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Beginning February 6, 2025

Chronic Pain Support group

This virtual group is an 8-week long educational support group for individuals who have experienced non-cancer chronic pain due to injury and/or trauma, or due to autoimmune disease for at least 6-months time. During the 8 weeks you will learn:

-How the brain and body interpret and respond to pain

-How to enhance your mind-body connection to cultivate deeper awareness of the body in order to decrease pain

- How the central nervous system plays a key role in pain perception- and how to calm the central nervous system in order to decrease pain

-How to develop and enforce personal boundaries in order to protect the central nervous system from becoming overactive

-Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Buddhist Psychology techniques

-Space to connect with group members

Criteria:

• Experience non-cancer causing chronic pain for at least 6-months time

• Age- 35 and up

• Has a current individual therapist or has seen a therapist individually in the last 8 weeks

• Must be able to commit to the 8-week group

• Has access to zoom

Logistics:

• Virtual 90-minute group meeting on zoom weekly

• 8-week group occurring on Thursday evenings @ 4 pm

• Zoom link will be sent to email

• $40 self-pay/per group meeting

Contact:

-Please contact Kelsey Ruffing, MA, MS, LCPC to register at kelsey@kelseyruffingcounseling.com or 312.620.0714