Books and Research

• Yoni, Gordon, Schubiner, et. al. (2021). Effect of Pain Reprocessing Therapy vs placebo and usual care for patients with chronic back pain, a randomized clinical control trial,  JAMA  Psychiatry, 2021-2669.

• The Way Out: A Revolutionary Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain by Alan Gordon, LCSW and Alon ZIv.

• ​Lumley, Schubiner, et al., (2019). Psychological therapy for centralized pain. Integrative assessment and treatment model

• Lumley, Kruger, et. al., (2021) Emotional Awareness and Other Emotional Process: Implications for the Assessment and Treatment of Chronic Pain, Pain Management, May (11)  325-332.

• Lumley, Schubiner, et al., (2017). Emotional awareness and expression therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and education for fibromyalgia: a cluster-randomized controlled trial, Pain, 158 (12) 2354-2363. 

Apps, Websites, and Podcasts:​

• Tell me About Your Pain Podcast and Facebook Group by Alan Gordon, LCSW and Alon Ziv, neuroscientist

• Like Mind Like Body podcast by Curable 

• Psychophysiologic Disorders Association

 

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