Chronic Pain Therapists in Richmond, VA
You may identify with anxiety, trauma, depression, chronic pain, weight management, relationship , performance & athletic anxiety.
Stuck? Frustrated or overwhelmed? You want to do better at work or school. Maybe relationships are strained. You know you’d like something to change. Everyone else seems to have their life together. Come as you are to counseling. There is nothing you have to do, or be, in order to feel better. Together, we’ll discover what would be a rich and meaningful life for you, and how to get there. I work frequently with clients wanting to discover whole mind and body connection. During our initial consultation we'll discover if I'm the best fit for your needs, and if not, help you find the right one. Let's chat.
You may identify with anxiety, trauma, depression, chronic pain, weight management, relationship , performance & athletic anxiety.
Stuck? Frustrated or overwhelmed? You want to do better at work or school. Maybe relationships are strained. You know you’d like something to change. Everyone else seems to have their life together. Come as you are to counseling. There is nothing you have to do, or be, in order to feel better. Together, we’ll discover what would be a rich and meaningful life for you, and how to get there. I work frequently with clients wanting to discover whole mind and body connection. During our initial consultation we'll discover if I'm the best fit for your needs, and if not, help you find the right one. Let's chat.
Are you experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship problems or even chronic pain?
My style of psychotherapy is eclectic and client centered as I believe that each individual is unique with their own background, culture, and strengths. I also have a strong interest in holistic approaches and became a Reiki Master/Teacher as a result. Integrating energy healing and teaching in my practice has provided greater understanding and perspective.
Are you experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship problems or even chronic pain?
My style of psychotherapy is eclectic and client centered as I believe that each individual is unique with their own background, culture, and strengths. I also have a strong interest in holistic approaches and became a Reiki Master/Teacher as a result. Integrating energy healing and teaching in my practice has provided greater understanding and perspective.
I have extensive experience working with the 2SLGBTQ+ community, neurodivergence, chronic pain, HIV, and other chronic health issues.
I practice Psychodynamic therapy. The basic goal of Psychodynamic therapy is to help people reach their goals by uncovering the patterns and unconscious thoughts and feelings that lead to unhappiness. Some work with chronic health issues and ADHD requires blending in CBT.
I have extensive experience working with the 2SLGBTQ+ community, neurodivergence, chronic pain, HIV, and other chronic health issues.
I practice Psychodynamic therapy. The basic goal of Psychodynamic therapy is to help people reach their goals by uncovering the patterns and unconscious thoughts and feelings that lead to unhappiness. Some work with chronic health issues and ADHD requires blending in CBT.
Shawna Pfeiffer, Watershed Hypnotherapy
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Richmond, VA 23225
Waitlist for new clients
I help them to find freedom from physical pain and discomfort, sleep disturbance, chronic stress and anxiety, excessive worry, fears and phobias, as well as unwanted emotions, habits and behaviors.
I specialize in medical support hypnotherapy and in work with highly sensitive individuals and women in transition.
I help them to find freedom from physical pain and discomfort, sleep disturbance, chronic stress and anxiety, excessive worry, fears and phobias, as well as unwanted emotions, habits and behaviors.
I specialize in medical support hypnotherapy and in work with highly sensitive individuals and women in transition.
Living with chronic illness, pain, or infertility can feel isolating, exhausting, and deeply misunderstood.
I offer a supportive, trauma informed space to slow things down and make sense of what you have been carrying. Together, we gently explore patterns, process grief and overwhelm, strengthen self-trust, and support nervous system regulation, helping you feel safer, steadier, and more connected to yourself over time.
Living with chronic illness, pain, or infertility can feel isolating, exhausting, and deeply misunderstood.
I offer a supportive, trauma informed space to slow things down and make sense of what you have been carrying. Together, we gently explore patterns, process grief and overwhelm, strengthen self-trust, and support nervous system regulation, helping you feel safer, steadier, and more connected to yourself over time.
I work with individuals who may be struggling with chronic pain, complex PTSD, and moderate to severe nervous system dysregulation.
Life can already feel overwhelming, and when additional layers of anxiety, panic, severe stress, trauma, complex PTSD, or other mental health challenges are present, it can be even harder to feel grounded and fulfilled in daily life. I believe in meeting people where they are, focusing on what is happening here and now, and supporting each person’s unique journey toward healing. My work emphasizes the mind-body connection and uses experiential methods to help individuals access insights and become more familiar with their nervous system responses.
