Chronic Pain & Mind Body Symptoms

Living with chronic pain can be exhausting, especially when you’ve tried treatments, seen specialists, or been told that everything looks “normal,” yet the pain continues. The pain you feel is real. At the same time, we now understand that for some people, persistent pain can be influenced by changes in how the brain and nervous system process and interpret signals from the body.

I have advanced training in chronic pain treatment and hold Master Level Certification in Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT). PRT is an evidence based approach designed to help people experiencing neuroplastic or nociplastic pain understand and change the brain processes that may be contributing to persistent symptoms.

Rather than simply learning to cope with pain, PRT works with the brain’s capacity to change. Through pain education, somatic awareness, guided exercises, and reducing fear around symptoms and movement, we work to help the nervous system interpret previously threatening sensations as safer. Over time, this can help interrupt the cycle of pain, fear, hypervigilance, and avoidance that can keep symptoms going.

As a PRT practitioner, I can help you explore whether neuroplastic processes may be contributing to your symptoms, identify patterns that may be keeping your nervous system on high alert, and gradually develop a different relationship with pain and other physical sensations. Our work is collaborative and individualized, integrating PRT with my background in somatic and trauma informed therapy when helpful.

PRT does not suggest that pain is imagined or “all in your head.” Pain is a real experience produced by the brain and nervous system, and persistent symptoms can occur even when the body is no longer in danger. When appropriate, treatment focuses on helping the brain learn that these sensations are safe rather than threatening.

I support clients experiencing persistent pain and mind body symptoms who are looking for a different way to understand what their nervous system may be doing and what recovery could look like.