Alan G. Low-fee TMS therapy

[Alan Gordon LCSW]

Hi all,
In the interest of serving a population that cannot afford the standard fee for TMS therapy, the Pain Psychology Center has brought on 3 MSW interns, Justin Mink, Elisa Furie, and Christie Amrein, who will be charging 65 per session. They work exclusively with the TMS and have been thoroughly trained in our treatment model.

Alan

 

[Walt Oleksy (RIP 2021)]

Alan, thanks for this information. I'm sure some TMSers will contact those therapists.

 

[Boston Redsox]

Thx Alan

This will help us all, i found tms therapy very useful in small doses or should i say : taken as needed

 

[Forest]

Thanks Alan. I'm sure that this will help many TMSers. The PPC offers an incredibly high level of well-balanced care and this will help make it accessible to more people.

 

[anasutana]

Hi all,
In the interest of serving a population that cannot afford the standard fee for TMS therapy, the Pain Psychology Center has brought on 3 MSW interns, Justin Mink, Elisa Furie, and Christie Amrein, who will be charging 65 per session. They work exclusively with the TMS and have been thoroughly trained in our treatment model.

Alan

I'm fairly new to the forum. How would one go about contacting them?
Thanks!

 

[Alyssa5]

Ana,

Here is more information on how to reach them:

http://www.painpsychologycenter.com/contact.php

 

[anasutana]

Ana,

Here is more information on how to reach them:

http://www.painpsychologycenter.com/contact.php

Thank you Alyssa5!

 

[Tennis Tom]

Bumping this back up, this may be helpful to those who's bank accounts have been wiped out by the rest of the "pain industry":

Hi all,
In the interest of serving a population that cannot afford the standard fee for TMS therapy, the Pain Psychology Center has brought on 3 MSW interns, Justin Mink, Elisa Furie, and Christie Amrein, who will be charging 65 per session. They work exclusively with the TMS and have been thoroughly trained in our treatment model.

Alan

 

[Alan Gordon LCSW]

Thanks Tom! Your timing couldn't be better. We brought on two new interns, Amelia and Marissa, about six weeks ago, and they're both pretty amazing.

 

[anasutana]

I've been working with Elisa almost since I initially posted on this thread and she has helped me tremendously. I'm not sure I would have made the progress I've made and be where I am as quickly without her help! I can honestly say that it's completely changed my life, especially when it comes to how I view and treat myself, which in turn has made a huge difference with my TMS.
I encourage anyone who is contemplating reaching out to a therapist to go for it!

 

[Freedom]

I've been working with Elisa almost since I initially posted on this thread and she has helped me tremendously. I'm not sure I would have made the progress I've made and be where I am as quickly without her help! I can honestly say that it's completely changed my life, especially when it comes to how I view and treat myself, which in turn has made a huge difference with my TMS.
I encourage anyone who is contemplating reaching out to a therapist to go for it!

Is there anything like this on the east coast? I live in South Carolina.
Or do these therapists do phone sessions?

anasutana: How many sessions do you think it typically takes? (I'm trying to estimate a time/cost for this)

Is the price still $65? If not, are there other places with an affordable price?

 

[anasutana]

Is there anything like this on the east coast? I live in South Carolina.
Or do these therapists do phone sessions?

anasutana: How many sessions do you think it typically takes? (I'm trying to estimate a time/cost for this)

Is the price still $65? If not, are there other places with an affordable price?

Hello Freedom! I live in Texas and work with my therapist over Skype. She is in Los Angeles. I am still working with her but now instead of seeing her every week we have a session every other week. I started in December and I met with her weekly until about June. After that summer break hit for me (I'm a teacher) so I saw her weekly when I could. I think in August is when we decided to only meet bi-weekly. I think the amount of time needed is something that each person will have to decide on their own. I would probably recommend at least three months of weekly meetings and then at that point maybe you can decide if you want to keep going or meet less often.

