Online Therapy For Pain Relief
Who is online therapy for pain relief for?
Whether you’re targeting chronic pain, dealing with long-term illness or recovering from injury, you could benefit from online therapy for pain relief.
Online therapy for pain relief uses the mind-body connection – what we think affects how we feel physically. Pain is created in the brain, even when we are feeling it in our bodies. We can change our pain perception.
It uses a range of techniques to offer psychological support and make it easier to manage pain.
Common conditions supported in therapy include:
- Chronic pain
- Pain post-injury or operation
- IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
- Health anxiety
- MS (Multiple Sclerosis)
- Endometriosis
- Migraines
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Nerve pain
- Psychosomatic pain conditions
- Long COVID symptoms
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How online therapy helps reduce pain naturally
The mind-body connection
Physician Deepak Chopra once said “every cell in your body is eavesdropping on your thoughts”. What we think and tell ourselves impacts our body. Knowing this, we can use it to our advantage. By changing our thought patterns and our cognition, we can impact our physical experience too.
Online therapy for pain relief uses a range of different techniques that utilise this mind-body connection – helping us understand the brain’s role in feeling better and more comfortable.
Nervous system regulation
Online therapy for pain relief focuses on different methods to regulate your nervous system. When your nervous system is well regulated, you can shift out of protected mode (fight and flight) and into a physiologically calmer state. You learn to switch off stress hormones like adrenaline and cortisol which can increase how we experience pain and activate endorphins to reduce pain naturally.
Evidence-based therapies
My approach to online therapy for pain relief draws upon different disciplines of therapy including:
- Cognitive techniques to minmise pain catastrophising
- Somatic techniques to reduce tension, unnecessary pain and inflammation
- Hypnotherapy for pain relief and visualisation and guided imagery to minimise pain.
- Identification of psychological roots of pain in cases of psycho-somatic illnesses.
Activating hormones for natural pain relief
Our bodies are magical and endorphins serve as our natural painkiller. However, we need the right conditions – mental and physical – to activate these endorphins.
Online therapy for pain relief helps us understand how to release endorphins and introduces practical, easy ways to relax our mind, reduce stress and minimise our body’s pain response.
Emotional symptoms of chronic pain
When people seek online therapy for pain relief, they’re often seeking relief beyond the physical pain including:
- Feeling dismissed or misunderstood by doctors
- Anxiety or depression about flare-ups
- Panic attacks stemming from health anxiety
- Chronic low mood and depression relating to illness
- Loss of confidence or identity struggles
- Feeling “broken” or not enough
- Relationship strain due to health issues
- Difficulty being active, working or keeping a routine
- Lack of motivation and enjoyment
- Feelings of hopelessness
- High stress
Getting specified online chronic pain therapy deals with these associated feelings to offer a holistic approach.
Why choose online therapy for pain relief?
There are many benefits from choosing online therapy for pain relief including:
Personalised approach
Online therapy for pain relief with Lara Listens is always 100% personalised to suit you and your specific pain experience. No two people are the same which is why your therapy treatment will be tailored to you. From a personalised hypnosis to listen to outside of sessions to a bespoke treatment plan, I’m focused on finding the right tools and techniques to help you in a way that fits you, your unique personality and your lifestyle.
Flexible scheduling
Living with pain can make scheduling hard but I offer flexible scheduling in all different time zones to fit around appointments and rest.
100% online
My therapy for pain relief and chronic pain is 100% online to make it accessible and comfortable with less physical strain. It also has been shown to improve consistency for clients.
Take-home coping mechanisms
I want you to feel better outside of our sessions together too which is why I give you a range of different cognitive tools for pain relief, managing flare-ups or reducing stress. Whatever you are dealing with, I’ll make sure you’re equipped with the tools and techniques to cope – outside of our sessions and long into the future.
All-natural
The techniques we use in our online therapy sessions focus on natural pain relief therapy. Our bodies are amazing machines with lots of ways to help us deal with pain naturally. This is complementary to any medication or treatments that you are receiving from your medical doctor. Instead, our sessions are here to understand that our brains are plastic and that when we understand neuroplasticity, natural bodily processes and hormones, we can make natural changes to help us feel less pain.
Beyond physical pain
Therapy for chronic pain also looks at the emotional impact of chronic pain. It can look at the link between past trauma and chronic pain as well as the surrounding circumstances that might be making your pain relief more difficult. Online therapy for pain relief gives you the opportunity to explore your emotions in a safe, supportive and non-judgemental place.
Lifestyle changes
We don’t just look at physical pain but also the impact of injury and chronic illness on your life. There is an important link between stress and the pain cycle. In therapy for pain relief, you learn to better manage stress. We also look at your lifestyle to help you find motivation and develop a routine that supports your emotional and physical wellbeing.
What you can expect from online therapy for pain relief sessions
I offer online therapy for pain relief using techniques from multiple therapeutic disciplines. I take the time to get to know you and your unique pain experience so that I can prepare a 100% personalised approach.
Here are just some of the things you can expect from our online therapy for pain relief sessions:
- A warm, supportive and structured environment to explore your pain experience and the associated emotions
- Personalised pain assessment and history and understanding pain triggers and patterns
- Identifying emotional and physical stressors that impact your pain
- Visualisation and guided hypnotherapy to reduce pain signals and increase relaxation
- Nervous system regulation training breathwork and somatic techniques for pain reduction
- Easy tools you can use on a day-to-day basis
- Reframing pain narratives
- Education on the mind-body connection and pain pathways
- Personalised pain relief hypnosis recording to listen to outside of sessions
- Goal-setting to introduce routines for mobility, rest or healthy habits
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Why work with me
Whether you’re dealing with something that is affecting you on a daily basis or have had a major setback, I can help give you the tools to stay afloat.
My unique approach is designed to make a tailored plan to suit you and your specific needs. I’ll work with you to understand the issue and help remove the unconscious blocks that are holding you back.
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FAQs
Can online therapy for pain relief really reduce physical pain?
Yes, pain signals are created in the brain so by changing our thought processes, we can affect how pain is processed and reduce intensity.
Why choose online therapy for pain relief?
With online therapy, there is no need to travel anywhere so it is fully accessible regardless of your physical symptoms. It’s also flexible to fit around any appointments or necessary rest periods.
What type of pain relief can online therapy help with?
Online therapy for pain relief can be used for a range of conditions including:
- People going through chemotherapy
- Pregnancy symptoms
- Clients with mobility issues
- Chronic conditions such as MS
- Anyone recovering from an injury or post-operation
- Acute pain such as back pain
- IBS
- Long COVID
- Many more.
Do you use hypnosis for pain relief?
Yes, I’m a qualified cognitive hypnotherapist and use techniques such as guided visualisation and other hypnotic techniques to help alter your pain perception. I also prepare you a personalised hypnosis recording to use outside of sessions which helps rewire your neural pathways and reduce pain.
Does online therapy for pain relief replace medical treatment?
No – it is complementary. Therapy supports the emotional and psychological layers of pain while you continue any necessary physical or medical treatments. It can help to lessen the physical pain