Are you feeling overwhelmed, drained, and defeated by pain that is unrelenting?
Welcome, I’m glad you’ve found your way here. You’re not alone-and you’re exactly where you need to be to start your journey to lasting change.
If you are here, you're probably feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, frustrated and fearful. The endless appointments, empty promises, and countless practitioners may have left you feeling unheard and depleted.
But there is hope. Our brains have the remarkable capacity to create new neural pathways, and since all pain is processed in the brain, adopting a mind-body approach is essential to overcoming it.
There is Hope.
your path to pain relief starts here
Healing is possible and it begins with understanding the neuroscience of pain and the mind-body connection.
Hi, I’m Barrett
Neuroscience has demonstrated that all pain is processed in the brain. Therefore, our brains have extraordinary power to affect where, when and how much pain we experience.
I take a holistic approach to uncover and understand the conscious and unconscious thought patterns that might be affecting your pain. I’ll help you understand these patterns and teach you new techniques to find relief.
I’m a clinical hypnotherapist and pain management practitioner.
We do know that acute and chronic pain have different causes, but we also know that ALL PAIN is processed in the BRAIN.
Whether we get an injury or a diagnosis, it is the thoughts about our circumstance that determines how our body and our brain will respond. The more fear we attach to our pain or situation, the more we flood ourselves with chemicals(adrenaline/cortisol) that constrict and contract our bodies which can cause more pain. Ultimately this begins the process of training our brains to continue this cycle of pain.
My story.
As a kid, being part of a team meant everything to me. I played three sports year round, finding a sense of belonging and guidance I deeply needed. But at twelve, life took an unexpected turn- I dislocated my knee three times. The pain was overwhelming, and each injury filled me with fear. After a final injury, surgery became unavoidable, and my days of team sports came to an end. I was devastated.
Participating in sports had provided me with structure and stability during a chaotic home life and offered a sense of belonging that I deeply needed. The physical pain I endured was compounded by the fact that my dislocations were unpredictable and as a result, I was extremely fearful of the next time. These two elements are important to note as we now know that experiencing high levels of physical pain along with high levels of fear can significantly increase the likelihood of developing chronic pain.
Not surprisingly, I went on to struggle for the next 2 decades with significant chronic knee, hip and low back pain. It wasn’t until my mid-30s that I finally found freedom from this pain, and it took until my 40’s to fully understand how I had overcome it.
Today, advancements in neuroscience give us a clear understanding of how chronic pain patterns become deeply ingrained in the brain-and, most importantly, how to change them. Using Clinical Hypnotherapy, Pain Reprocessing Therapy, and Mindset Coaching, I’ll guide you to rewire these pathways, helping you move beyond pain and reclaim the life you deserve. This work is transformational, and I’m here to help you experience lasting relief with a method backed by both science and proven results.
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