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Pain Psychotherapy Canada’s mission is to support clients in greatly reducing their chronic pain.

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Disclaimer: The information provided by Pain Psychotherapy Canada Inc., and its director Tanner Murtagh, on this page is for general informational and educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional advice, psychotherapy, or counselling. Please Read
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09/28/2025

Yes, you can actually get too smart about your healing.

Here’s how it happens:

🧠 You learn all the science.
🧠 You assess everything thoroughly.
🧠 You think, analyze, and research non-stop.

But the nervous system doesn’t heal through thinking. It heals through safety.

💡 Instead of endlessly learning, start practicing:

✨ Drop into your body.
✨ Notice sensations without fear.
✨ Re-teach your brain that movement, emotions, and relationships are safe.

Because healing isn’t about having the most knowledge, it’s about consistent steps toward safety. 🌿

09/27/2025

Step 1 in healing chronic pain and symptoms?

👉 Identify what’s dysregulating your nervous system.

Some possibilities:
⚡ Trauma or childhood adversity
⚡ Burnout or chronic stress
⚡ Social isolation
⚡ Perfectionism or suppressed emotions
⚡ Poor sleep, diet, or exercise
⚡ Oppressive/dangerous environments

💡 Many chronic conditions aren’t caused by structural damage, they’re the result of a nervous system stuck in survival mode.

✨ By mapping out the factors that keep you unsafe, you can begin to restore balance and regulation. And restoring safety is the foundation for healing.

09/26/2025

Brain retraining is one of the most powerful tools for healing chronic pain + symptoms.

Why? Because symptoms aren’t always a sign of damage, they’re often a sign of a nervous system stuck in danger mode.

With retraining, you can teach your brain to:
✨ Respond to sensations with less fear + frustration
✨ Approach symptoms with curiosity instead of panic
✨ View your body as safe, not broken (Gordon & Ziv, 2021)
💡 Over time, this rewiring reduces pain + symptoms.

📌 Start your healing today:

1️⃣ Digital course with 60+ practices → link in bio
2️⃣ Free 20-min therapy consultation (for clients in Canada)

09/25/2025

Your mind and body don’t always want the same thing.

The mind says:
👉 “Push harder. Keep going. Don’t stop.”

The body says:
👉 “Slow down. I’m tired. I need safety.”

When we live only by the rules + demands of the mind, we silence the signals of the body. Over time, this creates chronic dysregulation which can trigger or worsen pain and illness.

💡 Healing happens when we reconnect with the body. Through embodiment, you can:

✨ Feel your nervous system cues
✨ Respond with compassion
✨ Restore balance + safety

Because your body isn’t weak.
It’s wise.
And it’s asking for your attention. 🌿

09/24/2025

You can’t always control when pain or symptoms show up…

…but you can control how you respond.

Here are 4 powerful ways to rewire your brain + nervous system out of chronic symptoms 👇

1️⃣ Safe self-talk → remind yourself: “My body is healthy. These sensations will pass.” (PRTC, 2021)
2️⃣ Starve the symptoms → don’t feed them constant attention.
3️⃣ Somatic practices → calm + re-train your nervous system (free on our YouTube).
4️⃣ Shift focus → savuor what feels good: coffee, laughter, sun, pets.

✨ Commit to one new way of responding today. Your nervous system will thank you.

💬 Drop your favourite safe self-talk phrase in the comments!

Reference:

Pain Reprocessing Therapy Center (2021). Pain reprocessing therapy training.

09/23/2025

Not all chronic symptoms are caused by structural damage or disease.

Many are neuroplastic — meaning they’re generated by the brain + nervous system when they feel unsafe.

💡 This is actually good news → because what the brain learns, it can also unlearn.
Neuroplastic symptoms may include:

Chronic pain (anywhere in the body)
Fibromyalgia
Tinnitus
Chronic fatigue
Long Covid
Chronic dizziness
IBS

✨ When you restore safety to your brain and nervous system, symptoms can reduce, and in many cases, disappear.

