Online Chronic Pain therapists in Santa Maria, California CA
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Chronic Pain
Heidi Hartston
Psychologist, PhD
Life can change dramatically and suddenly from an injury or chronic illness. Your pain might be invisible to others who don't understand what you're going through or why your participation in activities has changed. Some days it takes heroic courage and determination just to do ordinary things. Working with an experienced therapist can be a game changer in finding ways to reclaim as much or your life as possible. Some suffering and loss is unavoidable. But there are strategies that minimize pain and reduce the secondary consequences that shrink your life. I combine insightful, caring depth work with evidence based techniques that are most effective in freeing you from unnecessary suffering and helping you get back to the happy, interactive activities that are meaningful to you.
35 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA (Online Only)
Chronic Pain
Marina Edelman | TrueMe Counseling
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
We help clients cope with the emotional toll of chronic pain and medical conditions. Treatment focuses on grief processing, nervous system regulation, and improving quality of life.
20 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA
Chronic Pain
Stephanie Morfitt, LCSW More Fit Mental Health
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
When Pain or Illness Shapes Your Days
Living with ongoing pain or illness can quietly take over your life. You may look “fine” to others while inside you’re exhausted from trying to manage symptoms, appointments, and emotions that come with them. It’s common to feel frustrated with your body, anxious about flare-ups, or isolated when people don’t truly understand what you’re going through. You might notice that the harder you fight your pain, the more your stress and tension grow. You may grieve the life you used to have, or feel guilty for not being able to “push through” like you once did.
In our work together, we’ll use a structured, evidence-based approach called TEAM-CBT to help you reduce emotional suffering, even when physical symptoms remain. You’ll learn practical tools to:
Ease the anxiety, frustration, and guilt that often accompany chronic conditions
Calm the mind–body loop that keeps pain and stress feeding each other
Reconnect with your body as an ally rather than an enemy
Build confidence in managing daily life with greater balance and compassion
Our sessions combine cognitive and emotional tools with mindfulness-based practices. You’ll track your progress each week and practice brief daily exercises that retrain the brain’s stress response — supporting both emotional and physical resilience.
I BELIEVE:
Pain and illness don’t define you — they reveal your strength and capacity to adapt.
Emotional healing supports physical healing; they work together, not apart.
You deserve care that honors your whole experience, not just your symptoms.
Acceptance doesn’t mean giving up; it means finding peace even in uncertainty.
Humor, gentleness, and self-compassion are powerful forms of medicine.
Also Integrated In Our Work:
• Interpersonal Work – to strengthen connection and empower you to be yourself using The 5 Secrets of Effective Communication
• Mindful Self-Compassion – to cultivate a gentler, kinder inner voice through the work of Dr. Kristin Neff
• Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM) – to regulate the nervous system and support trauma recovery alongside cognitive tools for a well-rounded approach
10 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA
Chronic Pain
Ever After Individual and Family Therapy
Marriage and Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Living with chronic pain or illness affects every aspect of life, including mental health and relationships. We offer compassionate support and coping strategies to help clients navigate the emotional toll of their condition while reclaiming a sense of control and purpose.
17 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA (Online Only)
Chronic Pain
David Sudyka
Marriage and Family Therapist, Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, MA
Living with chronic pain or illness can be exhausting, both physically and emotionally. It often impacts your mood, energy, and ability to keep up with everyday life. In therapy we will create space to process what you are going through while also building tools to manage stress, adjust to limitations, and find a sense of balance. The goal is to help you feel more supported and better able to cope with the ongoing challenges you face.
4 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA (Online Only)
Chronic Pain
Patricia Anna Martucci
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, SEP, EMDR Certified Therapist, RYT-200
I am trained in mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) and help clients strengthen their mind-body connection as they work on being observant to their bodies and what is happening inside. I work with different guided imagery techniques to support engaging the healing energy that exists in each of us to help my clients cope with and get relief with illness and pain. I am also a registered yoga teacher specializing in trauma informed yoga, and a Reiki practitioner and can integrate these
practices into a clients life to support healing.
16 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA
Chronic Pain
MindOverHealing Therapies
Hypnotherapist, CHt
Chronic illness and pain can significantly impact an individual's quality of life, affecting their physical, emotional, and mental well-being. Traditional treatments often focus on managing symptoms, but hypnotherapy offers a complementary approach that addresses the underlying psychological and emotional factors contributing to chronic conditions. At MindOverHealing, hypnotherapy is used to help clients manage their chronic illness and pain, promoting holistic healing and improved quality of life.
3 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA (Online Only)
Chronic Pain
Monica M. Huston
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Living with chronic pain or illness can affect not only the body, but also identity, relationships, and emotional well-being. I work with individuals to process the frustration, loss, and uncertainty that often come with ongoing conditions, while also exploring how these experiences shape daily life and connection to others. Therapy focuses on building resilience, increasing emotional awareness, and finding ways to live more fully alongside these challenges.
9 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA
Chronic Pain
Roanne de Guia-Samuels
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, CChT
Chronic pain & illness can be so be so isolating. You do all the things. Show up for others but can’t quite figure out why your body can’t show up for you. Instead, it feels like a cage you want to break free from but just don’t know how. In our work together, we blend psychotherapy & somatic touch therapy so that your body can begin to find ease and calm again.
18 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA
Chronic Pain
Sloane Fabricius
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, LPCC, Clinical Supervisor
My hope and intent is for you to feel heard, seen, supported and hopeful about you and your circumstances. Van Gogh said it best, "I feel there is nothing more truly artistic than loving people." Our creative collaboration will equip you in getting your needs met in healthy ways.
