Your Mind-Body Solution
For Chronic Pain

Mike Williams
Pain Reprocessing Therapy
Mind-Body Coaching
Rolfing® + Mindful Movement

 
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“I help people solve challenges at the intersection of chronic pain and personal growth.”
— Mike Williams, Pain Reprocessing Therapist, Hakomi Practitioner & Rolfer

Hi, I’m Mike Williams. I’m a Pain Reprocessing Therapist, Hakomi Practitioner and Rolfer. My home base is in Austin TX, and my practice has been located here and worldwide via Zoom since 2008.

Welcome, I’m glad you’re here. This is what I do:

Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) is a research-proven method that uses mindfulness techniques to help your brain better understand normal signals from your body, reducing chronic pain.

New discoveries in neuroscience show that most chronic pain isn't caused by physical issues, but by the brain misinterpreting harmless signals as dangerous.

By training your brain to recognize these signals as safe, PRT can lessen pain, decrease its impact, and empower you to regain control over your life.

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Pain Reprocessing Therapy featured on the Today Show.

Mind-Body Coaching integrates Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychology and mindfulness practices to help you build a holistic body-mind-spirit skill set to up-level your life and address challenges such as chronic pain resolution, finding an authentic career path, and developing emotional intelligence.

Together, we explore the interconnectedness of your body, mind, and emotions, uncovering habits that may keep you stuck. We’ll work to uncover the strengths in these habits and build new, higher-level tools, empowering you to develop new ways of living with greater awareness and ease.

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Rolfing + Mindful Movement combines hands-on therapy, self-awareness practices, and movement education to ease pain and improve mobility.

We unravel patterns from injuries, habits, and more, fostering balance and ease in your body.

Together, we focus on developing awareness of how you use your body day-to-day and creating optimal movement patterns for lasting relief and transformation.

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“If you are ready to explore your experience of yourself in a deeper way, I strongly recommend making an appointment with Mike and allowing him to guide you on your journey.”
— Melissa S.

From the Journal

Blog
Rewiring Pain Predictions
Rewiring Pain Predictions

Your brain is constantly trying to make life easier for you. It does this by predicting what’s about to happen -- what you'll feel (including pain!), see, hear, and need -- so you don’t have to consciously process everything in real time. This creates efficiency in the nervous system, which our brains really like as a way to get through our day-to-day lives. Sometimes though, the brain gets these predictions wrong, especially when it comes to chronic neuroplastic pain. So how can you help your brain overcome this largely subconscious process? Read on to learn six key ways to rewire your brain’s pain predictions.

Predicting Pain
Predicting Pain

Imagine your brain not as a passive observer of reality, but as a prediction machine -- constantly making its best guess about what’s happening in your body and environment, and adjusting based on those guesses. Emotions and sensations like pain aren’t hardwired reactions that live in specific parts of your brain like we've long assumed. Instead, they’re constructed experiences. Your brain draws on your past history, context, and sensory input to make meaning and experience, and pain is one of those experiences. Keep reading to learn more about what leading-edge neuroscience has taught us about how the brain creates pain.

The Details Are Important
The Details Are Important

Working to create more space & ease from pain or challenging emotions? Slow down, tune into your body & mind, and get to know the little details about what you’re experiencing in the moment. When you slow down in mindfulness and get into the granular details of your experience, the activity of two important neural networks shifts significantly, helping your nervous system move from “fight or flight” to “rest & digest.” Learn more here about how a specific mindfulness practice can turn down the volume on intense feelings, and the neuroscience behind why it works so well.

Heal With Grace Podcast Interview
Heal With Grace Podcast Interview

I recently had the tremendous pleasure of being a guest on the "Heal with Grace" podcast! In this podcast I share how my journey from finance to healing work was shaped by growing up with parents who had chronic pain. Together, we explore how subconscious beliefs, stress, and identity patterns shape our physical experiences—and how understanding these hidden dynamics can unlock true healing. I also share real client stories and practical ways to reconnect with the body, shift limiting patterns, and establish a sense of safety for lasting relief. Have a listen!

Gratitude Matters
Gratitude Matters

When everything looks shitty it’s really hard to feel hopeful about your health, the world, or otherwise. But if you’re armed with a little knowledge about how our nervous systems construct our reality — and, more importantly, how you can actively influence that — the possibility for seeing, perceiving, and then feeling something wildly different is suddenly right there. To stay afloat, you need to have some core, daily practices that help you get grounded and clear. So this post is a throwback to an elemental practice to keep you afloat in the alot-ness of life.

Somatic Tracking Isn't Working!
Somatic Tracking Isn't Working!

So you've tried Somatic Tracking for your chronic pain a bit but it doesn't seem to be working. You're feeling frustrated; impatient even. What's the deal? Does it not work? Is PRT a bad fit for you? Nope. That's not it. Somatic Tracking is a great practice for creating safety in our nervous systems around pain sensations. And, for most people it offers only one dimension of the healing process and is not a complete solution. When my clients stall out on pain relief from using that mindfulness practice alone, I know very clearly that it's time to go deeper and begin addressing the belief and emotional realms too.

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