Episode 271: Anxiety and Chronic Pain/Symptoms with Christie Uipi

Join Kelli and guest Christie Uipi as they discuss how anxiety and chronic pain/symptoms go hand in hand, creating an anxiety-pain cycle, and how we can support ourselves in breaking that cycle. 

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Show Notes

Christie Uipi is the Executive Director of the Better Mind Center and a psychotherapist specializing in the treatment of chronic pain, anxiety, and depression. She lectures nationally on psychotherapeutic interventions to treat chronic pain and is committed to cross-disciplinary collaboration between mental health and physical medicine. Christie is also a recovered chronic pain patient herself. The healing process was so profoundly transformational for the quality of her life that she has dedicated her career to supporting others through their recoveries. You can find Christie at bettermindcenter.com.

Kelli and Christie discuss:

• How chronic pain and anxiety go hand in hand?

• How “pain” can also cover chronic uncomfortable or unsettling sensations that are caused and/or exacerbated by anxiety, like IBS, brain fog, fatigue, etc.

• Christie’s personal journey with anxiety and chronic pain.

• If I'm experiencing physical pain in my body, how do I know if it's being aggravated by my anxiety?

• How can we feel safe coming home to a place we associate with pain and fear?

• Techniques to help chronic pain sufferers get back into their bodies.