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On June 9, 2012, the PPD/TMS Peer Network (previously known as the TMS Wiki) held one of our weekly Drop-In Chats with Alan Gordon, LCSW. With the consent of all participants, it was recorded and the recording is available in this thread. As one chat participant wrote, "This would be a good sticky on the forum. I'd listen to this over and over again."
Quick Links:
Alan Gordon, LCSW is a psychotherapist in Los Angeles, CA, specializing in the treatment of chronic pain. Alan is an adjunct lecturer at the University of Southern California, has authored publications on the treatment of chronic pain, and has presented on the topic of pain treatment at conferences, mental health facilities, and pain centers throughout California. He served as the chair for the 2nd PPD Conference, which took place at UCLA in 2010.
The original post that started this thread follows:
Hey Everyone,
I have been talking with PPD practitioner, Alan Gordon, about hosting a special online event on Saturday June 9th, and I would love to hear your feedback/ideas on how to do the event.
Currently, we are thinking of having a couple deep consults, where Alan will focus on a couple different individuals’ recoveries, and then do a Q&A component where people could ask Alan some questions about TMS and how to recover. There will also be a voice component along with a text chat component.
This will be a terrific opportunity to interact with one of the most talented people out there. Read his article, Breaking the Pain Cycle, to get a better idea of his approach. Whenever I see someone who is really struggling, Alan is the first referral I think of (he does Skype treatment), even though sometimes I do hold back, because I don’t want to pressure people.
We are thinking about having the event will start at 3:00 PM EST and have it go for about an hour. We could then start the regular drop in chat after that, probably around 4:00 PM EST.
If anyone is interested in participating in the event or to learn more about it, simply post below. As a peer network all of your ideas are welcomed, and we would love to hear how you think we can make this event really successful. Likewise, if you have any ideas or question we should ask Alan Gordon feel free to post your ideas below. Basically, we want to hear what sort of event you would like to participate in.
Forest
Quick Links:
- Audio of the call with Alan
- Text chat log of the discussion after the audio call
- "Jody's Brain" painting (scroll down a bit after clicking)
- Follow up discussion with Annie
- Is Alan taking new clients? (he's not)
Alan Gordon, LCSW is a psychotherapist in Los Angeles, CA, specializing in the treatment of chronic pain. Alan is an adjunct lecturer at the University of Southern California, has authored publications on the treatment of chronic pain, and has presented on the topic of pain treatment at conferences, mental health facilities, and pain centers throughout California. He served as the chair for the 2nd PPD Conference, which took place at UCLA in 2010.
The original post that started this thread follows:
Hey Everyone,
I have been talking with PPD practitioner, Alan Gordon, about hosting a special online event on Saturday June 9th, and I would love to hear your feedback/ideas on how to do the event.
Currently, we are thinking of having a couple deep consults, where Alan will focus on a couple different individuals’ recoveries, and then do a Q&A component where people could ask Alan some questions about TMS and how to recover. There will also be a voice component along with a text chat component.
This will be a terrific opportunity to interact with one of the most talented people out there. Read his article, Breaking the Pain Cycle, to get a better idea of his approach. Whenever I see someone who is really struggling, Alan is the first referral I think of (he does Skype treatment), even though sometimes I do hold back, because I don’t want to pressure people.
We are thinking about having the event will start at 3:00 PM EST and have it go for about an hour. We could then start the regular drop in chat after that, probably around 4:00 PM EST.
If anyone is interested in participating in the event or to learn more about it, simply post below. As a peer network all of your ideas are welcomed, and we would love to hear how you think we can make this event really successful. Likewise, if you have any ideas or question we should ask Alan Gordon feel free to post your ideas below. Basically, we want to hear what sort of event you would like to participate in.
Forest