29 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA
Chronic Pain
Talia Chanoff
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
I offer therapy for individuals living with chronic illness and chronic pain in a way that honors the wisdom of your body and the realities of ongoing symptoms. I understand that there is a deeply complex relationship between ongoing pain and our emotional worlds. Our work creates space to explore the emotional, relational, and nervous system impacts of living in a body that may feel unpredictable or demanding, and connecting with your body's needs, without pressure to push through or "fix." Some of our work might focus on building self-compassion, exploring grief and sadness related to chronic illness, and cultivating sustainable ways of caring for yourself rooted in dignity, agency, and meaning, even in the presence of pain and discomfort.
8 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA (Online Only)
Chronic Pain
Rose Snyder, EdM, PsyD, LLC
Psychologist, PsyD
As a lifelong mindfulness practitioner and trained mindfulness teacher, I have background in managing chronic pain and illness. I have been trained in MBSR (mindfulness-based stress reduction via the Pain Clinic at U Mass) and also experience chronic illness myself (through long-COVID). I bring anything useful I've learned along the way to my clients, including mindfulness approaches, polyvagal techniques for deep rest and healing, and practical approaches to pacing one's life with a chronic condition.
23 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA
Chronic Pain
Jennifer Warkentin
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Having chronic pain or an illness can impact nearly every facet of life. We will review your healthcare team's plan of care and create additional strategies for managing the unique challenges that come with the ongoing physical and mental strain. This includes a review of your diet, mobility, stressors, and support systems.
18 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA (Online Only)
Chronic Pain
Jennifer Bearden
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Living with chronic pain or illness often brings immense emotional weight, fatigue, and distress. Our work will focus on changing your relationship to the pain itself so that your overall suffering lessens. We'll utilize proven, collaborative methods to help you unhook from the internal struggle with your symptoms, accepting your current reality not as surrender, but as a foundation for moving forward. Simultaneously, we'll explore what you truly value in life and commit to pursuing those things, even when pain is present. I'll support you in healing the emotional and psychological 'parts' of you that feel burdened or overwhelmed, helping you find self-compassion and moments of restoration by connecting with the natural world.
26 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA
Chronic Pain
Mia Turner
Therapist, MA, RYT, ASDCS, LMFT, NPT-C, CMNCS, CMIP
Living with chronic illness, chronic pain, disability, EDS, dysautonomia, Long COVID, autoimmune conditions, and other complex health challenges often requires carrying far more than symptoms alone. It can involve grief, uncertainty, medical trauma, identity shifts, fluctuating capacity, inaccessible systems, financial strain, changing relationships, and the ongoing labor of adapting to a body whose needs may change from one day to the next.
My work recognizes that living with chronic illness is not simply a medical experience. It is also a nervous system experience, an emotional experience, a relational experience, and often a deeply existential one. Together, we create space for the realities of grief, relief, adaptation, advocacy, relationship, resilience, choice, and survival while exploring ways to reconnect with your body that are rooted in compassion rather than conflict and pushing through.
Drawing from both clinical expertise and lived experience navigating complex chronic health conditions, I understand how easy it can be to internalize narratives that equate worth with productivity, independence, consistency, or achievement. Our work centers honoring your body's wisdom, challenging internalized narratives, cultivating self-trust, and building a life that supports your wellbeing rather than requiring you to constantly override your needs.
10 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA (Online Only)
Chronic Pain
Lori Karny
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW Psychotherapist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Do you suffer chronic pain, conditions associated with age, migraines, seizure disorder - or any other chronic illness? Developing new strategies to cope with your situation can help you feel more empowered.
37 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA (Online Only)
Chronic Pain
Kayzim Suárez-Reyes
Psychologist, PhD
I have specialized expertise in the psychological components of chronic pain, recognizing that persistent pain involves complex interactions between the body and mind. I work with clients to move beyond the biomedical model by employing evidence-based strategies, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Chronic Pain and acceptance-based approaches. My focus is on reducing pain-related distress, managing the associated symptoms like insomnia and depression, and decreasing the fear-avoidance cycle. By understanding the brain's role in pain perception, I help clients build resilience, increase their daily functioning, and improve their overall quality of life, even while living with pain. I also live with chronic pain (nerve pain) and know how challenging it is to manage the psychological aspects of it!
19 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA (Online Only)
Chronic Pain
Samantha Liberman
Psychologist, Psy.D.
Coping with chronic illness can be extremely challenging both physically and emotionally. It can take a toll on relationships and contribute to feelings of anxiety, depression, and trauma. Dr. Liberman specializes in working with individuals who are coping with chronic illness and pain, as well as, those who care for them.
12 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA
Chronic Pain
Fuller Life Concepts
Marriage and Family Therapist
Chronic pain doesn't have to control your life. Using CBT and mindfulness-based approaches, we help you change your relationship with pain. You'll learn evidence-based techniques to reduce pain intensity, manage the emotional impact of living with pain, improve daily functioning and sleep, and develop healthy coping strategies. While we can't promise pain will disappear, we can help you reclaim your life from it.
15 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA (Online Only)
Chronic Pain
Karen Rippy - Relationship Expert - office and online: Family, couple/marriage, extended family, students).
Marriage and Family Therapist, Ph.D., LMFT
Learn mindfulness training and strategies to live with pain and go about living healthy.
41 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA
Chronic Pain therapists in Santa Maria, California Statistics
Chronic Pain therapists in Santa Maria, California average 15 years of experience and charge around $208 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Chronic Pain or Illness (100%), Anxiety or Fears (92%), and Depression (77%).
Average years in practice
15 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$208
Gender ID
| 73% |
Female |
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| 21% |
Male |
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| 4% |
Non-Binary |
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| 2% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 54% |
In Person and Online |
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| 46% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | Chronic Pain or Illness |
| 92% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 77% | Depression |
| 77% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 66% | Stress |
| 62% | Loss or Grief |
| 50% | Self Esteem |