I work with individuals who may be struggling with chronic pain, complex PTSD, and moderate to severe nervous system dysregulation.
Life can already feel overwhelming, and when additional layers of anxiety, panic, severe stress, trauma, complex PTSD, or other mental health challenges are present, it can be even harder to feel grounded and fulfilled in daily life. I believe in meeting people where they are, focusing on what is happening here and now, and supporting each person’s unique journey toward healing. My work emphasizes the mind-body connection and uses experiential methods to help individuals access insights and become more familiar with their nervous system responses.
I help people with chronic pain, chronic illness and complex medical disorders navigate the stress that symptoms place on the mind and body.
My work focuses on nervous system–based approaches like pain reprocessing therapy and emotionally focused work to help your brain and body move out of patterns of chronic survival and protection mode. As the nervous system becomes less reactive, symptoms like pain, digestive distress, and fatigue often become less intense and less disruptive over time.
I help people with chronic pain, chronic illness and complex medical disorders navigate the stress that symptoms place on the mind and body.
My work focuses on nervous system–based approaches like pain reprocessing therapy and emotionally focused work to help your brain and body move out of patterns of chronic survival and protection mode. As the nervous system becomes less reactive, symptoms like pain, digestive distress, and fatigue often become less intense and less disruptive over time.
I also have experience in: helping clients cope with various medical conditions and learn alternate pain management techniques; executive functioning support for adults and providing parent support and interventions for parents of children with ADHD; and working with moms to support maternal mental health throughout motherhood.
I have a strong commitment to providing evidenced based care. I use a person centered framework to build rapport and establish a trusting, collaborative relationship with clients. The steadfast therapeutic alliance with my clients allows for specific therapeutic techniques to be maximized.
I also have experience in: helping clients cope with various medical conditions and learn alternate pain management techniques; executive functioning support for adults and providing parent support and interventions for parents of children with ADHD; and working with moms to support maternal mental health throughout motherhood.
I have a strong commitment to providing evidenced based care. I use a person centered framework to build rapport and establish a trusting, collaborative relationship with clients. The steadfast therapeutic alliance with my clients allows for specific therapeutic techniques to be maximized.
I am a seasoned psychologist with extensive specialization and expertise in chronic pain, anxiety and EMDR.
I integrate dynamic psychotherapy, CBT, EMDR, and neuroscience-informed approaches in an active, collaborative style. I also work with organizations and have been featured on local news. I genuinely love this work and would be honored to be part of your journey toward healing. I offer free phone consultations to help you decide if this feels like a good fit.
I am a seasoned psychologist with extensive specialization and expertise in chronic pain, anxiety and EMDR.
I integrate dynamic psychotherapy, CBT, EMDR, and neuroscience-informed approaches in an active, collaborative style. I also work with organizations and have been featured on local news. I genuinely love this work and would be honored to be part of your journey toward healing. I offer free phone consultations to help you decide if this feels like a good fit.
I partner with individuals who are dealing with issues related to anxiety or mood, sleep difficulties, chronic pain/persistent pain, trauma, or stress - or some combination of these.
I'm a specialist in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Pain Reprocessing Therapy, Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy, and Mindfulness, addressing anxiety/stress, depression, chronic pain, trauma, and sleep difficulties including insomnia. My practice is exclusively telehealth (easy and convenient!) with evening and weekend appointments.
I partner with individuals who are dealing with issues related to anxiety or mood, sleep difficulties, chronic pain/persistent pain, trauma, or stress - or some combination of these.
I'm a specialist in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Pain Reprocessing Therapy, Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy, and Mindfulness, addressing anxiety/stress, depression, chronic pain, trauma, and sleep difficulties including insomnia. My practice is exclusively telehealth (easy and convenient!) with evening and weekend appointments.
My intuition guides my interventions and I am able to see trauma, chronic pain, and mental health challenges at the source instead of where symptoms lie.
I am an OT with over 11 years of experience. I own Illuminate OT and provide integrative NeuroSomatic trauma therapy and intervention for mental health and chronic pain conditions. I also co-own Illuminate Integrative Health and provide Psychedelic Therapy/Integration for patients participating in IV Ketamine treatment having facilitated over 1000 sessions
My intuition guides my interventions and I am able to see trauma, chronic pain, and mental health challenges at the source instead of where symptoms lie.
