Chronic Pain Therapists in Brooklyn, NY
Together, we can heal your chronic pain.
Yes, mind-body healing is hard. It’s frustrating. It requires a mindset shift so profound that some call it a rebirth. It’s deeper than the pain and the symptoms. It’s your very core self. You’ve put your precious life’s energy into stress and trying and demands and people-pleasing and perfecting. You feel so small now. It’s time to find yourself again.
Together, we can heal your chronic pain.
Yes, mind-body healing is hard. It’s frustrating. It requires a mindset shift so profound that some call it a rebirth. It’s deeper than the pain and the symptoms. It’s your very core self. You’ve put your precious life’s energy into stress and trying and demands and people-pleasing and perfecting. You feel so small now. It’s time to find yourself again.
I also have training in mindfulness and pain reprocessing therapy to help treat chronic pain.
Congratulations! If you're checking out therapists that means you're doing something kind for yourself today. Whatever brings you here - anxiety, trauma (personal or collective), relationship struggles, career frustrations, stress about current events - it is my honor to provide you with a nurturing and supportive space to share. Together we can work to help you manage symptoms, identify what elements of your life are actually within your control, and learn to understand and connect with yourself on a deeper level.
I also have training in mindfulness and pain reprocessing therapy to help treat chronic pain.
Congratulations! If you're checking out therapists that means you're doing something kind for yourself today. Whatever brings you here - anxiety, trauma (personal or collective), relationship struggles, career frustrations, stress about current events - it is my honor to provide you with a nurturing and supportive space to share. Together we can work to help you manage symptoms, identify what elements of your life are actually within your control, and learn to understand and connect with yourself on a deeper level.
I help people who are Highly Sensitive, or have anxiety, chronic pain or somatic symptoms, who have had limited success in seeking help, with powerful leading edge mind- body and neuroscience approaches.
HIghly Sensitive Specialist. I have a passion and expertise for helping Highly Sensitive teens and adults understand and embrace both the gifts and challenges of their heightened receptivity, that can lead to overwhelm, anxiety, overstimulation, and other challenges. I offer a safe and supportive environment for you to explore both the challenges and the wonderful gifts and strengths that come with a more heightened
and sensitive nervous system. My approach brings together Gestalt, Mind-Body Somatic approaches, and over 30 years of therapeutic work with children and adults.
I help people who are Highly Sensitive, or have anxiety, chronic pain or somatic symptoms, who have had limited success in seeking help, with powerful leading edge mind- body and neuroscience approaches.
HIghly Sensitive Specialist. I have a passion and expertise for helping Highly Sensitive teens and adults understand and embrace both the gifts and challenges of their heightened receptivity, that can lead to overwhelm, anxiety, overstimulation, and other challenges. I offer a safe and supportive environment for you to explore both the challenges and the wonderful gifts and strengths that come with a more heightened
and sensitive nervous system. My approach brings together Gestalt, Mind-Body Somatic approaches, and over 30 years of therapeutic work with children and adults.
I specialize in trans care, LGBTQIA experiences, chronic illness and pain, ADHD and Autism Spectrum, healthy relationship promotion, and healing from abusive relationships.
Are you struggling with clearly identifying your needs and goals? Do you want support communicating with people in your life - the ones you love and/or the folks you work or organize with? I want to support you in crystalizing your needs, goals, and dreams, and then sharing them with others. If you're dealing with change and trying to identify what that means for you, and then those around you, I'd like to support and challenge you on ways to do that that serve you.
I specialize in trans care, LGBTQIA experiences, chronic illness and pain, ADHD and Autism Spectrum, healthy relationship promotion, and healing from abusive relationships.
Are you struggling with clearly identifying your needs and goals? Do you want support communicating with people in your life - the ones you love and/or the folks you work or organize with? I want to support you in crystalizing your needs, goals, and dreams, and then sharing them with others. If you're dealing with change and trying to identify what that means for you, and then those around you, I'd like to support and challenge you on ways to do that that serve you.
I'm a trans nonbinary therapist who specializes in helping clients navigate OCD, chronic pain, and sexual trauma (often the intersection of all three).
I bring a deep understanding of how oppressive systems impact our relationships with ourselves and each other. I specialize in treating chronic pain and illness, including pain during sex, OCD, sexual trauma, and relationship trauma. My clinical work is rooted in disability justice, fat liberation, and trans liberation.
I'm a trans nonbinary therapist who specializes in helping clients navigate OCD, chronic pain, and sexual trauma (often the intersection of all three).
