This specialized center in Zurich represents a unique integrated approach to treating conditions where pain, sleep disorders, and psychological factors interconnect. Rather than treating these three domains separately, the clinic recognizes that chronic pain often disrupts sleep, which in turn triggers psychological distress—and that untreated mental health issues can intensify pain perception and sleep problems. By housing pain specialists, sleep medicine experts, and psychiatrists under one roof with close collaboration, the center addresses the root causes of these interconnected conditions rather than symptoms in isolation. This integrated model is particularly valuable for patients who have struggled with fragmented care across multiple providers or whose conditions have proven resistant to single-modality treatment.
The center specializes in chronic pain management through a patient-centered “self-help” philosophy, helping patients understand the neurobiological mechanisms driving their pain so they become active participants in recovery rather than passive recipients of treatment. For sleep disorders, the clinic addresses the full spectrum of diagnoses recognized in sleep medicine, including insomnia, sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, and circadian rhythm disorders. Psychiatric and psychosomatic conditions are treated using evidence-based approaches including medical hypnosis and ketamine-assisted therapy combined with hypnosis.
For American patients seeking specialized care abroad, this clinic offers the advantage of Swiss medical standards and expertise without the fragmentation common in healthcare systems where pain, sleep, and mental health are typically managed by entirely separate specialists. The facility can refer patients to inpatient rehabilitation programs at other ZURZACH Care locations for more intensive treatment when needed, providing continuity of care throughout the treatment journey.
Services
- Chronic pain management and assessment
- Sleep medicine and sleep disorder diagnosis
- Psychiatric and psychosomatic evaluation and treatment
- Medical hypnosis
- Ketamine-infusion therapy with hypnosis
- Cognitive behavioral approaches to pain and sleep
- Interventional pain therapy (referral-based)
- Inpatient rehabilitation programs for headache and complex cases