Mind-Body Therapy for Chronic Pain, Illness, & Burnout—tailored to you
If you’re navigating pain, fatigue, or emotional exhaustion—and wondering whether therapy can actually help—you’re in the right place.
I offer integrative, online therapy for adults ready to approach healing differently.
Hi there, I’m
Dr. Kalianivala
(but you can call me by my first name, Anahita. Hear how to pronounce my name.)
I’m a licensed clinical psychologist and chronic pain specialist, and I support people living with chronic pain, fatigue, illness, and emotional or medical burnout. I want to help you:
reconnect with yourself
find relief (and release) from pain, and
reclaim your agency.
Therapy with me is grounded in compassion, science, and soul—and centered around your lived experience.
Mind-Body Therapy is for you if:
You’re doing everything “right,” but your body is still telling you something’s off.
You feel “stuck on,” even when your body is begging for rest.
You’ve got mystery symptoms or pain that flares with stress — but no clear answers
You’ve already tried therapy, self-help, and nervous system tools… but nothing sticks
You’re sensitive, smart, and secretly burnt out from carrying too much
You’re stuck in patterns of overdoing, overthinking, or overriding your needs
The good news? Your nervous system isn’t the enemy.
Pain and illness affect far more than just your physical body. Over time, they impact your thoughts, your emotions, your energy, and your sense of identity.
I work with clients who are navigating:
Chronic pain and post-surgical pain
Illness-related anxiety or burnout
Fibromyalgia, CRPS, or stress-amplified flares
Grief, disconnection, and fear of being “too much”
Nervous system dysregulation (freeze, shutdown, overdrive)
Healing doesn’t mean ignoring your pain. It means learning to understand it — and relate to it differently.
Why spend another moment …
→ Feeling overwhelmed—EXHAUSTED in your bones, but your mind won’t quit.
→ Wrestling with mystery symptoms or chronic pain that flares up when you're stressed... but “just relax” is laughably not working.
→ Pushing through achievement after achievement, bypassing rest, joy, or anything that feels remotely like fulfillment.
→ Carrying fear, shame, or the weight of disappointing others—even when you’re the one barely hanging on.
→ Caught between people-pleasing and staying quiet, while your authentic voice is buried under it all.
→ Swimming in big, messy emotions with no clear idea of what to do with them.
What Working Together Looks Like
I offer a range of evidence-based strategies that support healing—not pushing—so you can move forward with more ease, clarity, and self-trust.
From well-researched techniques like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain (CBT-CP) and pain neuroscience education to insight-oriented and integrative tools like Internal Family Systems (IFS or “parts work”) and nervous system regulation:
I’ve got you.
Services include:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Chronic Pain
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Mindfulness and relaxation strategies
Clinical Hypnosis
Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT)
Somatic and body-based strategies
This isn’t “just talking.” It’s nervous system-informed, mind-body therapy rooted in clinical psychology and tailored to your experience.
This work is here for those those who’ve already tried being strong
and are ready to feel at ease.
Choose Your Next Step
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Book a Free Consultation
No commitment. Just a conversation.
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Try a One-Time Class
Empowered Relief is a Stanford-developed 90-minute mind-body skills class for pain relief—no deep dives, no therapy commitment.
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Not Ready Yet?
Check out “Pain is More than Just Physical,” a blog post to help you understand the full picture of pain.