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Therapy for Body Pain

Reconnecting mind and body to move past stuck pain signals and turn down the volume. 

Are you struggling with chronic pain that seems unexplainable? Pain or physical symptoms that don’t seem to respond like normal issues. 

It’s been more than 6 months and your providers have not identified a root cause. Or they have and the magnitude of the symptoms are way more agonizing than they should be. 

Hi, I'm Ashley

a brain and body based therapist

I specialize in a handful of deep brain therapies to help you address the mind-body and reprocess stuck emotions to alleviate persistent discomfort. 

Picture of Ashley (an accelerated resolution therapy therapist in Portland, Oregon) standing in front of brightly lit window smiling. She offers trauma-focused therapy intensives in Portland, Oregon

Ashley Jopling, LPC is a certified Master ART, certified brainspotting, and EMDR Therapist

Understanding the mind-body connection

Chronic pain often results from miscommunication between the brain and body, sometimes linked to unresolved trauma or stuck emotion. This phenomenon, known as neuroplastic pain, occurs when the brain continues to send pain signals despite the absence of physical injury. Our goal is to help you retrain your brain to interpret these signals correctly, breaking the cycle of chronic pain.

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Introducing

A different approach to chronic pain treatment

1

Intake & Pain Assessment

Chronic pain is often a miscommunication between the mind and body and stuck trauma in the body.

2

Pain & Trauma Processing

Chronic pain is often a miscommunication between the mind and body and stuck trauma in the body. In sessions we may explore and experiment with what works best with your system. Adapting our approach based on how you respond to therapy. 

3

Maintenance

Pulling from some of the best deep brain therapy approaches to address the root of the discomfort.

Pain Reprocessing Therapy

An approach designed to retrain the brain to interpret signals in the body and break the chronic pain cycle.

Trauma Therapies

Modalities: ART, EMDR, Brainspotting, Flash

Trauma reprocessing therapies targeting the limbic system in the brain that helps resolve stuck body sensations, pain, physiological responses, memories,  emotions, and beliefs.

Somatic Focused

Emphasis of the body’s role in what is happening right now.

Creating a mindful focus of noticing the internal experience.

Ready to explore a different kind of pain approach that goes beyond pain management?

When you’re dealing with chronic pain that feels unexplainable, neuroplastic pain therapy offers relief beyond standard pain management.

Using deep brain-based techniques like Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) and Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), we’ll work to rewire how your brain interprets pain signals, allowing you to regain control over your body and sensations.

In these sessions, you’ll be able to adjust the session length to fit your needs—whether it’s a 30-minute check-in or a 90-minute deep dive—so we can respond to how your body is processing the therapy. We’ll typically begin with weekly sessions, with the option to meet more frequently based on your progress.

Pain is a normal human experience & evolutionary way of helping us survive

And sometimes pain is a miscommunication from brain to body

Addressing chronic pain or other types of mind-body syndromes in therapy will start by assessing if it is Neuroplastic, followed by a blending of therapeutic approaches that will help the brain course correct and stop sending those danger signals.