Neuroplastic and Neuroscience-Based Therapy for the BODY, MIND, and Nervous System

Chronic Pain Therapy

Telehealth therapy available throughout New Jersey | In-person therapy in Monmouth & Ocean County

  • We know there are two things that trigger pain neuropathways. One is tissue damage and the other is emotions that activate the exact same pain processes in the brain as physical injury.

    Dr. Howard Schubiner

When Pain Takes Over

Living with persistent pain can feel like a full-time job. It’s exhausting, isolating, and quietly chips away at your quality of life. You show up and push through the best you can. But between the demands of your job, your relationships, and daily responsibilities, it’s becoming harder to keep up with your usual day.

No one truly sees what it takes to function while in pain. And after so many attempts to manage it, you may feel stuck in a cycle that seems impossible to break.

Each failed treatment can leave you feeling more discouraged. It seems like you’ve tried everything, and still, the pain lingers.


When Nothing Seems to Work


You’ve done everything that was asked of you - followed medical advice, explored alternative approaches, maybe even undergone procedures or surgery. You stayed hopeful and you put in the effort.

But the pain persists. New symptoms may emerge. And despite your commitment, you’re not progressing as expected.

You may be asking yourself:

"When will this pain end?"

A continuous cycle of hopelessness, disappointment, frustration, fear, and pain can leave you feeling anxious and depressed. You’re living in survival mode, and you may have been for months, years, or even decades.

The fear is real and understandable. As hope fades, you’re left navigating a cycle of disappointment, anxiety, frustration, fear, exhaustion, and pain.


Understanding the Pain-Fear Cycle

We’re wired to believe pain comes from physical damage. But pain doesn’t always mean injury.

Due to neuroplasticity, the brain can actually learn pain. Even after an injury heals, pain signals can continue due to changes in the brain and nervous system. Stress, fear, and hypervigilance can reinforce the pain-fear cycle, keeping your system on high alert.

If medical treatments haven’t brought lasting relief, your symptoms may stem from brain-generated pain (also known as neuroplastic pain or TMS).

The good news? There is another path to healing, one that targets the nervous system and supports your brain’s ability to unlearn pain.

A New Approach to Healing

I’m so glad you found your way here.

I support people living with chronic pain using an integrative, compassionate approach grounded in evidence-based neuroplastic pain psychology. These techniques have helped many significantly reduce or even eliminate chronic pain by:

Reframing pain beliefs

Reducing fear around pain

Restoring health to the nervous system

Rewiring pain pathways in the brain

Together, we’ll explore strategies designed to enhance your overall health and well-being, nurture your body and mind, helping you reconnect with your inner sense of safety and possibility.

You Are Not Broken

Be gentle with yourself. Healing takes time, and it is possible, even if that feels out of reach right now.


Your body and mind carry the imprint of everything you’ve lived through, and they also carry the capacity to heal. This is a space to begin again, with care and intention, and a willingness to gently listen inward. Even the smallest shift in awareness can open the door to meaningful change.