Katie Dashtban – Feeling Good Therapy

November 10, 2025

Understanding Our Collective Consciousness

A warm and heartfelt hello to all my current and past patients, and the general public. It sure has been a roller coaster of days and weeks where all of us have had to make quick changes to fit

October 27, 2025

Coping With Change

It’s easy to fall into hopelessness and despair, especially in the face of crisis, which effectively calls for CHANGE. Let’s agree that COVID-19 has brought into question most everything that we once considered “normal.” Meeting Face to Face: used to

October 15, 2025

What Happens When You Receive a Medical Diagnosis?

What happens when you first receive the news of a medical diagnosis? When you first learn that there is something about your health or a loved one’s that has been compromised. If you are like most people, you probably

September 30, 2025

Managing chronic back pain doesn’t have to be a pain

Managing chronic back pain reminds me of the chicken and egg story. Got to get up and get moving so you can keep flexible and keep the back strong, on the one hand!! On the other hand, the pain

September 18, 2025

Sleepless with pain?

Hello readers! I’d have to tell you, of all the complexities I hear about from my chronic pain patients, the most disturbing of all is lack of adequate sleep which by itself causes all kinds of health problems, even

September 6, 2025

Who is the “owner” of the chronic pain I feel?

It is easy to confuse ownership of your pain with blaming yourself for it. Taking ownership of the pain means 1) exploring exactly in what ways has the pain affected your personal and professional life, 2) recognizing ways that

August 27, 2025

Pacing is the name of the game

Hello readers, If you are a chronic pain sufferer, you have probably noticed that pain level goes up and down seemingly by itself, some days it is worse, other days it is better. If you are one of those

August 17, 2025

It Takes a Village to Manage Chronic Pain

Dear Readers, An idea just came to mind that I thought might be worth sharing with you. Have you heard the saying: “It takes a village to raise a child?” Well, I think the same concept applies to successful

August 8, 2025

An Overview of Aspergerian Versus A Neurotypical Mindsets

Persons with Asperger’s syndrome or high functioning autism could list a long list of challenges in their relationships. They often would tell you about their fear and anxieties of not fitting in, of feeling estranged and even unlovable. Likewise,

July 29, 2025

When Doctors Don’t Know What is Wrong

A small percentage of people experience an array of conditions and symptoms that cannot be grouped in one category to meet any known medical conditions. The illness of these people is often non-treatable with conventional or even un-conventional medicine.

Author: Katie Dashtban