Private Sessions via Skype for Overcoming Chronic Pain
Chronic Pain
I know from experience - physical pain preventing us from doing the things we want in life can be terrifying, extremely frustrating, disheartening, and threatening to our livelihood.
For many, the traditional medical route of seeing doctors, PTs, chiropractors, etc. unfortunately does not provide lasting relief.
Through my own journey working through chronic pain, I discovered that the reason the medical model is often not effective is because it does not focus on treating the individual from the whole - physically, mentally, and emotionally.
We must work through the physical, mental, and emotional aspects of our pain, listening for the messages our pain is trying to communicate with us, and learning how to rediscover safety and ease in our bodies. It is only then that we are able to fully heal.
These sessions are here to help you do this.
Benefits:
Learn to understand and overcome your chronic pain
Get back to doing the things you love in life, pain free
Learn to use and listen to your body in a way that will make chronic injury far less likely in the future
Many clients find that this work not only helps them through their pain, it also orients their lives towards overall greater health, vitality, and self-knowing
To help you overcome your chronic pain, I draw upon tools from:
The Alexander Technique:
Chronic pain is very often caused by using our bodies inefficiently in our everyday lives. Most of us are not taught how to use our bodies with awareness of minimizing excess tension, and so very frequently we develop physical habits that cause the body to break down and chronic pain to develop. The Alexander Technique is a method for training physical habits of ease. In session, you will learn ways of helping your body release the excess tension it is holding onto, allowing it to come back into equilibrium. We will also pinpoint the various activities contributing to your pain, and you will learn ways of using your body far more efficiently in these situations.
Somatic Experiencing®:
Chronic pain is our body trying to give us a message. Once we get the message, the pain is able to go away. Somatic Experiencing® helps us learn how to listen to what our bodies are trying to tell us. Often the messages that come through not only help the pain go away, but help shift our lives more into a place of authenticity and alignment personally, professionally, and spiritually. Somatic Experiencing® work also helps release trauma that has been stuck in the body and contributing to our pain.
Mindful Self-Compassion:
Research has shown that the way we respond mentally and emotionally to our chronic pain strongly impacts how well we are able to heal. If we constantly meet our pain with strong aversion, negativity, or hatred for what we are experiencing, our healing journey is going to be slowed dramatically - “What we resist persists.” Mindful Self Compassion helps us learn to more fully embrace the physical and emotional aspects of our pain and build compassion for ourselves through it. The result is deeper understanding of our pain and increased ability for the body to heal itself - “If you can feel it, you can heal it.”
What do sessions look like?
During sessions we will:
Build your awareness of what is causing your pain so that you can directly understand what will help you overcome it
Develop self-care tools that will help your body heal and reduce the strain on your body in all areas of life
Process and work through the mental and emotional components that are contributing to your pain
Sessions are uniquely tailored based on the connections and challenges of each student.
Private sessions are $150 dollars each and are 1 hour in length.
Good quality internet connection is required.
How enrollment works:
Complete a 20 minute consultation phone/Zoom/Skype call to see if we are a good match for working together.
Complete an introductory session where you will have a direct experience of the process and we can determine the best way to move forward.
Credentials
I am an AmSAT certified teacher of the Alexander Technique and have a masters degree in mental health counseling. I also have completed trainings in Somatic Experiencing® and Mindful Self-Compassion.
I have personally overcome debilitating chronic wrist pain induced by guitar playing and have been pain free for many years now.
*To read more about my journey through chronic pain, see the About Jack page.
