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In Episode 6 of I Have My Reasons Kamloops Mental Health Counsellor Deandra Dey speaks with her good friend and colleague Kamloops Registered Massage Therapist Melissa West. Melissa is passionate about taking an interdisciplinary approach to healing chronic pain. This passion and experience led her to open her own pain management clinic in Kamloops. Melissa’s team at Change Your Pain Kamloops includes Registered Massage Therapists, a Naturopath doctor, Counsellor and a Kinesiologist.In this podcast, Deandra and Melissa talk about:The autonomic nervous systemPain and the nervous systemWhat happens in our bodies when dysregulatedTrauma and how it impacts the state of our nervous system Understanding and supporting our nervous system - a helpful tool in our healing journeyResources:Deandra Dey Therapy www.deandradeytherapy.comChange Your Pain Kamloops www.changeyourpain.comNiel Person- Pain Management https://lifeisnow.ca/Hayatbakhsh, M. R., Najman, J. M., Jamrozik, K., Mamun, A. A., Alati, R., & Bor, W. (2007). Cannabis and anxiety and depression in young adults: a large prospective study. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 46(3), 408-417.https://www.sciencedirect.co++m/science/article/abs/pii/S0890856709616853Battistella, G., Fornari, E., Annoni, J. M., Chtioui, H., Dao, K., Fabritius, M., ... & Giroud, C. (2014). Long-term effects of cannabis on brain structure. Neuropsychopharmacology, 39(9), 2041-2048.https://www.nature.com/articles/npp201467Jerath, R., Edry, J. W., Barnes, V. A., & Jerath, V. (2006). Physiology of long pranayamic breathing: neural respiratory elements may provide a mechanism that explains how slow deep breathing shifts the autonomic nervous system. Medical hypotheses, 67(3), 566-571.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306987706001666Beauregard, M. (2007). Mind does really matter: Evidence from neuroimaging studies of emotional self-regulation, psychotherapy, and placebo effect. Progress in neurobiology, 81(4), 218-236.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301008207000123