The Way Out, written by Alan Gordon and Alon Ziv, brings Pain Reprocessing Therapy to readers. It combines accessible science with a concrete, step-by-step plan to teach sufferers how to heal their own chronic pain.
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When therapist Alan Gordon suggests psychology as the cure for millions of pain sufferers, it garners the attention of Yoni Ashar, a doctoral student working in the lab of Dr. Tor Wager, who is willing to put Alan’s claims to the test.
PAIN BRAIN balances scientific breakthrough alongside intimate therapy sessions with patients as Alan attempts to cure patients with only words and information.
How successful the treatment is could catalyze a paradigm shift – from body to brain – amongst healthcare providers and patients.
Join hosts Alan Gordon, LCSW and Alon Ziv as they provide psychoeducation around the treatment of Pain Reprocessing Therapy. Listen in as they respond to the experiences of real chronic pain sufferers and provide techniques based on the latest neuroscience to help clients overcome chronic pain.
Emerging neuroscience tells us our brains actually create what we experience in our bodies, through a process called predictive processing. Pain doesn’t come from the body part where it’s felt, it’s created by our brain, signaling that something needs attention. And as Dr. Schubiner explains, our emotions and stress activate the same pain centers in our brain as an injury. The absolute key here: it’s not ‘all in your head’, your pain is real.
The human brain can actually learn to experience pain in certain areas of the body without any physical damage present. Learn about science-backed pain elimination techniques as Daniella Deutsch, LCSW discusses predictive processing, pain identity, cognitive and experiential tools, and the impact of emotions on chronic symptoms.
Paulina Soble, LCSW discusses how the brain will change in response to pain, and can become an expert in feeling pain. Central Sensitization amplifies sensory input, causing hypersensitivity and allowing even weak input to the body to feel painful. Listen in to hear how PRT targets the central nervous system’s neuroplasticity to build new neural pathways and unlearn pain.
Pain is always an output of the brain, regardless of whether or not there is an injury, disease or damage to the body. This does not mean that the pain is imagined–false alarms are just as loud as any other. But, when it comes to treatment, lets get to the root of the issue, which is the brain!
Alan Gordon stops by to guide Mayim through somatic tracking in an effort to alleviate her severe, stress-induced chronic back pain. After detailing his own journey suffering years of sustained pain in almost every area of his body, Alan highlights the benefits of pain as a danger signal and the importance of understanding the source of physiological symptoms in order to identify neuroplastic pain. Mayim and Alan break down the neuroscience behind the use of Pain Reprocessing Therapy to deactivate pain, the benefits of body scan meditation, and the relation between sensitivity to physical stimuli and experiencing strong emotional connections.
Listen in as Daniella Deutsch, psychotherapist and PRT Clinical Trainer explains how chronic pain is directly related to anxiety, preoccupation, and the tendency to problem solve.
People with chronic pain often struggle with it for years while doctors scour their bodies for the cause. But are we looking in the wrong spot? For some of us, could an answer — and the solution — actually be in our brains?
Can our thoughts and feelings really impact our physical health? Listen into Like Mind, Like Body to hear top researchers, best-selling authors, and field experts speak on the astonishing ways the mind can affect the body.
Using cutting-edge research, this book demonstrates that the underlying reason for much chronic pain is brain sensitization and learned neural pathways, rather than actual tissue damage. Dr. Schubiner has used this new understanding to develop a unique program to reverse pain.
Using cutting edge psychotherapeutic and neurophysiologic principles, Dr. Schubiner and Dr. Abbass explain how the brain develops neural pathways that cause symptoms, such as headaches, irritable bowel and bladder syndrome, fibromyalgia, fatigue, insomnia, and chronic neck and back pain. They illustrate powerful, emotion-focused interviewing techniques to both detect and treat psychophysiologic disorders.
Did you know that one in six adults and 40% of primary care patients suffer from medically unexplained symptoms, chronic functional syndromes, or psychosocial factors responsible for chronic pain? As recent research has confirmed, a trauma-informed approach to diagnosis and treatment can transform these patients from among the most frustrating to the most rewarding and give them a far better chance for a full recovery.
The Psychophysiologic Disorders Association aims to end the chronic pain epidemic and opioid crisis by advancing the awareness, diagnosis and treatment of neuroplastic symptoms that affect millions worldwide.
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