My goal is to help you develop as many ways of reducing pain as possible...to help you enjoy life to its' fullest!
I am a NYS Licensed Psychologist (Ph.D.) and Board Certified Clinical Specialist Psychiatric and Mental Health NYS Licensed Registered Nurse (ANCC), Certified in Pain Management (DAAPM) (DAIPM), BCIA Board Certified both in Neurofeedback (BCN) and in Biofeedback (BCB), Certified in Stress Management Education, and Certified in the use of Hypnosis and Teaching Self Hypnosis.
I combine four decades of education, training and experience to create an individualized, dynamic, interactive and integrative approach to addressing Chronic Pain and Stress-Related Disorders.
Working with adults, children, and our geriatric population, I combine the above approaches with cognitive and behavioral strategies, relaxation breathing and imagery techniques, neurofeedback, biofeedback, meditation, exercise, and nutrition, massage, myofascial release, to address the pain itself, and, when appropriate, the underlying cause of pain. The most important part of what I do is to help individuals learn to develop and incorporate these modalities into their own lives, allowing each person to become increasingly in control of their own life.
Chronic Pain often involves Chronic Back Pain, Neck Pain, Fibromyalgia, IBS, Tension Headaches, Migraine Headaches, Arthritis, TBI/Post Concussion Syndrome, Menstrual Pain, TMJ, Raynaud's Disease, PTSD, Sleep Disturbance/Insomnia, and many more. Chronic Pain can trigger Depression and Anxiety, which in turn often make pain more intense.
Other conditions which can be addressed include: Alcoholism/Substance Abuse, Anxiety Disorders Arthritis Attention Deficit (ADD) and Hyperactivity (ADHD) Disorder Behavioral work (drug/alcohol/smoking/weight) Bruxism Chronic Pain Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Depressive Disorders Diabetes Eating Disorders Educational Applications EEG Biofeedback applications Epilepsy Fibromyalgia Headache - Adult Tension and Migraine Headache Headache - Pediatric Migraine and Tension Hypertension Insomnia/Sleep Disturbance Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Motion Sickness Multiple Sclerosis Neuromuscular Rehabilitation OB/GYN problems Pain Panic Attacks Parkinson's Disease Pediatric Pain and Stress-Related Disorders Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Raynaud's Disease Sports Applications Stress Management Stress-Related Disorders Stroke (Post-Stroke Pain and Disorders) Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) (TMJ) Torticollis Traumatic Brain Injury (Post-TBI)