I am an OT with over 11 years of experience. I own Illuminate OT and provide integrative NeuroSomatic trauma therapy and intervention for mental health and chronic pain conditions. I also co-own Illuminate Integrative Health and provide Psychedelic Therapy/Integration for patients participating in IV Ketamine treatment having facilitated over 1000 sessions
My specialty as a health psychologist focuses on chronic pain management, helping people manage the severity of their pain along with the frustration, sadness, exhaustion, and grief that come along with chronic pain.
Through my work with Override Health (www.override.health), I use my expertise in pain neuroscience to work with my clients to make functional and behavioral changes in line with the scientific research on how to reverse pain neural pathways and train the nervous system to break the cycle of pain.
My specialty as a health psychologist focuses on chronic pain management, helping people manage the severity of their pain along with the frustration, sadness, exhaustion, and grief that come along with chronic pain.
Through my work with Override Health (www.override.health), I use my expertise in pain neuroscience to work with my clients to make functional and behavioral changes in line with the scientific research on how to reverse pain neural pathways and train the nervous system to break the cycle of pain.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in Virginia, with 4 years of experience in Private Practice, and additional experience with folks with mental illness in community mental health.
Hi! I'm a licensed therapist specializing in individual and couples therapy. With a deep understanding of the complexities of interpersonal dynamics, I am committed to creating a warm, judgment-free space where you can explore personal issues, build self-awareness, learn coping strategies, and discover a deeper understanding of your emotions and behaviors. Often, my clients are undergoing stress related to their identity, experiencing existential crises, or seeking personal growth and self-discovery. It's profoundly rewarding to witness my clients embark on a journey of self-exploration and emerge stronger and more resilient.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in Virginia, with 4 years of experience in Private Practice, and additional experience with folks with mental illness in community mental health.
Hi! I'm a licensed therapist specializing in individual and couples therapy. With a deep understanding of the complexities of interpersonal dynamics, I am committed to creating a warm, judgment-free space where you can explore personal issues, build self-awareness, learn coping strategies, and discover a deeper understanding of your emotions and behaviors. Often, my clients are undergoing stress related to their identity, experiencing existential crises, or seeking personal growth and self-discovery. It's profoundly rewarding to witness my clients embark on a journey of self-exploration and emerge stronger and more resilient.
Anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and other mental health struggles can at times prevent us from living the life we deserve. I believe that by working in collaboration with clients, we can create a personalized plan of care tailored to your specific needs. I aim to teach clients how to become more self-aware and explore their thoughts, feelings, goals, and dreams to discover what is truly important to them. Enabling growth, healing, and a higher quality of life.
Anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and other mental health struggles can at times prevent us from living the life we deserve. I believe that by working in collaboration with clients, we can create a personalized plan of care tailored to your specific needs. I aim to teach clients how to become more self-aware and explore their thoughts, feelings, goals, and dreams to discover what is truly important to them. Enabling growth, healing, and a higher quality of life.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, navigating a major life transition, or seeking deeper self-understanding? Are you looking to learn better coping skills and management techniques for mental health symptoms or daily life stresses? I offer a safe, supportive space where healing feels natural and empowering. With more than 25 years of experience, I specialize in helping individuals reconnect with their inner wisdom and create lives that feel intentional and nourishing.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, navigating a major life transition, or seeking deeper self-understanding? Are you looking to learn better coping skills and management techniques for mental health symptoms or daily life stresses? I offer a safe, supportive space where healing feels natural and empowering. With more than 25 years of experience, I specialize in helping individuals reconnect with their inner wisdom and create lives that feel intentional and nourishing.
Jimmy Christmas
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CSAC, MYT, ADS, 200 RYT
1 Endorsed
Richmond, VA 23294
"Are you feeling stressed out about your relationships, employment, finances, addiction, your future? Is your stress causing anxiety, tension and depression? Trouble sleeping due to stress, anxiety and past/current trauma? I am interested in helping people live their best life. I am concerned with how stress affects us and I am trained and skilled to assist people in learning skills and strategies to reduce their stress and find more happiness in their lives. I have experience treating individuals with mood and thought disorders, substance abuse, trauma, stress and anxiety and a host of life issues.
