist with an MSW and licensure as an LGSW in Minnesota and a CAPSW in Wisconsin. I use a prioritized a person-centered approach with a focus on promoting resilience, empowering people, and fostering a positive and inclusive therapeutic environment. I truly believe in the power of building strong therapeutic alliances and creating space for individuals to explore their emotions and navigate life's complexities. I have worked with all ages, more recently primarily adolescence through late adulthood. I value nonjudgmental care and open communication as well as body positivity.
Hi there! I am a dedicated and compassionate therapist with an MSW and licensure as an LGSW in Minnesota and a CAPSW in Wisconsin. I use a prioritized a person-centered approach with a focus on promoting resilience, empowering people, and fostering a positive and inclusive therapeutic environment. I truly believe in the power of building strong therapeutic alliances and creating space for individuals to explore their emotions and navigate life's complexities. I have worked with all ages, more recently primarily adolescence through late adulthood. I value nonjudgmental care and open communication as well as body positivity.
We know how important it is to have options when you decide to reach out for support. As a group of clinicians invested in your wellbeing, we provide individual and group counseling to adults, children (ages 4+), families, and couples. Because we cannot determine when life stressors or increasing mental health concerns will occur, you may be able to be seen the same day of your call.
We know how important it is to have options when you decide to reach out for support. As a group of clinicians invested in your wellbeing, we provide individual and group counseling to adults, children (ages 4+), families, and couples. Because we cannot determine when life stressors or increasing mental health concerns will occur, you may be able to be seen the same day of your call.
Are you looking for support as you navigate day-to-day stressors, or explore deeper wounds like past trauma? Folks often find themselves in my office looking to explore the connection between mind and body, or to resolve past traumatic experiences. I honor and respect clients’ cultural differences and lived experiences with oppression in our society, with the ultimate goal of practicing anti-oppressive therapy. I have special experience working with the LGBTQIA2S+ community and folks with ADHD or on the Autism Spectrum.
Are you looking for support as you navigate day-to-day stressors, or explore deeper wounds like past trauma? Folks often find themselves in my office looking to explore the connection between mind and body, or to resolve past traumatic experiences. I honor and respect clients’ cultural differences and lived experiences with oppression in our society, with the ultimate goal of practicing anti-oppressive therapy. I have special experience working with the LGBTQIA2S+ community and folks with ADHD or on the Autism Spectrum.
If you are seeking accessible, collaborative, and affirming therapy you're in the right place. I approach therapy from a systemic lens, recognizing that many mental health challenges emerge within the context of our relationships—with others, with ourselves, and with the world around us.
Grounded in my experience of therapy's transformative potential, I work alongside clients to explore growth, healing, and connection. I believe that therapy is for everyone especially when approached with openness, curiosity, and a clear sense of purpose.
If you are seeking accessible, collaborative, and affirming therapy you're in the right place. I approach therapy from a systemic lens, recognizing that many mental health challenges emerge within the context of our relationships—with others, with ourselves, and with the world around us.
Grounded in my experience of therapy's transformative potential, I work alongside clients to explore growth, healing, and connection. I believe that therapy is for everyone especially when approached with openness, curiosity, and a clear sense of purpose.
My ideal client is an adult or couple looking to find support in managing daily life or adjusting to change. This could include searching for a sense of identity/belonging, experiencing a sense of loss, experiencing mental health symptoms, and coping with life's general difficulties. When meeting with someone my goal is to provide a bubble of safety and to act as a pole of trust. For each person to know that I can sit with them in the weight of what they have been carrying, and walk alongside through this path of discovery.
My ideal client is an adult or couple looking to find support in managing daily life or adjusting to change. This could include searching for a sense of identity/belonging, experiencing a sense of loss, experiencing mental health symptoms, and coping with life's general difficulties. When meeting with someone my goal is to provide a bubble of safety and to act as a pole of trust. For each person to know that I can sit with them in the weight of what they have been carrying, and walk alongside through this path of discovery.
When the landscape is disturbed by stress and trauma, the ecosystem shifts out of balance toward pain.
Restore balance by engaging in activities that free you to explore and integrate new skills and understandings, & move through current challenges or past traumatic experiences. Possible approaches include knowledge of neurobiology & nervous system: Tapping, Mindfulness, Meditation, Qigong, Sandplay, Nature-based, Interactive Guided Imagery & Self-compassion.
When the landscape is disturbed by stress and trauma, the ecosystem shifts out of balance toward pain.
Restore balance by engaging in activities that free you to explore and integrate new skills and understandings, & move through current challenges or past traumatic experiences. Possible approaches include knowledge of neurobiology & nervous system: Tapping, Mindfulness, Meditation, Qigong, Sandplay, Nature-based, Interactive Guided Imagery & Self-compassion.
With over 25+ years of experience, I provide psychotherapy for teens and adults whose lives or quality of life have been disrupted by anxiety, depression, PTSD, grief and loss, chronic pain, or other significant life transitions.
Therapeutic approaches may include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to address unhelpful thought patterns, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to support emotional regulation and relationship effectiveness, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to facilitate healing from trauma, and Radically Open DBT (RO-DBT).
With over 25+ years of experience, I provide psychotherapy for teens and adults whose lives or quality of life have been disrupted by anxiety, depression, PTSD, grief and loss, chronic pain, or other significant life transitions.
Therapeutic approaches may include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to address unhelpful thought patterns, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to support emotional regulation and relationship effectiveness, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to facilitate healing from trauma, and Radically Open DBT (RO-DBT).
We all want a life of peace and ease; however, life includes challenges and struggles with painful experiences. Fortunately, modern, science-based mental health interventions help people reduce suffering and live life with more meaning and engagement with the world. I can help you identify personal values, develop unique strengths, build coping skills, and experiment with behavior changes. Our work together will help connect you with who and what you most care about and help you build a fulfilling and active life.
We all want a life of peace and ease; however, life includes challenges and struggles with painful experiences. Fortunately, modern, science-based mental health interventions help people reduce suffering and live life with more meaning and engagement with the world. I can help you identify personal values, develop unique strengths, build coping skills, and experiment with behavior changes. Our work together will help connect you with who and what you most care about and help you build a fulfilling and active life.
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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.