I bring a deep understanding of how oppressive systems impact our relationships with ourselves and each other. I specialize in treating chronic pain and illness, including pain during sex, OCD, sexual trauma, and relationship trauma. My clinical work is rooted in disability justice, fat liberation, and trans liberation.
At Suite 14 Psychotherapy we see individuals and groups, and specialize in challenges through the life span, particularly those struggling with chronic pain, career transitions and relationship issues.
Sometimes normal life challenges like changing careers, becoming a parent or changes in relationships can contribute to difficult emotions and result in behavior that make us feel stuck, unproductive or even self-destructive. For many, these experiences also leave us feeling anxious, depressed and sometimes struggling with chronic physical conditions. Exploring how your current challenges relate to your temperament, past experiences and needs can give you the tools to feel better. I can provide the support and guidance needed to help you explore, develop awareness and make informed decisions you can feel confident about.
At Suite 14 Psychotherapy we see individuals and groups, and specialize in challenges through the life span, particularly those struggling with chronic pain, career transitions and relationship issues.
Sometimes normal life challenges like changing careers, becoming a parent or changes in relationships can contribute to difficult emotions and result in behavior that make us feel stuck, unproductive or even self-destructive. For many, these experiences also leave us feeling anxious, depressed and sometimes struggling with chronic physical conditions. Exploring how your current challenges relate to your temperament, past experiences and needs can give you the tools to feel better. I can provide the support and guidance needed to help you explore, develop awareness and make informed decisions you can feel confident about.
Are you living with chronic illness or pain that most people don’t understand?
Drawing upon two decades of clinical experience, a variety of therapeutic modalities, and my own journey with chronic illness, we can take a personalized approach to get you the support you need – whether that’s managing day-to-day uncertainty, navigating longer-term feelings of grief and isolation, building resilience, or any number of other goals.
Are you living with chronic illness or pain that most people don’t understand?
Drawing upon two decades of clinical experience, a variety of therapeutic modalities, and my own journey with chronic illness, we can take a personalized approach to get you the support you need – whether that’s managing day-to-day uncertainty, navigating longer-term feelings of grief and isolation, building resilience, or any number of other goals.
Mindfulness-based, IFS-informed, EMDR for trauma/CPTSD, anxiety, chronic pain, and more.
Underneath the layers of pain, uncertainty and fear lies your true self; an internal space of ease, compassion and safety you will learn to come home to regardless of what is happening in your life.
Mindfulness-based, IFS-informed, EMDR for trauma/CPTSD, anxiety, chronic pain, and more.
Underneath the layers of pain, uncertainty and fear lies your true self; an internal space of ease, compassion and safety you will learn to come home to regardless of what is happening in your life.
Abby Cochran | Trauma, Chronic Pain, Sexuality
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
3 Endorsed
Brooklyn, NY 11217
You might be reading this because you no longer want to be caught in the trap of old patterns that no longer serve you. Whether that’s seeking approval from others or distracting yourself with mindless scrolling to avoid what's bothering you, we sometimes arrive at a moment when hiding isn’t worth it anymore. Perhaps you have reached your capacity, exhausted from pretending everything is fine while feeling like something’s missing inside. Whether it’s a moment of transition or facing something from your past— you don’t have to go through it alone.
You might be reading this because you no longer want to be caught in the trap of old patterns that no longer serve you. Whether that’s seeking approval from others or distracting yourself with mindless scrolling to avoid what's bothering you, we sometimes arrive at a moment when hiding isn’t worth it anymore. Perhaps you have reached your capacity, exhausted from pretending everything is fine while feeling like something’s missing inside. Whether it’s a moment of transition or facing something from your past— you don’t have to go through it alone.
Living with chronic pain, anxiety, or depression can take a toll on both body and mind.
My approach integrates existential-humanistic and psychodynamic therapy, meaning I see you as a whole person—not just a diagnosis. Together, we’ll explore how your experiences, beliefs, and emotions influence how you navigate health, relationships, and identity.
Living with chronic pain, anxiety, or depression can take a toll on both body and mind.
My approach integrates existential-humanistic and psychodynamic therapy, meaning I see you as a whole person—not just a diagnosis. Together, we’ll explore how your experiences, beliefs, and emotions influence how you navigate health, relationships, and identity.
Grief, chronic illness, a cancer diagnosis, chronic pain, caregiving can change your life radically.
Whether it is processing your unique experiences, wrapping your head around significant losses, learning coping skills to manage anxiety or identifying new sources of meaning, you don't have to do it alone.
Grief, chronic illness, a cancer diagnosis, chronic pain, caregiving can change your life radically.
Whether it is processing your unique experiences, wrapping your head around significant losses, learning coping skills to manage anxiety or identifying new sources of meaning, you don't have to do it alone.
