Awareness
Let's first see the unseen pathways that are reinforcing your feelings of discomfort.
Neural retraining
Link the emotions that have been unexpressed or suppressed and how they are sensations in the body. Create safety and ease in the body by a process of feeling. not thinking. Change the experience of the sensations in the body.
Building new pathways
Together, we’ll build new neural pathways that gradually free you from pain patterns and expand what’s possible.
Transform your relationship with pain through mind body therapy.
Transform your relationship with pain through mind body therapy.
Despite trying everything, your symptoms persist
You’ve seen multiple specialists, tried medications, therapies, and alternative treatments. Yet your chronic pain, fatigue, digestive issues, or anxiety continue to disrupt your life.
Taking a whole-person approach helps us understand how this may be your mind protecting your body, sometimes a little too well.
Understanding chronic conditions through neuroscience
Understanding chronic conditions through neuroscience
A 2023 Washington University study confirmed that mind-body connections are built into the very structure of the brain, linking areas that control movement, thinking, and vital functions such as heart rate.
So when your nervous system becomes hypervigilant due to stress, trauma, or personality traits like perfectionism, it creates physical warning signals. By understanding and rewiring these neural pathways, nearly two-thirds of patients with chronic pain became pain-free.
This tells us that cultivating a mind-body model can help you find relief and wholeness that may have seemed impossible before.
I’m here to show you how.
Welcome, I’m Dr. Rita
Integrative medicine physician on a mission to help you break free from chronic pain
I pursued additional training in specialized mind body medicine to fill a critical gap in traditional care. This approach transformed my own health journey, my patients’ lives, and the way I think about health. I believe everyone deserves the tools to understand their body and their healing potential.
“We are born creators, but it is our subconscious programming that is doing the creating for us.”
-Bruce Lipton
I offer personalized one-on-one sessions blending neuroplastic pain recovery with mindfulness & compassionate care. Together, we’ll uncover the unconscious patterns maintaining your symptoms, address emotions that may contribute to your pain, and repattern your nervous system.
Neural reprocessing sessions are available via video or call.
You’ve never stopped seeking answers. It’s time to explore a different path.
Patient Transformations
Reprogram your unconscious responses with conscious choices.
Your brain and body have incredible healing capabilities. Let’s make the unspoken spoken so that they can finally work together.
Patient Transformations
Reprogram your unconscious responses with conscious choices.
Your brain and body have incredible healing capabilities. Let’s make the unspoken spoken so that they can finally work together.
Dr. Rita was kind, attentive and thoughtful which is rare in this day and age. She took the time to explain explain why I was stuck in the fear-pain cycle which I now understand. Even though there are a lot of resources out there, I needed the guidance to be able to see how I kept myself in a state of high alert.
Janice M.
This is the first time my pain has gotten so much better. I was able to play with my son!
Dan
Our Philosophy
Our Philosophy
Mind Body Connection
This approach is founded in Integrative Medicine. Integrative Medicine (IM) is healing-oriented medicine that takes account of the whole person, including all aspects of lifestyle. It emphasizes the therapeutic relationship between practitioner and patient, is informed by evidence, and makes use of all appropriate therapies.
Personalized Solution
Your well-being is the priority, and my philosophy is to care for the whole person by looking at the interplay between body, mind, and spirit. I listen to your needs and concerns because you know yourself the best. I give you insights to help you find meaningful resolutions.
How We Sustain The Changes?
Working together, we will create a personalized plan. Our priorities will focus on sustainable changes for relief and ease and those that enhance mind, body and joy.Coaching packages available based on initial session meeting.
Online Sessions Fee
Studies show virtual coaching is evidence-based and effective. Pain Reprocessing coaching is available worldwide via video or call. Coaching is self-pay and not covered by insurance. Sessions are 50 minutes at $275/session.The fee is self pay. Coaching is not covered by insurance. Please send your contact information to schedule session initial session. Messaging also available on Instagram @ritamindfulmentor.
Reprogram your unconscious responses with conscious choices.
Your brain and body have incredible healing capabilities. Let's make the unspoken spoken so that they can finally work together.
Freedom from chronic pain is possible!
Relief starts with a deep understanding of your subconscious. Together, we’ll build new neural pathways that gradually free you from pain patterns and expand what’s possible.
I’m here to guide you along your journey through neuroplastic pain recovery.
Does this sound familiar?
Does this sound familiar?
- Tests and imaging show “nothing’s wrong,” or only inconclusive, age-related findings that don’t explain your real, debilitating symptoms.
- You’ve tried traditional treatments within the traditional medical model that only provide temporary relief, if any.
- You feel invalidated and dismissed when your care system doesn’t consider the whole person and assumes there must be a physical diagnosis for every symptom.
- You’ve begun to doubt yourself and wonder if you’ll ever feel normal again.
- The chronic, persistent symptoms have left you feeling isolated, in despair, as others can’t see or understand your invisible suffering.
Hi! I'm Dr. Rita
Board-Certified Integrative Physician & Mindbody Medicine Specialist
Would you believe my path to becoming a pain specialist started with French Literature? It’s true—before devoting myself to medical textbooks, I would get lost in novels, fascinated by how they revealed our innermost thoughts and unconscious motivations. This gifted me a deep appreciation for the stories we tell ourselves about our bodies and our pain—something I carried into my medicine journey to this day.
When I became a family physician, I loved seeing the whole picture of patients’ lives. But I noticed a pattern: conventional treatments were leaving many chronically ill patients without clear answers or support. Then, my own experience with persistent pain became the catalyst for a deeper journey.
Determined to get to the root of my symptoms, I spent two years training with Dr. Andrew Weil, the father of Integrative Medicine (IM). Things finally started clicking, so I devoured everything I could about neuroplasticity, the mind-body connection, and pain science. I mastered techniques like Pain Reprocessing Therapy and Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy. and even became a certified mindfulness mentor and meditation teacher.
Today, I put all my training to work to help people reconnect with their bodies, find freedom from chronic pain, and heal.
Credentials
Board Certified Physician in Family Medicine and Integrative Medicine
Certified Mindfulness Mentor and Meditation Teacher
Advanced Training in Pain Reprocessing Therapy
Certified in Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET)
Mastery-Level Training in Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT)
Trained in Freedom from Chronic Pain Methodology
Certified in CEAM (Core Emotional Addictions Model)
I’ve had the privilege of working with Rita in a professional consultation setting, and I’ve been so impressed by her warmth, thoughtfulness, and depth of knowledge in Pain Reprocessing Therapy. She brings genuine compassion and insight to her work, and I have no doubt clients benefit greatly from her supportive approach.
Olivia
LCSW
Rita is a truly kind and compassionate practitioner and human. She brings a wealth of knowledge to her PRT coaching with her background as a physician. I know her to be diligent, professional, and intuitive with her clients. You are in good hands.
Jenn
Registered Clinical Counsellor