As far as the price goes, I'm not sure if they are still charging the $65 or not. My therapist finished her internship and is on her own now. However, you can use the following link to contact the Pain Psychology Center.

http://www.painpsychologycenter.com/contact.php (Pain Psychology Center)

That is how I first got in touch with them. Alan Gordon emailed me back fairly quickly, I think that same day, and then later that evening we had a phone call kind of to determine if TMS was really what was going on. My therapist who I work with now was in on that phone call as well.

I highly encourage you to contact them if you are even thinking about it. It's really one of the best things I've done and continue to do for myself.

If you have more questions feel free to contact me through here, either on this thread or through private message. I hope this information helps!

 

[Dfw]

Thanks

 

[adria]

Hello Freedom! I live in Texas and work with my therapist over Skype. She is in Los Angeles. I am still working with her but now instead of seeing her every week we have a session every other week. I started in December and I met with her weekly until about June. After that summer break hit for me (I'm a teacher) so I saw her weekly when I could. I think in August is when we decided to only meet bi-weekly. I think the amount of time needed is something that each person will have to decide on their own. I would probably recommend at least three months of weekly meetings and then at that point maybe you can decide if you want to keep going or meet less often.

As far as the price goes, I'm not sure if they are still charging the $65 or not. My therapist finished her internship and is on her own now. However, you can use the following link to contact the Pain Psychology Center.

http://www.painpsychologycenter.com/contact.php (Pain Psychology Center)

That is how I first got in touch with them. Alan Gordon emailed me back fairly quickly, I think that same day, and then later that evening we had a phone call kind of to determine if TMS was really what was going on. My therapist who I work with now was in on that phone call as well.

I highly encourage you to contact them if you are even thinking about it. It's really one of the best things I've done and continue to do for myself.

If you have more questions feel free to contact me through here, either on this thread or through private message. I hope this information helps!

Hello Freedom! I live in Texas and work with my therapist over Skype. She is in Los Angeles. I am still working with her but now instead of seeing her every week we have a session every other week. I started in December and I met with her weekly until about June. After that summer break hit for me (I'm a teacher) so I saw her weekly when I could. I think in August is when we decided to only meet bi-weekly. I think the amount of time needed is something that each person will have to decide on their own. I would probably recommend at least three months of weekly meetings and then at that point maybe you can decide if you want to keep going or meet less often.

As far as the price goes, I'm not sure if they are still charging the $65 or not. My therapist finished her internship and is on her own now. However, you can use the following link to contact the Pain Psychology Center.

http://www.painpsychologycenter.com/contact.php (Pain Psychology Center)

That is how I first got in touch with them. Alan Gordon emailed me back fairly quickly, I think that same day, and then later that evening we had a phone call kind of to determine if TMS was really what was going on. My therapist who I work with now was in on that phone call as well.

I highly encourage you to contact them if you are even thinking about it. It's really one of the best things I've done and continue to do for myself.

If you have more questions feel free to contact me through here, either on this thread or through private message. I hope this information helps!

This is great info thanks

 

[giantsfan]

I've been working with Elisa almost since I initially posted on this thread and she has helped me tremendously. I'm not sure I would have made the progress I've made and be where I am as quickly without her help! I can honestly say that it's completely changed my life, especially when it comes to how I view and treat myself, which in turn has made a huge difference with my TMS.
I encourage anyone who is contemplating reaching out to a therapist to go for it!

I say the same about Elisa Furie. I too have been working with her since the beginning of this year. She is an amazing therapist who has tremendously helped me help myself to become a better and healthier person all around.

 

[juliaj]

Anasutana or giants fan......do either of you have a email site or phone number for Elisa Furie?

 

[anasutana]

Anasutana or giants fan......do either of you have a email site or phone number for Elisa Furie?

I spoke with Elisa to make sure it was ok to share her email address on here. She said it was so here it is:

efurie@usc.edu

juliaj, I hope you get in touch with her soon! As I've mentioned before, she's helped me a lot!

 

[juliaj]

Thank you for responding so quickly! And, thank you for her email address.....Juliaj

 

[anasutana]

Thank you for responding so quickly! And, thank you for her email address.....Juliaj

No problem! Were you able to get a hold of her?

 

[juliaj]

Yes......we talked, and I'm going to think about it. Thanks, again.