You are a high achieving woman who is dealing with chronic illness, infertility, the grief of a diagnosis, anxiety or pregnancy loss while juggling it all: a career, family, a partner, friends, dating and your health.
Kelsey is specialized in women's health issues and chronic illness like endometriosis, chronic pelvic pain, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and more. Kelsey understands the challenge to find stability after a diagnosis and utilizes an integrative approach with CBT, DBT and ACT tools. Kelsey's group practice, New York Women's CBT, offers individual and group therapy.
You are a high achieving woman who is dealing with chronic illness, infertility, the grief of a diagnosis, anxiety or pregnancy loss while juggling it all: a career, family, a partner, friends, dating and your health.
Kelsey is specialized in women's health issues and chronic illness like endometriosis, chronic pelvic pain, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and more. Kelsey understands the challenge to find stability after a diagnosis and utilizes an integrative approach with CBT, DBT and ACT tools. Kelsey's group practice, New York Women's CBT, offers individual and group therapy.
You are a young woman navigating chronic illness trying to do it all-build your career, attend college, date, start a family-all while grieving life before a diagnosis or chronic pain.
Ariel is a licensed mental health counselor at New York Women's CBT, a group practice in New York City specialized in working with women navigating women's health issues such as chronic illness, chronic pain, infertility, pregnancy loss, birth trauma and medical trauma. We utilize a trauma informed third wave approach, using CBT, DBT and ACT tools to thrive.
You are a young woman navigating chronic illness trying to do it all-build your career, attend college, date, start a family-all while grieving life before a diagnosis or chronic pain.
Ariel is a licensed mental health counselor at New York Women's CBT, a group practice in New York City specialized in working with women navigating women's health issues such as chronic illness, chronic pain, infertility, pregnancy loss, birth trauma and medical trauma. We utilize a trauma informed third wave approach, using CBT, DBT and ACT tools to thrive.
Areas of expertise include the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety, OCD, OCD spectrum disorders, mood disorders, adult ADHD, health anxiety, and chronic pain.
I realize that it takes great courage to look for help. In working together with you, I will listen carefully to your problems and goals. It is my aim to make you feel comfortable, to understand your challenges, and to provide you with the most effective solutions available based on current research and expert practices. To do this I use evidence based treatments that have been tested to ensure they are effective while tailoring these to your own needs and goals. These include cognitive behavioral therapy, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, mindfulness meditation, and motivational training to help clarify and accomplish your goals.
Areas of expertise include the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety, OCD, OCD spectrum disorders, mood disorders, adult ADHD, health anxiety, and chronic pain.
I realize that it takes great courage to look for help. In working together with you, I will listen carefully to your problems and goals. It is my aim to make you feel comfortable, to understand your challenges, and to provide you with the most effective solutions available based on current research and expert practices. To do this I use evidence based treatments that have been tested to ensure they are effective while tailoring these to your own needs and goals. These include cognitive behavioral therapy, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, mindfulness meditation, and motivational training to help clarify and accomplish your goals.
You're facing a health challenge you never expected—cancer, chronic illness, pain, infertility, or a diagnosis that’s turned life upside down—and it’s affecting everything: your work, relationships, and sense of self.
I’m a licensed psychologist with specialized experience from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and other medical settings. I use integrative, evidence-based strategies tailored to your needs to help you manage symptoms, reduce stress, and feel more emotionally and physically grounded during uncertain times.
You're facing a health challenge you never expected—cancer, chronic illness, pain, infertility, or a diagnosis that’s turned life upside down—and it’s affecting everything: your work, relationships, and sense of self.
I’m a licensed psychologist with specialized experience from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and other medical settings. I use integrative, evidence-based strategies tailored to your needs to help you manage symptoms, reduce stress, and feel more emotionally and physically grounded during uncertain times.
I particularly have extensive experience working with depression, anxiety, chronic pain due to injury or illness, relationship issues, life transitions, and work-related stressors.
My approach to therapy is centered on the therapeutic relationship: I view therapy as a partnership between therapist and client, and I seek to establish a trusting and safe environment as a foundation. With your therapeutic goals in mind, we will work together to gain a better understanding of yourself, your experiences, your relationships, and your emotions. Through this work, I will help guide you to learn how to better approach and cope with life's many challenges, ultimately leading to a happier, more fulfilling life.
I particularly have extensive experience working with depression, anxiety, chronic pain due to injury or illness, relationship issues, life transitions, and work-related stressors.
