Chronic Pain therapists in Nepean, Ontario ON, Canada CA
Chronic Pain or Illness
Emily Beeckmans
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, B.A., B.S.W., M.S.W., RSW, CHRP
Counseling helps you think differently about pain and teaches you ways to cope.Talk therapy can help you manage chronic pain, especially psychogenic pain
26 Years Experience
Chronic Pain or Illness
Kristie Brassard & Associates
Registered Social Worker, RSW
Having a chronic or progressive illness can create such distress in us. Knowing that our body might not function as it should and not knowing a timeline regarding a decline, can bring up feelings of sadness, frustration, grief, anxiety and shame. It can be hard to tolerate all the uncertainty related to this. Our therapists can give you a safe place to share about your feelings and thoughts about your struggles, and provide you with a space to grieve, as well as learn to manage the discomfort, and create new meaning and purpose amongst the suffering.
14 Years Experience
Chronic Pain or Illness
Blake Anderson
Registered Social Worker, RSW, MSW, BA
I have experience working with client's who have chronic pain issues, as well as those who are managing/ coping with illnesses.
12 Years Experience
Chronic Pain or Illness
Dr. Kim Edwards
Psychologist, C.Psych.
Can chronic pain get better?
Yes! Our brain changes and adapt throughout our lifetime (i.e., this is called neuroplasticity). Habits are essentially strengthened roads or pathways when we repeatedly do or feel or think in the same way. When we continue to travel the same road or pathway, we strengthen the habit. When we form a new habit, we make new connections and old pathways are used less/weakened. The more we travel the pathway, the more our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours become second nature (e.g., like brushing teeth).
In chronic pain, the nervous system and brain have changed due to neuroplasticity in an unhelpful way. The good news is that we all have the ability to learn and change by rewiring our brain.
Join our clinicians to participate in our 10-session Mind-Body Connection program designed to teach you strategies to manage chronic pain. Meet Laura, our awesome physiotherapist who can also provide additional strategies.
Some of our coaches have:
• Helped to start one of the largest pediatric chronic pain programs at a children’s hospital in Ontario
• Currently also at hospital chronic pain clinics
• Completed dissertation projects on chronic pain and are actively involved in ongoing research
• Hold leadership positions on regional and national chronic pain committees
• Hold academic appointments at well respected universities in which they teach and supervise trainees in the field of chronic pain
• Start psychosocial oncology programs in hospitals
9 Years Experience
Chronic Pain or Illness
Aleksei Panov
Registered Psychotherapist, MA Psy, MS Psy, RP
Chronic pain exhausting. It makes you feel that you lost yourself. Due to the pain, it is difficult to manage your anger and relationships with close people got worse. During our sessions, we will try to find a way how to get back yourself and live your life despite the pain.
15 Years Experience