RaeAnn Dombrowski, LCSW and primary therapist at Progressive Institute observes the correlation between chronic pain and mental health. Individuals suffering from chronic pain often experience difficulties with work, social life, and home life, creating stress in one’s life. There is a clear link between chronic stress and chronic pain and understanding this connection allows patients to utilize skills to effectively disrupt the cycle of chronic pain and reduce overall discomfort.

Individuals with trauma show much more depression, anxiety, distorted cognition, personality deficits, and lower levels of social support, which may represent social and psychological vulnerability for developing psychiatric disorders and addictive behaviors. Learn more about therapeutic options to help patients work through underlying trauma.

Keri, a young person in recovery, discusses her experiences of getting sober at 17 and some of the resources she has found to be beneficial in creating a community, finding hobbies, and working on herself physically, mentally, and spiritually.