"Are you feeling stressed out about your relationships, employment, finances, addiction, your future? Is your stress causing anxiety, tension and depression? Trouble sleeping due to stress, anxiety and past/current trauma? I am interested in helping people live their best life. I am concerned with how stress affects us and I am trained and skilled to assist people in learning skills and strategies to reduce their stress and find more happiness in their lives. I have experience treating individuals with mood and thought disorders, substance abuse, trauma, stress and anxiety and a host of life issues.
I see adults 18+ and my areas of expertise include complex trauma, grief, neurodivergence, chronic pain/ illness, substance abuse and mood disorders.
Hello! I'm glad you're here! Whether you are struggling with a mental health issue, past trauma or grief, or managing major (and not-so-major) life transitions, I aim to assist in improving your ability to manage life's challenges. I use a holistic and eclectic approach with my clients and will work with you to develop a trusting relationship, with the focus to better understand and resolve the conflicts that hinder you from living a fulfilling life, and to learn healthy strategies to cope with stressors. Thanks for checking out my profile and best of luck navigating your path towards self-improvement!
I see adults 18+ and my areas of expertise include complex trauma, grief, neurodivergence, chronic pain/ illness, substance abuse and mood disorders.
Hello! I'm glad you're here! Whether you are struggling with a mental health issue, past trauma or grief, or managing major (and not-so-major) life transitions, I aim to assist in improving your ability to manage life's challenges. I use a holistic and eclectic approach with my clients and will work with you to develop a trusting relationship, with the focus to better understand and resolve the conflicts that hinder you from living a fulfilling life, and to learn healthy strategies to cope with stressors. Thanks for checking out my profile and best of luck navigating your path towards self-improvement!
Infinite Counseling & Wellness, LLC
Supervisee in Clinical Social Work, MSW, LMHP-S, QMHP-A
Richmond, VA 23236
I am known for my compassionate presence, having the ability to make clients feel deeply understood, as well as my commitment to helping individuals grow beyond their pain.
Greetings! I am Licensed Mental Health Professional, Veteran, Author, and Advocate for Healing with over 21 years of Honorable service as a U.S. Army Officer including Deployments to Kosovo and Afghanistan. I bring unmatched strength, compassion, and real-world experience to my work as a mental health professional. My military journey shaped me with emotional resilience, leadership, and the desire to serve others on their path toward healing. I hold both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Social Work. I am excited to use my experience, training and Christian faith to serve you with your mental health needs!
I am known for my compassionate presence, having the ability to make clients feel deeply understood, as well as my commitment to helping individuals grow beyond their pain.
Greetings! I am Licensed Mental Health Professional, Veteran, Author, and Advocate for Healing with over 21 years of Honorable service as a U.S. Army Officer including Deployments to Kosovo and Afghanistan. I bring unmatched strength, compassion, and real-world experience to my work as a mental health professional. My military journey shaped me with emotional resilience, leadership, and the desire to serve others on their path toward healing. I hold both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Social Work. I am excited to use my experience, training and Christian faith to serve you with your mental health needs!
Thank you for considering me as you seek help. Please call or email to discuss your concerns and questions. I value helping people live healthier, happier, more successful and more contented lives. I have helped many people with relationships, women's and men's issues, parenting, education, careers, life stage adjustments, medical or physical difficulties and other challenges, during 25+ years of experience providing individual, couple, family and group services. My outlook is fresh and holistic; I am trained in a variety of methods, tailoring my approach to each persons specific needs.
Thank you for considering me as you seek help. Please call or email to discuss your concerns and questions. I value helping people live healthier, happier, more successful and more contented lives. I have helped many people with relationships, women's and men's issues, parenting, education, careers, life stage adjustments, medical or physical difficulties and other challenges, during 25+ years of experience providing individual, couple, family and group services. My outlook is fresh and holistic; I am trained in a variety of methods, tailoring my approach to each persons specific needs.
Rahikya Wilson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, LICSW
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 30 years experience in the Mental health field. I wholeheartedly believe in people's capacity for change. I bring this belief and enthusiasm to my practice. As a foundation, I work with my clients looking at their early relationships, and how it impacts current relationships. In reviewing relationship patterns we come to understand information below the surface of consciousness. We work together toward awareness, insight and behavioral change."
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 30 years experience in the Mental health field. I wholeheartedly believe in people's capacity for change. I bring this belief and enthusiasm to my practice. As a foundation, I work with my clients looking at their early relationships, and how it impacts current relationships. In reviewing relationship patterns we come to understand information below the surface of consciousness. We work together toward awareness, insight and behavioral change."
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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.