Chronic Pain Counselling with therapists who live with daily pain
Chronic Pain Counselling with therapists who live with daily pain
Specialist Psychological Support
Chronic Pain Counselling & Psychotherapy
for adults struggling with their emotional or mental health as a consequence of chronic pain
Chronic Pain Counselling for Adults with Mental or Emotional Health Conditions due to Daily Pain.
Counsellors & Psychotherapists with a Chronic Pain.
Affordable, Professional Disability-Focused Therapy from Any Device.
Text, Chat & Video. Convenient, Discreet, Professional Online Therapy Anytime, Anywhere.
Self-Pay Plans, Employment Support & Professional Organisations Referrals.
Specialist Psychological Support
Chronic Pain Counselling & Psychotherapy
for adults struggling with their emotional & mental health as a consequence of chronic pain
Your Service
Chronic Pain Counselling for Adults with Mental or Emotional Health Conditions due to Daily Pain.
Counsellors & Psychotherapists with a Chronic Pain.
Affordable, Professional Disability-Focused Therapy from Any Device.
Text, Chat & Video. Convenient, Discreet, Professional Online Therapy Anytime, Anywhere.
Self-Pay Plans, Employment Support & Professional Organisations Referrals.
Expertise
Chronic Pain Counselling can help you with your emotional & mental health; our therapists work with people with varying daily living standards. The therapy focuses on assisting you to overcome various psychological barriers.
Our team understands that living with chronic pain can be difficult, but we know it can be manageable. Our treatment plans focus on helping you think more clearly & gain a purpose.
One of the most important aspects of psychotherapy is the relationship you form with your therapist. Using therapists who have daily pain will help you experience a sense of belonging and connection with similar challenges to yours.
Applying expertise and care, our specialist therapists support adults, teenagers, family members, couples & carers with expert counselling.
We can help you with your emotional & mental health; our therapists work with people with varying degrees of pain. The therapy focuses on assisting you to overcome various psychological barriers.
Expertise
Chronic Pain Counselling can help you with your emotional & mental health; our therapists work with people with varying daily living standards.
The therapy focuses on assisting you to overcome various psychological barriers.
Our team understands that living with chronic pain can be difficult, but we know it can be manageable. Our treatment plans focus on helping you think more clearly & gain a purpose.
Culture
One of the most important aspects of psychotherapy is the relationship you form with your therapist.
Using therapists with chronic pain will help you experience a sense of belonging and connection with similar challenges to yours.
Applying expertise and care, our specialist therapists support adults, teenagers, family members, couples & carers with expert counselling.
Therapy
Most people with chronic pain do not have mental health problems. However, some people can realise that they are becoming depressed & anxious.
The symptoms often pass; however, they may lead to more serious mental & emotional health conditions in the future.
If you’re contemplating chronic pain counselling, we offer different modes of counselling, including cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) & longer-term Psychotherapy.
These modes of regular pain counselling may not only get relief from your chronic pain, but you may find that you feel generally more content with your life as well.
Our treatment plans focus on helping you think more clearly & gain a purpose.
Therapy
Most people with chronic pain do not have mental health problems. However, some people can realise that they are becoming depressed & anxious. The symptoms often pass; however, they may lead to more serious mental & emotional health conditions in the future.
If you’re contemplating chronic pain counselling, we offer different modes of counselling, including cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) & longer-term Psychotherapy. These modes of regular pain counselling may not only get relief from your chronic pain, but you may find that you feel generally more content with your life as well.
Our treatment plans focus on helping you think more clearly & gain a purpose.
Mental Health
Psychological pain is a big part of chronic pain, including anxiety about current and potential discomfort, insomnia, depression, suicidal thoughts, and grief.
It is essential to know that this is all normal. It’s also necessary to make sure you address these feelings.
Because chronic pain is very complex—it includes biological, psychological, and emotional components—all of these factors must be managed to treat your pain effectively.
Psychotherapy, in particular, as part of a pain management plan, can help you with any thoughts, feelings, and behaviours related to their chronic pain; for example, inactive individuals may find their pain increasing because they are deconditioned.
Mental Health
Psychological pain is a big part of chronic pain, including anxiety about current and potential discomfort, insomnia, depression, suicidal thoughts, and grief. It is essential to know that this is all normal. It’s also necessary to make sure you address these feelings. Because chronic pain is very complex—it includes biological, psychological, and emotional components—all of these factors must be managed to treat your pain effectively.
Psychotherapy, in particular, as part of a pain management plan, can help you with any thoughts, feelings, and behaviours related to their chronic pain; for example, inactive individuals may find their pain increasing because they are deconditioned.
Emotional Impact
The emotional impact of living with chronic pain can make you feel sad, frightened, confused, worried, angry, & overwhelmed. In severe cases, Personality Disorders, Addictions & Suicidal Thoughts can surface.
However, a chronic pain counselling service with specialist therapists can help you through your journey based on shared first-hand experiences.
