If you live with chronic pain, you may have wondered, “Is this all in my head?”—especially after tests come back normal or treatments don’t help. Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) offers a powerful, science-backed answer: your pain is real, and your brain has the capacity to help you heal. PRT is based on research showing that many chronic pain conditions are rooted in learned brain pathways, not ongoing tissue damage. This kind of pain, called neuroplastic pain, can develop when the brain becomes overly protective—often in response to past injury, chronic stress, trauma, or emotional suppression. Through PRT, clients learn to shift their relationship with pain by understanding how the brain creates it, reducing fear, and retraining the nervous system toward safety. Rather than treating pain as a threat, we approach it with curiosity and compassion—helping the brain “unlearn” pain and build new neural patterns of ease.

PRT is especially effective for chronic back or neck pain, fibromyalgia, IBS, migraines, pelvic pain, and symptoms that persist without clear medical explanations. This work isn’t about ignoring your pain or pretending it’s psychological. It’s about listening to your body in a new way—one that is validating, empowering, and rooted in the body’s natural ability to heal. If you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unheard, know this: healing is possible. And you don’t have to navigate it alone.

At Mountain Maple Counseling, I specialize in helping clients understand the mind-body connection, reduce fear around symptoms, and gently retrain their nervous systems through PRT. If you’re ready to feel more empowered in your body and your life, I’m here to support you.

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Curious if PRT is right for you? Contact me for a consultation to learn about mind-body healing.