Chronic pain management therapy explained
We all suffer pain during different parts of our lives and for different reasons. For some, pain may be temporary and bearable, but for others it may be long term and chronic.
Pain affects adults and children. Suffering from chronic pain can severely affect your quality of life as well as impacting on everyday activities other people consider normal. Pain isn’t just physical, it causes distress and can affect your psychological and emotional well being.
There are many pain management guidelines and solutions that can be put in place to help you manage your pain. It is not widely known that working with a trained counsellor and psychotherapist is one way to help resolve these issues. At Pinnacle we can help with pain management offering tangible, practical solutions.
Using psychotherapy for chronic pain management primarily looks at improving your physical, emotional, social and occupational health rather than resolving the pain itself.
Our approach to pain management
Learning to manage and cope with pain is not an easy task. There is growing evidence that many talking therapies can aid in the management of issues such as sciatica pain and chronic back pain. We can work with you and teach you how to react and manage your pain which in turn will reduce any mental suffering you are experiencing.
“Psychological treatments are an important part of pain management. Understanding and managing the thoughts, emotions and behaviours that accompany the discomfort can help you cope more effectively with your pain—and can actually reduce the intensity of your pain.”
Richard Reid – CEO, Therapist & Coaching Psychologist
Treatments and therapies used for pain management
At Pinnacle we use a range of different therapies to help you manage your chronic pain. We know that ‘one size doesn’t fit all’ and that each of our clients is different and has their own set of unique needs and circumstances. Typically we use a combination of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and hypnotherapy as well as psychotherapy and counselling techniques.
These treatments can help you build a better relationship with your pain and to learn positive thought patterns to help change your lifestyle for the better. Improved sleep, regular paced exercise and breathing techniques all result from receiving cognitive behavioural therapy or hypnotherapy.
What can you expect from a pain management counselling session?
Our pain management therapy sessions are tailored to suit your needs. We work with individuals, couples, and teens. Our sessions usually last from 30 minutes to an hour; and our courses usually consist of around 6 to 12 sessions.
