Psychotherapist. License # 12586
303 Forge Road SE
Calgary, Alberta, T2H 0S9, Canada
+1 (587) 438-7082
Tanner@PainPsychotherapy.ca
PainPsychotherapy.ca
Virtual PPD coaching: YES - via Jane App (secure), Zoom and phone for clients within Canada.
Currently accepting new clients

I am a therapist who primarily works with clients who have chronic pain. I am trained and experienced in assessing and treating chronic pain that has no structural cause, typically called neuroplastic pain, Psychophysiologic Disorders or Tension Myoneural Syndrome. I specifically utilize Pain Reprocessing Therapy to support my clients in eliminating or greatly reducing their pain. My therapeutic approach involves helping clients to stop fearing their pain and then processing their emotions through a lens of safety. I have also been trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness, Accelerated Resolution Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Solution-Focused Therapy.

In my early 20s I began to experience chronic back pain, hip pain, shoulder pain, and headaches. I was diagnosed with several conditions at the time including fibromyalgia, and I felt deeply confused because doctors and healthcare providers could not agree upon what was physically wrong with me. After several years of suffering in daily pain and having little success with various treatments, I realized through my own research that nothing was structurally wrong with my body and in fact I had neuroplastic pain. Utilizing the same techniques I use with my clients, I recovered and have been pain free and extremely active ever since.