Chronic Pain therapists in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom GB
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Chronic Pain or Illness
Tricia Bernard-Hector
Counsellor/Therapist, BSc (Hons), MBACP
Living with chronic pain can take an emotional toll, affecting not just your physical health but also your mood, relationships and overall wellbeing. I understand how isolating and exhausting this experience can be. My practice offers a supportive space to address the psychological impact of chronic pain, helping you develop resilience and practical coping strategies. Together, we can explore ways to improve your quality of life and nurture your emotional health.
2 Years Experience
Online in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland (Online Only)
Chronic Pain or Illness
Kyle Davies
Psychologist, BSc MPhil CPsychol AFBPsS
Over the last 20 years I have worked extensively with sufferers of chronic fatigue and pain conditions such as ME, CFS, Adrenal Fatigue, Post-Viral Fatigue and fibromyalgia.
Leading edge scientific evidence suggests that symptoms of these conditions result from changes, irregularities or dysfunctions within the mid-brain and limbic-hypothalamic-pituitary system.
In academic terms this is known as the HPA axis, and is made up of the hypothalamus gland, located at the base of the brain; the pituitary gland, also located in the brain; and the adrenal glands, located on top of the kidneys. The hypothalamus links the nervous system and the endocrine system, it stimulates the pituitary gland to produce hormones and the adrenal gland to produce cortisol and epinephrine (commonly known as adrenaline).
The HPA axis is a major part of the neuroendocrine system that controls and regulates almost everything to do with human survival, including digestion and appetite, sleep cycles, the immune system, mood and emotions, sexual behaviour, body temperature, energy storage and expenditure. It also communicates with several regions of the brain, including the amygdala, which generates fear in response to danger, and with the hippocampus, which plays an important part in memory formation as well as in mood and motivation. In addition, the HPA axis forms part of a complex feedback system that is constantly responding to the environment both internally and externally. In response to the information it receives, the HPA axis regulates and controls the chemicals and hormones that affect body systems.
So what we can begin to see is that when irregularities are evident in these brain regions it wreaks havoc throughout the entire body – and this results in the experience of symptoms from mild to severe.
In order to recover from chronic fatigue and pain symptoms we need to understand and address the CAUSE of the irregularities within the HPA axis and mid-brain structures.
The first step in this process is to fully embrace the mind-body paradigm where we move away from the notion of the head and body, or psychological and physical, as being separate entities, rather we see them as one flowing interconnected system.
The next step is to redefine the nature of emotion, an energy in motion, and it’s role as a feedback mechanism within body and brain. As a complex physiological process, the emotional system directly modulates brain function. Blockages within the emotional system and the emotional memory system are coded within the mid brain structures. It is these blockages that result in hypothalamic and other mid brain irregularities and dysfunction.
My treatment protocol is underpinned by this new theoretical framework and understanding of the emotional system and it’s role, function and impact on the immune, endocrine and autonomic nervous systems via the HPA axis. The process involves implementing a series of tools and techniques that are designed to identify and unblock the emotional system and recode emotional memory.
Energy-Flow Coaching™ deals directly with the cause of symptoms and gives you the knowledge and guidance you need to take charge of your recovery and attain health and vitality.
25 Years Experience
Online in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland
Chronic Pain or Illness
Alison Edwards Therapy, Coaching & Supervision
Psychologist, CBT Therapist, FMBPsS, MA (Hons), MSc, CertCouns, MSc
I’m experienced in working with long-term pain or physical health conditions which have taken a long time to be diagnosed or been difficult to manage. I provide the main recommended psychological therapies for these difficulties - CBT and ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy) - and also Compassion-Focused Therapy and Mindfulness approaches. Sessions are tailored for the individual's needs, including ADHD or other neurodivergence. The conditions I see include blackouts/non-epileptic seizures, Functional Neurological Disorders, Functional Pain Syndromes, gut disorders, urinary tract problems, post-viral fatigue, ME, and Long Covid. I'm a committee member for a UK-wide expert group on non-epileptic seizures, Functional Neurological Disorders and medically unexplained symptoms, with my professional body the BABCP.
16 Years Experience
Online in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland (Online Only)
Chronic Pain or Illness
Greta Cowles Consulting
Life Coach, LMFT, SEP, PIT, Trauma Stress Studies
Somatic therapies resolve chronic pain and illness through neural pathway reorganization. This is not exposure therapy, but rather a gentle way to resolve and process real physical pain.
11 Years Experience
Online in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland
Chronic Pain or Illness
Kamran Bedi
Therapist, Advanced Anxiety/PTSD treatment and Confidence building. Fast results. IEMT/EMDR, NLP, Hypnotherapy.
I have over 10 years experience as a pilates instructor and have used NLP and Hypnosis to help people with chronic pain. I have also used IEMT to help people improve their pain challenges. With chronic illness, exploring an individuals lifestyle, emotions and past can also help relieve symptoms.
11 Years Experience
Online in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland