Chronic Pain Therapists in Draper, UT
Many of the people I work with are navigating mood disorders, grief, chronic stress, relationship challenges, or life transitions. At their core, my clients want relief, clarity, and a greater sense of balance.
My clients value a compassionate, collaborative approach. They come to therapy because they’re ready for change, even if they’re unsure where to begin, and they value a therapeutic environment where they feel safe, respected, and understood.
Many of the people I work with are navigating mood disorders, grief, chronic stress, relationship challenges, or life transitions. At their core, my clients want relief, clarity, and a greater sense of balance.
My clients value a compassionate, collaborative approach. They come to therapy because they’re ready for change, even if they’re unsure where to begin, and they value a therapeutic environment where they feel safe, respected, and understood.
NOW Accepting new clients. Welcome! I am a licensed professional counselor with over 15 years of experience in the field of mental health. My passion lies in helping individuals understand how their childhood developmental experiences have shaped their perceptions of themselves, the world, and their relationships with others. I work collaboratively with clients to help them gain insight into their patterns and to develop healthier ways of relating to themselves and others.
NOW Accepting new clients. Welcome! I am a licensed professional counselor with over 15 years of experience in the field of mental health. My passion lies in helping individuals understand how their childhood developmental experiences have shaped their perceptions of themselves, the world, and their relationships with others. I work collaboratively with clients to help them gain insight into their patterns and to develop healthier ways of relating to themselves and others.
As a therapist I work with an individuals unique life experiences to help heal and grow. My experiences as a mental health professional are diverse. Working with individuals that have survived complex trauma to the day to day life stressors that are hard to adjust to. Many have thoughts or feelings that there is "no way out" or "I can't do this anymore". I help to honor, give understanding, and release our heavy and uncomfortable cognitions, emotions and behavioral patterns through compassion, support, and directness. I've been blessed to be trained and work with some highly respected and amazing people in a range of techniques.
As a therapist I work with an individuals unique life experiences to help heal and grow. My experiences as a mental health professional are diverse. Working with individuals that have survived complex trauma to the day to day life stressors that are hard to adjust to. Many have thoughts or feelings that there is "no way out" or "I can't do this anymore". I help to honor, give understanding, and release our heavy and uncomfortable cognitions, emotions and behavioral patterns through compassion, support, and directness. I've been blessed to be trained and work with some highly respected and amazing people in a range of techniques.
I believe in the power of the therapeutic relationship to heal pain, foster connection, and support personal growth.
Life can be overwhelming, especially when faced with difficult decisions, relationship challenges, or unexpected losses. At times, the weight of the past feels inescapable, leaving us stuck, uncertain, and disconnected. But deep down, we all long for the same things: to feel free, fulfilled, and at peace with ourselves and our relationships. Together, we can work toward healing, helping you let go of what holds you back and move forward with clarity. Through a compassionate and collaborative approach, I’ll help you gain the tools and insights needed to create meaningful change, embrace the present, and build a brighter future.
I believe in the power of the therapeutic relationship to heal pain, foster connection, and support personal growth.
Life can be overwhelming, especially when faced with difficult decisions, relationship challenges, or unexpected losses. At times, the weight of the past feels inescapable, leaving us stuck, uncertain, and disconnected. But deep down, we all long for the same things: to feel free, fulfilled, and at peace with ourselves and our relationships. Together, we can work toward healing, helping you let go of what holds you back and move forward with clarity. Through a compassionate and collaborative approach, I’ll help you gain the tools and insights needed to create meaningful change, embrace the present, and build a brighter future.
Aspire Counseling Network provides outpatient mental health services for adults, adolescents, and children. With diverse backgrounds and a wide range of specialties, our clinicians are committed to guiding you on a personalized path to healing utilizing evidence-based therapeutic techniques.
Aspire Counseling Network provides outpatient mental health services for adults, adolescents, and children. With diverse backgrounds and a wide range of specialties, our clinicians are committed to guiding you on a personalized path to healing utilizing evidence-based therapeutic techniques.
In the pain and suffering, there is opportunity for growth and change.
The primary focus of my therapy is mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy. Through mindfulness, clients practice noticing painful emotions without avoiding or judging them. This process is helpful in the treatment of anxiety, depression, eating disorders, relationship problems, and making life changes. "You are stronger than your strongest fears!"
In the pain and suffering, there is opportunity for growth and change.
The primary focus of my therapy is mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy. Through mindfulness, clients practice noticing painful emotions without avoiding or judging them. This process is helpful in the treatment of anxiety, depression, eating disorders, relationship problems, and making life changes. "You are stronger than your strongest fears!"
Clients who come in ready to work on themselves are leaps and bounds ahead of clients who might be dragging their feet in coming to therapy. If you are ready to change and personally motivated, your progress will be quick and you will get a lot out of the therapeutic process. Brief, solution focused therapy is often the most helpful depending on the client, but my intention is always to start where each individual client is at and work to assist them in their goals and desires for change based on their own strengths.
