Chronic Pain therapists in Thunder Bay, Ontario ON, Canada CA
We are proud to feature top rated Chronic Pain therapists in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. We encourage you to review each profile to find your best match.
Chronic Pain or Illness
Dr. Kim Edwards
Psychologist, C.Psych.
Can chronic pain get better?
Yes! Our brain changes and adapt throughout our lifetime (i.e., this is called neuroplasticity). Habits are essentially strengthened roads or pathways when we repeatedly do or feel or think in the same way. When we continue to travel the same road or pathway, we strengthen the habit. When we form a new habit, we make new connections and old pathways are used less/weakened. The more we travel the pathway, the more our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours become second nature (e.g., like brushing teeth).
In chronic pain, the nervous system and brain have changed due to neuroplasticity in an unhelpful way. The good news is that we all have the ability to learn and change by rewiring our brain.
Join our clinicians to participate in our 10-session Mind-Body Connection program designed to teach you strategies to manage chronic pain. Meet Laura, our awesome physiotherapist who can also provide additional strategies.
Some of our coaches have:
• Helped to start one of the largest pediatric chronic pain programs at a children’s hospital in Ontario
• Currently also at hospital chronic pain clinics
• Completed dissertation projects on chronic pain and are actively involved in ongoing research
• Hold leadership positions on regional and national chronic pain committees
• Hold academic appointments at well respected universities in which they teach and supervise trainees in the field of chronic pain
• Start psychosocial oncology programs in hospitals
9 Years Experience
Online in Thunder Bay, Ontario
Chronic Pain or Illness
Franklynn Bartol
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, MSc
Many of my clients have or are experiencing chronic pain or illness, and I've learned much from my own experiences as well. I know that pain and illness is experienced differently by everyone and can intersect with our life, relationships, and identities in complex ways. It might bring up deep existential anxieties about life and death or trigger past traumas where you felt unsafe or uncared for. You might be navigating ableism—systemic barriers, medical trauma, or a lack of understanding from those around you. Maybe the pain or illness is an embraced part of you, or teaching you something you'd like to process together. Or perhaps you need to someone to see the anguish you're in and really be with you in this pain, grief, frustration, or scary uncertainty. Whatever you bring, I'll be attentive and present to what pain and illness means for you specifically.
1 Years Experience
Online in Thunder Bay, Ontario
Chronic Pain or Illness
Kaylen Leonienco
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Chronic Pain or Illness can be challenging to manage. Therapy can provide a comfortable space to explore coping strategies for individuals with chronic pain or illness, as well as for caregivers.
11 Years Experience
Online in Thunder Bay, Ontario (Online Only)
Chronic Pain or Illness
Arzu Ferguson
Psychologist, M.Sc., RP, C. Psych.
Living with chronic pain or illness can take a toll on your daily life. I have extensive experience working with clients who suffer from chronic illness (i.e. cancer or arthritis) or pain, including injuries from motor-vehicle accidents or the workplace. Together as a team, we will work to manage pain and stress levels, practice mindfulness and develop healthy coping tools. For further information, please feel free to contact me and receive a prompt reply.
27 Years Experience
Online in Thunder Bay, Ontario
Chronic Pain or Illness
Colleen Collins
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, C.C.C., Msc, MA
Using a Pain Reprocessing Therapy approach, I help people rewire their brains to help understand and reduce their pain.
2 Years Experience
Online in Thunder Bay, Ontario (Online Only)