Beyond Coping: Tools for Living Fully with Pain and Illness

When
January 2026

Free Info Session December 2nd
6:30 on Zoom

Experience
No experience required

Where
In Person at Open Door

Instructor
Audrey Gilbert, M.Ed., CHP & Kate Gamble, BFA, MSPT

Price
Tier 1 – Core Program
$500 (≈ $50/week)

Tier 2 – Program + Support Group
$650 (≈ $65/week)

Living with chronic pain or illness can feel like being trapped in a story you never chose. It shapes your days, your choices, even your sense of self. But there is another way forward.

I’m thrilled to share a new offering created in collaboration with my colleague, Kate Gamble, that brings together science-based tools and compassionate support for people living with chronic pain, fatigue, or long-term illness.

Beyond Coping: Tools for Living Fully with Chronic Pain and Illness
A 10-week immersive series blending science-based mind-body practices with compassionate support and community.

Guided by experienced facilitators Audrey Gilbert, M.Ed., CHP, and Kate Gamble B.F.A and MSBT, this series integrates hypnosis, somatic movement, breathwork, creative reflection, and peer connection to gently shift pain patterns, calm the nervous system, and reconnect you with your body’s wisdom.

Rather than trying to “fix” pain, this program helps participants transform their relationship with it—reducing fear and reactivity, releasing old stories, and reclaiming joy, agency, and resilience. Together, we’ll explore neuroplasticity, emotional healing, parts work, and practical tools you can use every day.

Perfect for those living with chronic pain, fatigue, or long-term illness who are ready for new strategies, meaningful connections, and a safe space to heal.


Core Elements

Each weekly session may include:

  • Gentle movement or somatic exploration (adaptable for all bodies)

  • Guided hypnosis or subconscious healing work

  • Breathwork, body sensing, and nervous system regulation tools

  • Reflective and creative therapy practices like journaling, drawing, or creative mapping

  • Group support, discussion & compassionate witnessing

  • Evidence-based therapeutic processes  


Who This Is For

This program is for people living with chronic pain, fatigue, or long-term illness who want more than coping. If you’re longing for new strategies, supportive community, and practical tools rooted in science and soul, you’ll find them here.

Outcomes You Can Expect

By the end of the program, participants will be supported to:

  • Reduce fear and reactivity around pain

  • Learn practical nervous system regulation tools

  • Shift subconscious beliefs and emotional loops that sustain pain

  • Reframe their relationship with illness through parts work & narrative healing

  • Reclaim joy, agency, and creative resilience

  • Develop connectivity

Audrey Gilbert, M.Ed., CHP
Certified hypnotherapist, dreamwork guide, and wellness coach with over a decade of experience in mind-body healing. Having personally navigated chronic pain, Audrey brings both lived wisdom and clinical expertise. She specializes in hypnosis, nervous system regulation, somatic practices, and Jungian-informed approaches that help participants shift deep patterns and reconnect with resilience. With her background in education and group facilitation, she creates safe, supportive spaces where participants feel both deeply seen and empowered.

Kate Gamble, BFA, MSPT
Founder of Open Door Integrative Wellness, Kate is a physical and somatic therapist with 30 years of clinical experience. She specializes in neurological rehabilitation, trauma-informed somatic approaches, and movement therapies that restore agency and ease. Trained in Feldenkrais, Body-Mind Centering, and somatic trauma healing, Kate brings warmth, expertise, and practical tools for reinhabiting the body and regaining freedom in movement and spirit.

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