Clients who come in ready to work on themselves are leaps and bounds ahead of clients who might be dragging their feet in coming to therapy. If you are ready to change and personally motivated, your progress will be quick and you will get a lot out of the therapeutic process. Brief, solution focused therapy is often the most helpful depending on the client, but my intention is always to start where each individual client is at and work to assist them in their goals and desires for change based on their own strengths.
Doing self work to better ourselves can be a challenging and taxing journey— yet it can be a beautiful journey full of discovery and growth. I am here to help you learn tools and strategies to help you create a better life for yourself. It is ultimately up to you, your determination and willingness to create that better life. I am here to guide you in discovering and becoming your best self as well as help you grow into your fullest potential.
Doing self work to better ourselves can be a challenging and taxing journey— yet it can be a beautiful journey full of discovery and growth. I am here to help you learn tools and strategies to help you create a better life for yourself. It is ultimately up to you, your determination and willingness to create that better life. I am here to guide you in discovering and becoming your best self as well as help you grow into your fullest potential.
I am a Certified Social Worker (CSW). I graduated with a Masters in Clinical Social Work from Columbia University in New York City. I also graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology. I take an eclectic approach to therapy, utilizing various therapeutic modalities including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).
I am a Certified Social Worker (CSW). I graduated with a Masters in Clinical Social Work from Columbia University in New York City. I also graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology. I take an eclectic approach to therapy, utilizing various therapeutic modalities including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).
I am a Psychotherapist who understands that individuals come to a point in their lives when change is needed. I am here to offer support, resources and skills to accommodate a healthy lifestyle while working on "the self" to incorporate needed changes that lead to a productive life. I specialize in mental health, addiction and trauma related issues. I have a variety of modalities to reach each person where he/she is now, allowing an individualized approach to recovery and/or wellness.
I am a Psychotherapist who understands that individuals come to a point in their lives when change is needed. I am here to offer support, resources and skills to accommodate a healthy lifestyle while working on "the self" to incorporate needed changes that lead to a productive life. I specialize in mental health, addiction and trauma related issues. I have a variety of modalities to reach each person where he/she is now, allowing an individualized approach to recovery and/or wellness.
If you are struggling to feel growth and connection in your personal life there are several different areas of focus that can be immensely helpful. While different mental health struggles manifest uniquely, I strive to implement the most relevant forms of care and approach for you personally and positionally. We all come from differing backgrounds and circumstances, yet I believe connection and vulnerability to be universal in terms of alleviating harmful symptoms of depression, anxiety, addiction, and many other struggles.
If you are struggling to feel growth and connection in your personal life there are several different areas of focus that can be immensely helpful. While different mental health struggles manifest uniquely, I strive to implement the most relevant forms of care and approach for you personally and positionally. We all come from differing backgrounds and circumstances, yet I believe connection and vulnerability to be universal in terms of alleviating harmful symptoms of depression, anxiety, addiction, and many other struggles.
Specializing in a variety of issues, we work with trauma, couples therapy (utilizing Emotionally Focused Therapy and the Gottman method), relationship sexual issues, chronic illness, pornography or substance addictions, anxiety and depression (utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy).
We offer a wide range of clinical specializations to help you find happiness and success in life. If you have RELATIONSHIP ISSUES, whether they are intense marital problems, parent-child frustrations, or issues involving the whole family - WE ARE THE CLINIC FOR YOU. This is what we specialize in. Our goal is to help you learn the skills necessary to have intimate and fulfilling relationships. Change is possible if you have a desire to learn and apply the skills and knowledge you will acquire through participating in therapy.
Specializing in a variety of issues, we work with trauma, couples therapy (utilizing Emotionally Focused Therapy and the Gottman method), relationship sexual issues, chronic illness, pornography or substance addictions, anxiety and depression (utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy).
We offer a wide range of clinical specializations to help you find happiness and success in life. If you have RELATIONSHIP ISSUES, whether they are intense marital problems, parent-child frustrations, or issues involving the whole family - WE ARE THE CLINIC FOR YOU. This is what we specialize in. Our goal is to help you learn the skills necessary to have intimate and fulfilling relationships. Change is possible if you have a desire to learn and apply the skills and knowledge you will acquire through participating in therapy.
Eva Tukuafu provides compassionate and evidence-based support to adults and seniors across Utah who are navigating complex mental health challenges. She helps clients manage anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma, and other emotional or behavioral concerns, empowering them to develop coping strategies and build resilience for lasting well-being. Her work is tailored to each person’s unique needs, ensuring a safe and supportive space for growth and healing. Eva is especially passionate about supporting individuals with chronic, rare or degenerative illnesses and their family members and caregivers.Eva Tukuafu provides compassi
Eva Tukuafu provides compassionate and evidence-based support to adults and seniors across Utah who are navigating complex mental health challenges. She helps clients manage anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma, and other emotional or behavioral concerns, empowering them to develop coping strategies and build resilience for lasting well-being. Her work is tailored to each person’s unique needs, ensuring a safe and supportive space for growth and healing. Eva is especially passionate about supporting individuals with chronic, rare or degenerative illnesses and their family members and caregivers.Eva Tukuafu provides compassi
Maybe you are someone who struggles with perfectionism, being self-critical, or experiences chronic pain.