Emotional Impact
The emotional impact of living with chronic pain can make you feel sad, frightened, confused, worried, angry, & overwhelmed. In severe cases, Personality Disorders, Addictions & Suicidal Thoughts can surface.
However, a chronic pain counselling service with specialist therapists can help you through your journey based on shared first-hand experiences.
Funding Options
Referrals
Our Chronic Pain Counselling referrals cater for all types of requirements, you can contact us directly for more information or complete a self-referral form to move to the next step. We reply to you within 24 hours Monday to Friday.
NHS Applications
Chronic Pain Counselling Applications for Free NHS Funding
NHS funding applications are not available through DisabilityPlus.
For free NHS funding please contact your GP who can refer you to the local mental health service.
Professional Organisations
We support many organisations with Chronic Pain Counselling including solicitors, employment support all the way through to smaller organisations that need support.
Contact us to find out more.
Self-Pay Plans
Specialist Chronic Pain Counselling Sessions are 50 minutes long and booked in advance.
We offer self-pay plans, including a pay-by-session & saver pack where you can buy a group of 3 sessions at the reduced price point.
Introduction Session £50
Single Sessions – £70
3 Session Saver – £180 (£60) (paid in advance of the 1st session)
Mixed Plans
Being a major service, we can offer Chronic Pain Counselling with a mixed plan. This means you can start paying privately & then if or when funding comes in you can switch to a funded model of counselling.
Contact us to find out more
Contact us
Phone
+44 7539 877357
info@disabilityplus.co.uk
Head Office Address
DisabilityPlus House, 25 Pembroke Avenue, Hersham, KT12 4NT
General Information
Define Chronic Pain
What is chronic pain?
Chronic pain is pain that lasts for over three months. The pain can always be there, or it may come and go. It can happen anywhere in your body.
Chronic pain can interfere with your daily activities, such as working, having a social life and taking care of yourself or others. It can lead to depression, anxiety and trouble sleeping, worsening your pain. This response creates a cycle that’s difficult to break.
What’s the difference between chronic pain and other pain?
Chronic pain differs from another type of pain called acute pain. Acute pain happens when you get hurt, such as experiencing a simple cut to your skin or a broken bone. It doesn’t last long and goes away after your body heals from whatever caused the pain. In contrast, chronic pain continues long after you recover from an injury or illness. Sometimes it even happens for no apparent reason.
Where do people have chronic pain?
Chronic pain can come in many different forms and appear across your body. Common types of chronic pain include:
- Arthritis, or joint pain.
- Back pain.
- Neck pain.
- Cancer pain near a tumor.
- Headaches, including migraines.
- Testicular pain (orchialgia).
- Lasting pain in scar tissue.
- Muscle pain all over (such as with fibromyalgia).
- Neurogenic pain from damage to the nerves or other parts of the nervous system.
How common is chronic pain?
Chronic pain is a prevalent condition and one of the most common reasons someone seeks medical care. Approximately 25% of adults experience chronic pain.
What causes chronic pain?
Sometimes chronic pain has an apparent cause. You may have a long-lasting illness such as arthritis or cancer that can cause ongoing pain.
Injuries and diseases can also cause changes to your body, leaving you more sensitive to pain. These changes can stay in place even after you’ve healed from the original injury or disease. Something like a sprain, a broken bone or a brief infection can leave you with chronic pain.
Some people also have chronic pain unrelated to an injury or physical illness. Healthcare providers call this response psychogenic pain or psychosomatic pain. It’s caused by psychological factors such as stress, anxiety and depression. Many scientists believe this connection comes from low blood endorphin levels. Endorphins are natural chemicals that trigger positive feelings.
It’s possible to have several causes of pain overlap. You could have two different diseases, for example. Or you could have something like migraines and psychogenic pain together.
Pain
What does chronic pain feel like?
People with chronic pain describe their pain in many different ways, such as:
- Aching.
- Burning.
- Shooting.
- Squeezing.
- Stiffness.
- Stinging.
- Throbbing.
Chronic pain often leads to other symptoms and conditions, including:
- Anxiety.
- Depression.
- Fatigue, or feeling overly tired most of the time.
- Insomnia or trouble falling asleep.
- Mood swings.
How is chronic pain diagnosed?
Pain is considered to be chronic if it lasts or comes and goes (recurs) for more than three months. Pain is usually a symptom, so your healthcare provider needs to determine what’s causing your pain, if possible. Pain is subjective — only the person experiencing it can identify and describe it — so it can be difficult for providers to determine the cause.
If you have long-lasting pain, see your healthcare provider. Your provider will want to know:
- Where your pain is.
- How intense it is, on a scale of 0 to 10.
- How often does it occur?
- How much it’s affecting your life and work.
- What makes it worse or better.
- Whether you have a lot of stress or anxiety in your life.
- Whether you’ve had any illnesses or surgeries.