Mind-Body Medicine for Chronic Pain

About Mind-Body Medicine for Chronic Pain

Therapist Sean Hershey, LCSW teaches you how to use psychological and emotional modalities to heal from chronic pain. Common conditions treated: Back Pain, Neck Pain, Hip Pain, Shoulder Pain, Knee Pain, Elbow Pain, Pain from Disc Bulges, Pain from Disc Degeneration, Sciatica, Neuropathy, Chronic Headaches, Migraine, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Pelvic Pain, Fibromyalgia, Many Eczema and Skin Conditions, Many Arthritic Presentations, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Long Covid, Depression, and Anxiety. Inspired by the pioneering work of Dr. John Sarno and all who’ve built upon his theories including: Nicole Sachs, Christina Sarno Horner, Dr. Howard Schubiner, Dr. Dan Ratner, Alan Gordon, the ATNS, and so many others. Join us as we discuss: TMS, pain as a danger signal, the pain/threat cycle, healing through psychological work, healing through emotional work, healing through patiently attuning to your true self, trauma, healing as a work in progress, maddening frustration, glimmers of hope, elating successes... But most of all, join us because you don’t have to be alone in your pain. You don’t have to be alone in the hard work of healing. And you don’t have to be alone as this starts to work for you, and you begin to get better. We’re all walking this path together. We’re right here with you.

Publisher

Sean Hershey LCSW

Category

education · health & fitness · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

19 Mar 2025

Latest episode

11 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

22 of 97 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   11 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   S7 E3 | Using Internal Family Systems Therapy to Heal Chronic Symptoms | Jonty Hikmet

   Therapist Sean Hershey, LCSW interviews IFS practitioner Jonty Hikmet about using Internal Family Systems therapy to allow emotions and heal chronic pain.

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   4 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   S7 E2 | How To Survive Health Anxiety

   Therapist Sean Hershey, LCSW explains how health anxiety, like chronic pain, signals danger and offers strategies for surrender and acceptance.

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   27 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   S7 E1 | Chronic Pain and Addiction | Damien Reilly

   Addiction recovery coach Damien Reilly shares his journey with chronic pain and addiction, revealing how rewiring the brain aids both recovery processes.

Inside a recent episode

S7 E3 | Using Internal Family Systems Therapy to Heal Chronic Symptoms | Jonty Hikmet

Published 11 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] First, it's like the mindset psychologically. allowing the symptoms to be there and not fighting the symptoms. Second is emotionally like allowing my emotions to be there and not fighting my emotions, which requires a lot of work. I mean, for me that required a lot of work. There was a lot, um, but that I just wasn't fully aware of. And like, you know, a lot of stuff that was beneath the level of full consciousness, nothing that was truly shocking. I was not like, oh, I was repressing a huge trauma that I didn't know about. It was nothing like that for me. But for me, it was like the gravity of and all of the depth of all of the issues that I thought were like maybe annoying or not great were actually like really severely problematic. […]

Who has been a guest on Mind-Body Medicine for Chronic Pain

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Jonty Hikmet
• Damien Reilly
• Tate Odell
• Kristina Armenakis
• Howard Schubiner

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

36 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

45 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 30 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

40

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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