The Pain Reprocessing Therapy Workbook

Vanessa M. Blackstone, MSW, LSCW, citizen of Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, is executive director of the Pain Psychology Center, and a clinical consultant at the Pain Reprocessing Therapy Center. She earned her MS in social work from the University of Southern California. Following her own personal recovery from chronic pain, Vanessa began her career as a therapist in 2018. In addition to chronic pain treatment, she specializes in sex therapy, substance use and recovery, mindfulness-based relapse prevention, and works on film sets as an onset wellness professional. Outside of her professional roles, Vanessa is a former foster youth who advocates for current and former foster youth by sharing her personal experiences in public speaking events. She lives in Los Angeles, CA.Olivia Salisbury Sinaiko, MA, LPC, leads the behavioral health pain program at the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC), the tribal health organization that serves both Native and non-Native people throughout southeast Alaska. She is a featured presenter in the American Society of Addiction Medicine's (ASAM) training modules on nonpharmacological approaches to pain treatment and interdisciplinary care in the treatment of chronic pain, and has presented to the Pain Psychology Center on the relationship between attachment trauma and chronic pain. She earned her BA from Stanford University and her MA in counseling psychology from The Wright Institute, as well as a JD from Yale Law School. She lives in Juneau, AK.

The Pain Reprocessing Therapy Workbook offers a concise yet powerful approach to reverse chronic neuroplastic pain syndromes. The authors have blended sophisticated neuroscientific principles with a practical approach that will help you recover.