Teenagers can commonly have chronic symptoms, including headaches, migraines, back pain, neck pain, abdominal pain, nausea, fatigue, or dizziness, as well as many other physical symptoms. Often, these chronic symptoms in teenagers do not occur from damage or disease in their body, but due to a felt sense of danger and dysregulation in the brain and nervous system.

Being a teenager is hard! They face mental health concerns, pressures to succeed, loneliness or isolation, relationship issues with parents or friends, bullying, struggles processing big emotions or trauma, and difficulties with learning in school. All of these concerns can cause teenagers to have a felt sense of danger that can lead to chronic pain and illness being triggered and worsened.

The psychological approach our clinic offers to treat chronic pain and symptoms has been shown to effectively reduce or eliminate symptoms 1,2. Several of the therapists on our team are experienced in working with teenagers who have chronic pain and symptoms.