Get Relief from Pain & Stress

Evidence-based online courses to help you feel safe and comfortable again in your own body.

Persistent Pain? Unmanaged Stress?

Our courses will empower you with the tools you need to reduce pain and stress, and improve outlook, mood, sleep, and daily functioning. Get unstuck and take control of your life.

Are you tired of…

  • hurting all the time?
  • feeling discouraged or fearful about the future?
  • feeling overwhelmed, depressed, anxious, or irritable?
  • struggling to manage daily activities, exercise, or hobbies?
  • poor sleep? weight gain?
  • feeling withdrawn from your relationships or social life?
  • being on autopilot, just going through the motions?
  • feeling uncomfortable and unsafe in your own body?
  • feeling stuck?
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You are Not Alone

Chronic pain affects around 1 in 5 people, around 50 MILLION, in the US alone! It is a multi-dimensional problem, but we often are not treated from that perspective. We often are left feeling that there is nothing we can do to change our pain.

In addition to physical pain, emotional pain or “stress” has a huge impact on our lives. Some stress is good for us, but we often get overwhelmed trying to “keep up” and quickly feel out of control.

I know what it is like to feel stuck, filled with doubt about your ability to bring real change to your life. I created these courses on pain and stress to offer you the opportunity to learn the skills you need to take charge of your life. The end goal? To live a more meaningful, intentional, engaged, connected, and fulfilling life.

It’s time for you to get back on track.

Our courses will empower you with practical, evidence-based tools to:

  • reduce or eliminate pain, mood symptoms, worried thoughts, and fear of activity
  • improve daily functioning, sleep, mood, awareness, and well-being
  • improve your perspective on yourself, pain and stress, relationships, and the future
  • improve your management of daily stressors
  • move from “why me?” to “what now?”
  • take back control and find real relief
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Ready for Relief?

No-one should have to go through life believing they have no control over their pain or stress.

It’s time to get unstuck and find relief.

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Why Our Courses?

As a clinical psychologist, I have worked for decades with patients to help them cope more effectively with persistent pain and life stressors. I understand the suffering that can come with these issues; I’ve seen it in my patients and have experienced it myself. It is life altering to feel unable to see the light at the end of the tunnel. To feel alone in your suffering, misunderstood, or even dismissed by others. To feel as if you are a bystander in your own life.

Anchored by science and energized by my passion for teaching, I offer you evidence-based coping skills that will change how you manage your pain or life stressors. I invite you to become a proactive, engaged participant in your treatment and life again. Build new habits. Get unstuck from what can feel like an endless loop of pain and suffering. I’m so glad you’re here.

The 3 Step Plan

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1. Learn more about courses on pain and stress

Check out the details of our courses, and choose the one that best fits your needs.

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2. Sign up for a course

Take a course from the comfort of your own home while still reaping the benefits of group support.

3. Reclaim your life

Use the skills you learn to get unstuck, take charge of your life, and find relief.

"After my first class I slept better than I ever remember doing so before! …guidance was spot on and immediately useful."

Kelly Weeks

"As a public school teacher (during a pandemic), I have used tools learned in Dr. Carris' mindfulness class to help manage my life."

L.W.

“Practicing meditation and mindfulness has transformed and continues to transform my life…now I can't imagine my life without these practices…highly recommend”

Rachel Philliou, public school teacher

“…opened my eyes to a variety of ways to manage stress through meditation, mindfulness and movement…I would take it again in a heartbeat.”

Carrie Bollinger, Principal

“easy to tell right away the amount of time and energy Missy puts into her own mindfulness as well as the classes she teaches… it has truly transformed my perspective on life and how I approach it.”

Cassidy P. Klements, Teacher

“…huge impact on my life. Missy's perspective as a Psychologist, along with her passion for and extensive study of mindfulness and meditation and their impacts on our lives and health were a priceless combination”

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“…mind and body awareness in a non-judgmental environment ...relieved to see that the class welcomed students of all levels of experience. I left the class feeling a greater sense of connectedness, control of my stress level, and overall joy. Recommended!”

Mark, Teacher