📌 Start here:

1️⃣ Free 20-min consultation with our therapy clinic (Canada-based, link in bio)
2️⃣ Full healing roadmap in our Somatic Safety Method digital course (link in bio)

09/22/2025

Your nervous system isn’t “broken.” It just may have forgotten how to regulate itself after chronic stress, trauma, or pain.

That’s where manual control comes in. Think of it like helping your nervous system remember safety.

👉 If you’re anxious, perfectionistic, or frustrated — slow things down with breathwork, stillness, or embodiment practices.

👉 If you’re flat, low, or fatigued — spark energy with movement, creativity, or simple value-based actions.

✨ At first it feels hard. But the more you guide your system back to safety, the more automatic it becomes.

💬 Comment below: Which state do you find yourself in more often — fight/flight or freeze/shutdown?

09/21/2025

We're thrilled to introduce you to some of the incredible and dedicated individuals at our clinic. To begin your healing, book a free consultation with one of our therapists: https://linktr.ee/painpsychotherapy

09/20/2025

Anxiety and chronic pain are more connected than most people realize.

⚡ Chronic anxiety is a sign your nervous system is stuck in flight mode.
When this state persists, the brain can actually generate symptoms like pain, fatigue, dizziness, or IBS.

Here’s the tricky part → those symptoms often worsen anxiety, creating a painful feedback loop.

💡 But there’s good news:

You don’t have to eliminate all anxiety to heal.
You do need to restore nervous system flexibility + safety.
Our therapists support clients in eliminating the chronic from chronic anxiety by working through trauma, emotions, relationships, and thought patterns that keep the system stuck.

Book your FREE 20-min consultation today (link in bio).
We’re available across several Canadian provinces.

09/19/2025

Being “resilient” can feel like both a compliment… and a curse.

On the healing journey with chronic pain/symptoms, you might feel like you have no choice but to keep pushing through. And while resilience is incredible, here’s the truth:

💡 The goal of this work is to reach a place where you don’t always have to be tough anymore.

Through neuroplastic healing, changing how you think about symptoms, practicing gradual exposure, and learning safe embodiment, symptoms can reduce, and life can feel lighter again.

✨ Keep going. You’re closer than you think. And remember, you don’t have to do it alone, we’re here with free resources, a digital course, and therapy support (links in bio).

💬 Comment below: Do you ever feel “tired of being resilient”?

09/18/2025

So many of us spent our younger years thriving on high performance, perfectionism, and people-pleasing.

It made us feel safe.
It even brought success.

But as we age → the nervous system simply can’t run at that intensity forever.

💡 What happens?

Pain. Fatigue. Symptoms.
Your body forces you to slow down because your brain senses danger in the old way of living.

The shift → Aging gracefully isn’t about doing more. It’s about learning to:

✨ Reduce intensity and expectations
✨ Listen to your body with embodiment practices
✨ Create safety in your nervous system
Because more safety = fewer symptoms.

And that’s how we heal and age gracefully. 🌿

💬 Do you feel like your body is asking you to slow down as you age?

09/17/2025

For years, I lived with debilitating IBS.

🌿 Herbs, supplements, meditation, and breathwork helped…
…but symptoms always came back.

When I started naturopathic school, things got worse. The pain was so intense I thought about going to the ER.

💡 Everything shifted the day my naturopath asked me:
👉 “Why are you so stressed?”

When I dug deeper, I uncovered a core wound → fear of failing, and not feeling good enough.

⚡ The moment I identified this, my pain decreased. And with the tools I already had, I continued healing.

This experience reshaped how I view chronic symptoms + disease. It’s also how I now help clients with IBS, fibromyalgia, eczema, and chronic headaches.

✨ Because healing isn’t only about the body. It’s about the mind, emotions, and nervous system, too.

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Suite 300, 160 Quarry Park Boulevard SE
Calgary, AB
T2C3G3

Telephone

+15874387082

Website

https://linktr.ee/painpsychotherapy

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