Resources

RESOURCES

MIND-BODY PARADIGM RESOURCES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER LEARNING:

BOOKS

Books by Dr. John Sarno:  “The Mind-body Prescription”,  “Healing Back Pain”, “The Divided Mind”

“The Way Out”, by Alan Gordon

“Unlearn Your Pain”, by Howard Schubiner, MD

“They Can’t Find Anything Wrong”, by David D. Clarke, MD

“Why Do I Hurt?: A Patient Book About The Neuroscience Of Pain”, by Adriaan Louw, PT PhD

“Do You Really Need Spine Surgery?”, by David Hanscom, MD

“Painless: A Novel About Chronic Pain and the Mind-Body Connection”, by Chana Studley

“The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma”, by Bessel van der Kolk

“Unlearn Your Anxiety and Depression”, Howard Schubiner

“They Can’t Find Anything Wrong”–Clarke

“The Great Pain Deception”-Ozanich

“Think Away Your Pain”–Schechter

“Chronic Pain: Your Key to Recovery” -Oldfield

“Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain”, by Lisa Feldman Barrett


Books more geared for professionals:

“Pathways to Pain Relief” Sherman and Anderson

“Hidden From View”  Abbass/Schubiner

“PPDA Textbook” : Clarke, Abbass, Schubiner, Smith-Clark (eds)

ARTICLES

“Chronic Pain is Surprisingly Treatable- When patients focus on the Brain” , The Washington Post, October 15, 2021.

Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy vs Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain in Older Veterans, JAMA, 2024

FILMS

This Might Hurt

PODCASTS

Curable- Like Mind, Like Body

Tell Me About Your Pain

The Cure For Chronic Pain

The Wellness Engineer with Jane Hogan

YOUTUBE VIDEOS

Dan Buglio, Pain Free You

The Steady Coach, Dr Yo.

WEBSITES of other mind-body pain influencers (in no particular order):

Nicole Sachs, thecureforchronicpain.com

Dr. David Schechter, mindbodymedicine.com

Rebecca Tolin, rebeccatolin.com

Howard Schubiner & Hal Greenham, freedomfromchronicpain.com

Howard Schubiner at unlearnyourpain.com

PPDA: ppdassociation.org, section for patients

https://www.tmswiki.org/forum/painrecovery/

The DOCC journey—David Hanscom

David Schechter’s online program

Lin health online program

PainPsychologyCenter.com

SirpaUK.com

TMS forum: facebook.com/Groups/drsarno/?ref=share

Studies

The Boulder Back Pain Study

DIRECTORY OF MIND-BODY INFORMED PHYSICIANS 

The Pain Reprocessing Therapy Physician Directory

Psychophysiologic Association (PPDA)- Physician and Mental Health Practitioner Directory