Together, We Can Heal Your Chronic Pain
Offering weekly individual psychotherapy
Gay Therapist NYC | Chronic Pain Therapist
I help people use mind-body work to end chronic pain and truly learn to be themselves.
✨ July 2025: Accepting New Individual Therapy Clients ✨
Imagine your life without your pain
Listen to the Podcast 🎧
Therapist Sean Hershey, LCSW teaches you how to use psychological and emotional modalities to heal from chronic pain.
From Listeners…
What if you could actually feel well..?
I know, you’ve been in pain for years.
Now, after everything you’ve been through, you’ve finally found mind-body medicine. On some level, you know this is the answer.
But …you worry …is it?
Why hasn’t the TMS mindset fixed you yet? You fear this won’t work. You fear you’re the exception. You still fear there’s something wrong with your body. Your doctors must have missed something. Right?
Because you’ve read the TMS books. You’ve journaled. You feel negative emotions all the time.
You’ve heard the success stories. They all sound so confident. They’re all doing so well. They don’t sound like you. What’s wrong with you?
Yes, mind-body healing is hard.
It’s frustrating. It requires a mindset shift so profound that some call it a rebirth.
It’s deeper than the pain and the symptoms. It’s your very core self.
You’ve put your precious life’s energy into stress and trying and demands and people-pleasing and perfecting.
You feel so small now.
It’s time to find yourself again.
Your body’s calling you home.
Together, we’ll learn to speak its language.
We’ll listen.
And mind-body treatment works for chronic pain. I say this with confidence. Firstly, because I know the science, and secondly, because I’ve experienced profound mind-body healing in my own body too.
We can make this work for you.
Let’s get you out of pain and, finally, into the life that was meant for you.
Common Conditions
We’ll take your healing deeper. Most presentations of the following chronic conditions are mind-body generated. A mind-body diagnosis is a good diagnosis, because it’s possible to fully resolve chronic mind-body symptoms, even after years or decades of suffering. (List credit: Howard Schubiner MD)
✅ Back Pain
✅ Neck Pain
✅ Hip Pain
✅ Shoulder Pain
✅ Knee Pain
✅ Elbow Pain
✅ Pain from Disc Bulges
✅ Pain from Disc Degeneration
✅ Other Musculoskeletal Pain
✅ Chronic Headaches
✅ Migraines
✅ Irritable Bowel Syndrome
✅ Irritable Bladder Syndrome
✅ Repetitive Strain Injury
✅ Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
✅ Fibromyalgia
✅ Many Eczema and Skin Conditions
✅ Arthritic Conditions
✅ Endometriosis Presentations
✅ Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
✅ Interstitial Cystitis
✅ Depression
✅ Anxiety
✅ Other Medically Unexplained Chronic Pain or Fatigue
Remember, there are many mind-body symptoms and conditions. If you don't see your symptoms listed, that doesn't mean you're excluded. Please feel free to reach out and ask me about your specific situation.
The Importance of Identities
We all bring our identities into therapy.
In order for us to have an authentic connection in our work together, it's important to acknowledge our intersectional identities. I've worked with clients across the wide spectrum of races, cultures, ethnicities, immigration statuses, sexualities, gender identities, relational styles, and religious beliefs.
I make space for conversations about identity, privilege, and power in our work together. All are welcome.
Contact
How it works: Get started by requesting a free phone consultation. We'll talk, then you can decide if you’d like to move forward. From there, we can get you scheduled for weekly therapy.
You don't have to journey alone anymore. Let's heal your pain together.