Chronic Pain therapists in Woodstock, Ontario ON, Canada CA
Chronic Pain or Illness
Shannon Wylie
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
I am currently accepting new clients. No waitlist! Evening sessions available for in-person or online sessions.
Having worked as a Registered Social Worker for over 12 years, I have established an approach to working with clients that leaves them feeling heard and supported. Together we create a space where you can safely and effectively work towards your wellness goals and make positive changes in your life. This may involve talking things through, processing and making sense of difficult experiences, addressing unhelpful thought or behaviour patterns, or establishing more effective coping mechanisms. Every client's journey is unique. My role is to support you in this process by being a neutral, non-judgemental resource.
Having worked in multiple hospital settings with patients struggling with chronic medical conditions, I am equipped to support you through the many ways chronic illness impacts you and your life as a whole. Together we can build coping strategies, process the impact your health condition has on your life, your relationships and your stress levels and find ways to improve your overall mood and wellness as you work towards making the most of your situation.
Please feel free to explore my website for more information or to book a free 20 minute consultation.
I would love to hear from you!
www.hyggecounselling.com
13 Years Experience
Chronic Pain or Illness
Novus Rehab
Registered Social Worker, RSW
Working in the motor vehicle accident sector, we are well versed to working with clients with chronic pain, injury and illness. Strategies and referrals to cope and manage pain are provided through psychoeducation. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Radical Acceptance are used to help increase mindfulness, distress tolerance, and emotional regulation.
9 Years Experience
Chronic Pain or Illness
Julie Willsie
Registered Psychotherapist, BSc, MACP; Registered Psychotherapist
I have worked for over 25 years with clients injured in life-altering motor vehicle accidents. The chronic pain associated with traumatic injury or illness can affect our relationships, family dynamics, ability to maintain work, increase financial stress and reduce our abilities to function in society. My focus is to learn your goals and interests, to try to find ways to cope and move forward for a more productive and satisfying life again.
3 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
Angie Kingma (Mindfulness for Health)
Registered Psychotherapist, OT Reg.(Ont.), Registered Psychotherapist
As a Registered Psychotherapist trained in Mindfulness-Based Chronic Pain Management (MBCPM), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Brainspotting, I will support you in understanding your chronic pain or other symptoms in a whole new way. You will learn new strategies to cope with the symptoms in ways that are rooted in evidence-based interventions. We will go at your pace and ensure that you meet the goals that are meaningful to you. Looking forward to hearing from you so that you can move forward in your life with more clarity, insight, self-awareness, self-compassion, empowerment and confidence.
24 Years Experience