My approach to therapy is centered on the therapeutic relationship: I view therapy as a partnership between therapist and client, and I seek to establish a trusting and safe environment as a foundation. With your therapeutic goals in mind, we will work together to gain a better understanding of yourself, your experiences, your relationships, and your emotions. Through this work, I will help guide you to learn how to better approach and cope with life's many challenges, ultimately leading to a happier, more fulfilling life.
My specific areas of expertise include relationship problems, identity issues, anxiety, depression, and a range of psychophysiologic conditions-- chronic pain, GI issues, and hypertension--that can often benefit from improved self-awareness, more flexible and effective ways of coping with stress, and increased security and stability in one's relationships.
I am a licensed clinical psychologist and have worked extensively with individual adults, adolescents, and couples in New York City for more than 20 years. I work collaboratively with each of my clients to strike the right balance between providing relief in the short-term from the types of symptoms and difficult circumstances that may have led to an interest in psychotherapy, while also attempting to facilitate an ongoing process that promotes greater self-awareness and an increased sense of self-confidence in defining and achieving a more productive and satisfying life.
My specific areas of expertise include relationship problems, identity issues, anxiety, depression, and a range of psychophysiologic conditions-- chronic pain, GI issues, and hypertension--that can often benefit from improved self-awareness, more flexible and effective ways of coping with stress, and increased security and stability in one's relationships.
I am a licensed clinical psychologist and have worked extensively with individual adults, adolescents, and couples in New York City for more than 20 years. I work collaboratively with each of my clients to strike the right balance between providing relief in the short-term from the types of symptoms and difficult circumstances that may have led to an interest in psychotherapy, while also attempting to facilitate an ongoing process that promotes greater self-awareness and an increased sense of self-confidence in defining and achieving a more productive and satisfying life.
My practice is rooted in the wisdom that we cannot grow, or face our challenges and pain alone.
Do you struggle to know what you want? Is it hard to commit? In a time of so much uncertainty, it can be difficult to make decisions. Maybe you feel blocked professionally or creatively. Or, like a lot of us, your struggles show up in your closest relationships. Maybe you’ve dealt with the weight of other people’s expectations and find it hard to listen to yourself or trust your own voice. Or maybe you worry you’ll be misunderstood. Sometimes you wish someone would just tell you what to do, but that leaves you feeling constrained and inauthentic.
My practice is rooted in the wisdom that we cannot grow, or face our challenges and pain alone.
Do you struggle to know what you want? Is it hard to commit? In a time of so much uncertainty, it can be difficult to make decisions. Maybe you feel blocked professionally or creatively. Or, like a lot of us, your struggles show up in your closest relationships. Maybe you’ve dealt with the weight of other people’s expectations and find it hard to listen to yourself or trust your own voice. Or maybe you worry you’ll be misunderstood. Sometimes you wish someone would just tell you what to do, but that leaves you feeling constrained and inauthentic.
I specialize in the treatment of what are often interconnected problems (mood and anxiety disorders, chronic pain, and trauma), as well as the treatment of behaviors that can develop in response, such as substance use (in an effort to self-medicate).
I feel fortunate to be entrusted to help other people in their recoveries. If you're curious to learn more, please don't hesitate to reach out. I look forward to our conversation.
I specialize in the treatment of what are often interconnected problems (mood and anxiety disorders, chronic pain, and trauma), as well as the treatment of behaviors that can develop in response, such as substance use (in an effort to self-medicate).
I feel fortunate to be entrusted to help other people in their recoveries. If you're curious to learn more, please don't hesitate to reach out. I look forward to our conversation.
Also patients with chronic pain and chronic physical health issues being addressed using a biopsychosocial approach.
Dedication, education and experience are the qualities that will contribute to an active exploration of your unconscious and conscious mind in a safe and secure analytical framework. This therapeutic process is thrilling as one hears, listens and gains conscious knowledge of the wisdom of the unconscious. Psychoanalytical psychotherapy requires commitment, time, and an over riding desire for wellness. It does not promise a false, temporary relief, a quick fix, and/or health gained by following a therapist's directives under the false premise that others have the answers. The unconscious owns the answers and wellness.
Also patients with chronic pain and chronic physical health issues being addressed using a biopsychosocial approach.
Dedication, education and experience are the qualities that will contribute to an active exploration of your unconscious and conscious mind in a safe and secure analytical framework. This therapeutic process is thrilling as one hears, listens and gains conscious knowledge of the wisdom of the unconscious. Psychoanalytical psychotherapy requires commitment, time, and an over riding desire for wellness. It does not promise a false, temporary relief, a quick fix, and/or health gained by following a therapist's directives under the false premise that others have the answers. The unconscious owns the answers and wellness.
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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.