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Is chronic pain making everyday life a challenge? If your chronic pain has you feeling depressed, unworthy, moody, or otherwise out of sorts, chronic pain therapy is an option you should explore.

With a chronic pain therapist, you’ll be able to explore your mental state and learn coping skills to help you feel better. Whether you are located in downtown San Diego, Black Mountain Ranch, Carmel Mountain Ranch, La Jolla, or even Miramar Ranch North, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Chronic Pain Effects on Mental Health

The effects of chronic pain are more than physical; they often affect your mental and emotional well-being. Here are some chronic pain effects that therapy can help to remedy:

  • Sadness.
  • Persistent stress.
  • Anxiety.
  • Lack of control over your emotions.
  • Feeling isolated or like others don’t understand you.
  • Feeling hopeless about the future.

You may not experience all of these symptoms, but if you’re experiencing any of these and they’re affecting your life, it’s time to consider therapy. If you’re interested in how therapy can help, read licensed therapist Stephanie Rodenberg-Lewis’s article about how to fully live life with a chronic illness.

Take Charge of Your Mental Health with Chronic Pain Therapy

Under the direction of a licensed mental health professional, you can begin to regain your emotional and mental health. Mental Health Match can help you find a local therapist or counselor in minutes! Start by browsing chronic pain experts below or by using our free therapist matching tool.

University City of San Diego, CA Chronic Pain Therapists- List Your Practice on Mental Health Match

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Dr. Christiana Silva
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Work on overcoming challenges and identify patterns that do not serve you. We will process the difficult experiences or trauma you may have had and learn strategies to cope with and overcome the uncomfortable feelings that may still linger.


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Work on overcoming challenges and identify patterns that do not serve you. We will process the difficult experiences or trauma you may have had and learn strategies to cope with and overcome the uncomfortable feelings that may still linger.

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I use a strengths based approach with the knowledge that each client has the inherent ability to work through challenges with a little support. I see the client-therapist relationship as a collaboration and meet each individual where they are at.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Bullying
  • Child Abuse
  • Child Behavior Issues
  • Children of Divorce
  • Chronic Pain
  • Confidence
  • Depression
  • Developmental Trauma
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Grief
  • LGBTQ+
  • Mood Disorders
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Self-Esteem
  • Stress
  • Substance Use
  • Trauma
  • Young Adults
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Lynn Northrop
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Help you live your one precious life with purpose and meaning, even when you are faced with big stressors, losses and pain (physical and emotional).


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Help you live your one precious life with purpose and meaning, even when you are faced with big stressors, losses and pain (physical and emotional).

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I've been a psychologist for 20+ years. Prior to 2023, I worked in hospitals - providing care & training hundreds of young professionals to do the same. I am proud to report that the folks I trained are my biggest referral source. They trust me.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Acute Grief
  • Adjustment Issues
  • Aging and Getting Older
  • Aging Parents
  • Anticipatory Grief
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Burnout
  • Caregivers
  • Caretakers
  • Chronic Stress
  • Compassion Fatigue
  • Complicated Grief
  • Depression
  • Driving Anxiety
  • Fears and Phobias
  • Finding Meaning or Purpose
  • Gender Identity
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief from Losing a Pet
  • Health Anxiety
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • Illness Anxiety Disorder
  • Job Loss
  • Job Stress
  • Loving Someone with a Mental Health Disorder
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Memory Loss
  • Menopause
  • Mind-Body Connection
  • Mindfulness
  • Moving and Relocation
  • New Job Transition
  • Prolonged Grief Disorder
  • Retirement
  • Secondary Trauma
  • Self-Acceptance
  • Self-Actualization
  • Self Care
  • Self-Compassion
  • Self-Esteem
  • Situational Grief
  • Situational Stress
  • Stress-Related Disorders
  • Suicide loss
  • Therapist for Other Therapists
  • Vicarious Trauma
  • Work Stress
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Devaki Narayanan
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make your goals a priority, and I am dedicated to providing support that aligns with your aspirations. While starting therapy may feel daunting, please know that I am here to make this process as comfortable and enriching as possible.


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make your goals a priority, and I am dedicated to providing support that aligns with your aspirations. While starting therapy may feel daunting, please know that I am here to make this process as comfortable and enriching as possible.

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My therapeutic toolbox includes person-centered therapy with reflective listening, solution-focused therapy, problem-solving therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), and systems therapy. Together, we'll navigate these approaches.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Chronic Illness
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Geriatric
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Relationships
  • Substance Use Disorders
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I believe in building a therapeutic relationship to work on maladaptive behaviors, emotions, and thoughts. To help the client understand their underlying issues, psycho-educate on coping skills; boundaries, emotion regulations, and self-improvement


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I believe in building a therapeutic relationship to work on maladaptive behaviors, emotions, and thoughts. To help the client understand their underlying issues, psycho-educate on coping skills; boundaries, emotion regulations, and self-improvement

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Focus on the issues, to understand and work on barriers that hold the client from achieving their goals to overcoming mental health. My approach is CBT, DBT, interpersonal development, skill building, and coping skills to build resilience.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Addictions
  • Adult ADHD
  • Alcohol
  • Anger Management
  • Attachment Disorders
  • Behavioral Disorders
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Borderline Personality
  • Burnout
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Functional Anxiety
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Impulse Control Disorders
  • LGBTQ+
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Mood Disorders
  • Mood Regulation
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Personality Disorders
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Prolonged Grief Disorder
  • Racial or Ethnic Identity
  • Self-Esteem
  • Substance Abuse Intervention
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Matthew Daues
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Together we will problem solve and work on coping skills to help you reduce feelings of anxiety and depression.


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Together we will problem solve and work on coping skills to help you reduce feelings of anxiety and depression.

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My approach to counseling is to allow you a safe place to explore the issues that bring you to counseling. By talking through things, it allows you to gain insight into what is going on and make sense of things.

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  • Adult ADHD
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Life Adjustment
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