Find Relief from Chronic Pain with Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT)
A Brain-Based Approach to Healing Chronic Pain
Discover the transformative potential of Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) to help reduce chronic pain, ease your nervous system, and reclaim your life with confidence and freedom.
At PsychSolutions, we offer compassionate, evidence-based care to individuals living with chronic pain. Whether your pain has persisted after an injury, is medically unexplained, or has become part of your daily life, our experienced psychologists are here to help you understand your pain and retrain your brain and body toward healing.
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What is Pain Reprocessing Therapy?
Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) is a cutting-edge, neuroscience-based approach designed to help people reduce or eliminate chronic pain by retraining the brain to interpret pain signals accurately. Chronic pain often involves the brain misinterpreting safe signals as danger, keeping you stuck in a cycle of pain.
PRT helps you understand the mind-body connection in chronic pain and guides you through gentle, effective practices to shift your nervous system, reduce fear and focus on pain, and support your body’s natural healing processes.
Traditionally, chronic pain has been seen as a problem in the body, with treatments focused on physical causes. New research suggests that the brain itself can generate pain even after an injury has healed or without any injury at all, and that people can learn to reduce this pain. This approach does not mean the pain isn’t real — rather, it highlights that if the brain contributes to pain, targeting the brain may offer effective solutions.
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How PRT Helps Reduce Pain and Restore Calm
PRT offers a holistic, empowering path to chronic pain recovery, with benefits including:
- Reduction in chronic pain symptoms
- Decreased fear and anxiety related to pain
- Increased confidence in daily activities and movement
- Improved mood and quality of life
- Restored sense of safety within your body
A study published in JAMA Psychiatry on September 29, 2021, and funded by the NIH’s National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), examined a treatment called Pain Reprocessing Therapy. The study found that two-thirds of participants with mild to moderate chronic back pain reported being mostly or completely pain-free after treatment. These results suggest that people can learn to reduce the brain activity that contributes to certain types of chronic pain, even when the pain persists after an injury has healed or occurs without a clear physical cause.
Our Approach to Pain Reprocessing Therapy
At PsychSolutions, we take a personalized, compassionate approach to PRT, ensuring your sessions align with your unique needs, goals, and readiness.
During your PRT sessions, you will:
- Learn about the neuroscience of chronic pain and how your brain can change.
- Explore and shift patterns of fear and focus that maintain pain.
- Practice gentle awareness, somatic tracking, and cognitive strategies to retrain your nervous system toward safety and healing.
- Receive support in resuming valued activities with confidence.
Our psychologists provide a safe, encouraging space for you to explore, practice, and gradually reclaim your life from the grip of chronic pain.
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Ready to Take the First Step Toward Relief?
You don’t have to live with chronic pain forever. PRT can help you move from pain and fear toward freedom, confidence, and meaningful living.
Take the first step toward reducing your pain and reclaiming your life by scheduling a PRT session with our experienced team.