Chronic Pain therapists in Erie, Pennsylvania PA
Chronic Pain or Illness
Kerry Hill
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA
Our society is not built to accommodate those of us living with a chronic illness or a disability. The hurtles we face are psychological, social, and emotional as well as physical. As a person with an invisible disability, I have also dealt with feelings of frustration and isolation. Some but not all of the issues I have experience working with are fibromyalgia, POTS, epilepsy, migraines, and general medical trauma.
4 Years Experience
Chronic Pain or Illness
Isaac Gelley
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Chronic physical and emotional pain can lead to addictions and be the cause of so much more sorrow. Learning intentional ways to work with chronic pain can be literally a "life saver".
25 Years Experience
Chronic Pain or Illness
Soul Journey Coaching & Wellness
Counselor/Therapist, Board Certified Holistic Functional Medicine Psychoneuroimmunology Practitioner
Soul Journey Coaching works with Chronic Pain or Illness from the perspective of that chronic pain can be caused by not only physical injury but also stress and emotional issues. We work thru how and where your inflammation and pain are most painful and how that correlates to when the pain started and what was going on in your life at the onset.
24 Years Experience
Chronic Pain or Illness
Alan Brandis, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist
Typically, Chronic Pain Syndrome patients come to see a psychologist after being seen by a number of other health professionals to no avail, including internal medicine physicians, orthopedists, surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, physical therapists, chiropractors, acupuncturists, emergency room doctors (for late-night injections of powerful pain killing drugs) and others. Typically, a Chronic Pain evaluation consists of several approaches to discovering which factors play the largest role in maintaining the pain. We ask patients to keep a Pain Diary for a week or two, which helps us pinpoint which activities or emotional states are related to an increase in pain level. This also helps us observe how they are actually taking their medications. We may also perform psychological testing to determine any underlying causes of depression or anxiety which should be treated in addition to the Chronic Pain and which could be helping to maintain it. At least one Family Session is held to explore whether there have been unconscious payoffs within the family for being in pain.
34 Years Experience
Chronic Pain or Illness
Mr. Matthew Weldon Gelber
Counselor/Therapist, MS
Over the years I have worked with chronic pain issues and can help in that arena not only from a psychological standpoint but work with your doctor hand-in-hand to resolve issues
21 Years Experience