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Mind Body Connection You are probably in this group today because you have tried everything else to cure your pain. It is a normal expectancy to want to be cured. When we are sick or hurt, we go to the doctor and we get “fixed.” For 90% of patients this is a fact. The other 10% is “finally” diagnoses with chronic pain syndrome, failed back syndrome, fatigue syndrome, and several other unhelpful diagnoses. Our culture teaches us that we can control everything. “What if” you were to not controlling your pain? Instead, adjust your mindset to a recovery mindset. What do you have to lose by trying a new way of thinking? There is a lot research about how the brain, body, emotions, and pain are intertwined. I challenge you to consider how much your emotional experience contributes to your pain experience. I challenge you to become more aware of your thoughts and feelings. Once we have an understanding of how our mind works we can begin to accept our new normal and have a new perspective on what we can and cannot control. It will be different for each person. Most of you in the group have more than one diagnosis. I ask that you be willing and teachable and keep an open mind. One of the goals of the group is to become more aware of what we are thinking and feeling. With increased awareness, it becomes clearer to us what is beneficial and what to accept in order to move forward, so that you can minimize the pain. The result is the ability to put pain on the back burner, stop obsessing, and live the life you want to live.
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Anastasia Bean-Moon,LPC, NCC, CPCS
Anastasia is a licensed professional counselor (LPC), a nationally board certified counselor (NCC), a Complex Pain Recovery® Coach, and she holds a Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Georgia State University. She has developed an expertise in chronic pain through her collaborative work with pain management specialists and training with Mind Body Syndrome (MBS). Inspired to better serve the chronic pain community she developed Complex Pain Recovery®, which provides support groups, coaching, consultation for clients and professionals. She incorporates evidence-based modalities for managing complex pain and medically unexplained pain, such as neck/back pain, fibromyalgia, and Chronic Fatigues Syndrome, that is not getting better with conventional medical/physical treatments. Research has shown that this type of chronic pain may be caused by emotional and psychological factors. She utilizes a pain recovery language aimed at enhancing coping skills and increasing daily functioning. Techniques based in neuroscience are incorporated to empower her clients with pain education and effective mindfulness-based and cognitive-behavioral techniques. Anastasia served on the CPA (Chronic Pain Anonymous) Board Of Trustees as a professional advocate.
Anastasia's therapeutic approach is strength based and integrative, utilizing solution-focused, experiential, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), psychodynamic therapy, and ISTDP. She has intensely trained in emotionally focused therapy (EFT) and enjoys working with individuals, couples, and families. She believes the therapeutic relationship is vital and uses a humanistic approach based on trust and unconditional positive regard. The goal is to help clients gain insight into the past and evaluate present living. Exploration of awareness, coping skills, and motivation of present living are examined to create new patterns of thought, new emotional responses, and behaviors to not only heal and reach life goals but to thrive and live fully.
Before seeking a career as a professional counselor, she worked in the Real Estate and Fashion Industries for 25 years. Her background includes 11 years of volunteer experience and the privilege of working with individuals and families affected by addiction. She became a professional counselor because she is passionate about helping others find new, more effective ways of coping and living life with serenity.
Areas of expertise: Chronic Pain and Illness, Tension Myositis (TMS), Mind Body Connection (MBS), Psychophysiologic Disorders(PPD), Couples, Interpersonal Relationships, Depression, Anxiety and Stress, Addiction / Co-Dependence, ACOA, Grief and Loss, Women’s Issues, Life Transitions
