Alan Gordon
Alan Gordon, LCSW, is the founder and executive director of the Pain Psychology Center, where he oversees a team of twenty-five therapists. Gordon developed Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), a protocol for treating chronic pain, and completed a neuroimaging study on the efficacy of PRT in conjunction with the University of Colorado-Boulder. He was featured on CBS's The Doctors, where he conducted the first fMRI case study of a patient eliminating chronic pain. He is an adjunct assistant professor at USC and has presented on the topic of pain treatment at conferences and trainings throughout the country.
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The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain
by Alan Gordon
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The scientifically-proven step-by-step solution to ending chronic painFrom back pain to migraines, arthritis and sciatica, over 1.2 billion people worldwide suffer from chronic pain. It’s a global epidemic that regularly resists treatment and can totally derail people’s lives. But it doesn’t have to be this way.This is the revolutionary message from psychotherapist Alan Gordon who, frustrated by the lack of effective treatment for his chronic pain, developed a highly successful approach to eliminating symptoms without surgery or medication.Based on the premise that pain starts in the brain not the body, Gordon’s Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) enables you to rewire your neural circuits and turn off 'stuck' pain signals. In a ground-breaking study, PRT helped 98% of patients reduce their pain levels, 66% were completely cured, and it was shown to have lasting effects over 6 months later.In The Way Out, Gordon provides an easy-to-follow guide to ending your pain with PRT. Drawing on cutting-edge research along with his own experiences as a chronic pain sufferer, he will help you:- Understand your pain and why it’s a false alarm- Use mindfulness techniques to ‘unlearn’ your pain - Develop long-term strategies for living pain-freeAccessible, practical and full of real-life stories from Gordon’s clinical practice, this book is essential reading for anyone trapped in a cycle of pain and looking for a way out.