With a combination of training in DBT, mindfulness, generational/inherited trauma, and Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), I am here to provide hope that life can be different for you. Using a skills-based approach and techniques based in science and physiology, we can create significant lifestyle changes and discover the "why" behind what keeps you stuck.
Maybe you are someone who struggles with perfectionism, being self-critical, or experiences chronic pain.
With a combination of training in DBT, mindfulness, generational/inherited trauma, and Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), I am here to provide hope that life can be different for you. Using a skills-based approach and techniques based in science and physiology, we can create significant lifestyle changes and discover the "why" behind what keeps you stuck.
Call to find out how I can help you reduce emotional hurt and pain in your life.
I have worked in several settings that give me knowledge and expertise that can benefit you. My training in individual therapy comes from Experts like David Burns and marital therapy like John Gottman's model. I would love to help provide that information and those skills to improve your life.
Call to find out how I can help you reduce emotional hurt and pain in your life.
I have worked in several settings that give me knowledge and expertise that can benefit you. My training in individual therapy comes from Experts like David Burns and marital therapy like John Gottman's model. I would love to help provide that information and those skills to improve your life.
Rebecca Pedersen helps individuals, couples, and families across Utah heal from emotional pain, develop healthier relationships, and move toward lives rooted in purpose and connection.
Her holistic approach integrates evidence-based interventions such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and EMDR with mindfulness and somatic healing to support long-term recovery and a stronger mind-body connection.
Rebecca Pedersen helps individuals, couples, and families across Utah heal from emotional pain, develop healthier relationships, and move toward lives rooted in purpose and connection.
Her holistic approach integrates evidence-based interventions such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and EMDR with mindfulness and somatic healing to support long-term recovery and a stronger mind-body connection.
At Inner Peace Counseling of Utah our team of caring, competent professionals help you meet your goals, provide quality treatment of mental health disorders and support through hard times. Serving children as young as 4 years old through adulthood. Individual therapy, couples therapy and family therapy offered. For those needing reduced rates, our Therapist Interns, who are highly skilled, are able to offer reduced rates. Call us to learn more.
At Inner Peace Counseling of Utah our team of caring, competent professionals help you meet your goals, provide quality treatment of mental health disorders and support through hard times. Serving children as young as 4 years old through adulthood. Individual therapy, couples therapy and family therapy offered. For those needing reduced rates, our Therapist Interns, who are highly skilled, are able to offer reduced rates. Call us to learn more.
I understand the importance of addressing your unique journey in life. If you're dealing with issues like depression, anxiety, addiction, or need support with couples' challenges and trauma, I'm here to help. My main aim is to guide you toward a fulfilling and joyful life by overcoming these obstacles. Your needs will be listened to and together, we'll find solutions. There are numerous paths to inner peace, and I'm dedicated to exploring them all until we see what resonates best with you. I work with all individuals and love support LGBTQIA+. I take pride in providing respectful and compassionate support to all individuals.
I understand the importance of addressing your unique journey in life. If you're dealing with issues like depression, anxiety, addiction, or need support with couples' challenges and trauma, I'm here to help. My main aim is to guide you toward a fulfilling and joyful life by overcoming these obstacles. Your needs will be listened to and together, we'll find solutions. There are numerous paths to inner peace, and I'm dedicated to exploring them all until we see what resonates best with you. I work with all individuals and love support LGBTQIA+. I take pride in providing respectful and compassionate support to all individuals.
Are you or your child feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, trauma, or major life changes? Do you wish you had someone to truly listen and walk alongside you? You don’t have to face these challenges alone. I work with young children and teens, with a special passion for supporting youth who have experienced trauma, including those in or aging out of foster care. I also help teenage girls navigating eating disorders, self-esteem challenges, and the pressures of adolescence. Together, we’ll create a safe, supportive space where you feel heard, understood, and empowered to heal and move forward with strength and hope.
Are you or your child feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, trauma, or major life changes? Do you wish you had someone to truly listen and walk alongside you? You don’t have to face these challenges alone. I work with young children and teens, with a special passion for supporting youth who have experienced trauma, including those in or aging out of foster care. I also help teenage girls navigating eating disorders, self-esteem challenges, and the pressures of adolescence. Together, we’ll create a safe, supportive space where you feel heard, understood, and empowered to heal and move forward with strength and hope.
I aim to create a warm, nonjudgmental space where we can explore what matters most to you—whether that’s navigating ADHD, working through anxiety or depression, improving self-esteem, or processing trauma. I also work with clients exploring faith expansion or deconstruction, as well as those navigating attachment wounds, relational struggles, barriers to sexual pleasure, and out-of-control sexual behavior (OCSB). I'm affirming of LGBTQ+ clients and welcome all parts of your identity into the counseling space.
I aim to create a warm, nonjudgmental space where we can explore what matters most to you—whether that’s navigating ADHD, working through anxiety or depression, improving self-esteem, or processing trauma. I also work with clients exploring faith expansion or deconstruction, as well as those navigating attachment wounds, relational struggles, barriers to sexual pleasure, and out-of-control sexual behavior (OCSB). I'm affirming of LGBTQ+ clients and welcome all parts of your identity into the counseling space.
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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.