Forest
Beloved Grand Eagle
Hi Everyone,
Alan Gordon, LCSW, who recovered from a terrible case of his own TMS and started with Pain Psychology Center will be posting a new TMS Recovery program, starting tomorrow.
Starting tomorrow, he will post a new thread every day, Monday-Saturday. To participate, just visit our forum, read his posts carefully, think about them, and reply to them just as you would any other post.
I've been helping with the technical aspects of the program (since I'm the site's web programmer) and by mistake, I let my draft of his first post be visible earlier today. Sorry! The program doesn't actually start until tomorrow. (Please don't mention what happened in the new thread when it pops up again, as we want the program to be around for a while, and we don't want people who didn't see the first thread to be confused when they see people discussing how the thread appeared and disappeared. You're free to make fun of me all you want here, though.
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You may have gotten the announcement in email, but if not, here it is.
Hello, fellow TMSers,
First off, I wanted to let you know about an exciting new TMS study. Howard Schubiner, MD, and Alan Gordon, LCSW, have been given the opportunity to do a randomized controlled back pain study, large enough and ambitious enough to help TMS treatment gain some serious traction in the medical community!
They started a fundraising campaign to help fund the study, and after a couple of weeks, it's completely funded! They're trying to raise an additional 40% to bring on an award-winning documentarian to help capture the study, and bring national attention to the TMS treatment approach.
They're offering cool rewards to people who contribute as well, such as sample sessions, meditations, and seminars on how to overcome pain.
And this brings me back to the new TMS program. To help raise awareness for the fundraising effort, Alan Gordon, LCSW (a TMS success story who is director of the Pain Psychology Center and author of the free TMS Recovery Program on the wiki) has volunteered to put together a NEW FREE TMS PROGRAM based on his most up-to-date treatment techniques.
He will be putting together a 21-day program, starting from the beginning of treatment and working though every step in the process.
Early next week, he will be making his DAY 1 post in the TMS Wiki Forum. Every day thereafter (Monday - Saturday) he will be adding another step in the recovery process and responding in the thread.
Alan is the most talented TMS therapist I know, and I'm really excited that he's willing to do this. I invite all of you to join in for day 1, and progress through this new program as it develops. I will be there and hope to see you as well.
Now, back to the study/documentary. Here's a link to their campaign video (it is unexpectedly hilarious...) Please consider contributing to this worthy cause. Documenting this important study can help legitimize TMS treatment in the medical community, and help many pain sufferers who don't yet know about the mindbody connection.
Click here to watch the video and learn about the study.
Best,
Forest
Alan Gordon, LCSW, who recovered from a terrible case of his own TMS and started with Pain Psychology Center will be posting a new TMS Recovery program, starting tomorrow.
Starting tomorrow, he will post a new thread every day, Monday-Saturday. To participate, just visit our forum, read his posts carefully, think about them, and reply to them just as you would any other post.
I've been helping with the technical aspects of the program (since I'm the site's web programmer) and by mistake, I let my draft of his first post be visible earlier today. Sorry! The program doesn't actually start until tomorrow. (Please don't mention what happened in the new thread when it pops up again, as we want the program to be around for a while, and we don't want people who didn't see the first thread to be confused when they see people discussing how the thread appeared and disappeared. You're free to make fun of me all you want here, though.
)You may have gotten the announcement in email, but if not, here it is.
Hello, fellow TMSers,
First off, I wanted to let you know about an exciting new TMS study. Howard Schubiner, MD, and Alan Gordon, LCSW, have been given the opportunity to do a randomized controlled back pain study, large enough and ambitious enough to help TMS treatment gain some serious traction in the medical community!
They started a fundraising campaign to help fund the study, and after a couple of weeks, it's completely funded! They're trying to raise an additional 40% to bring on an award-winning documentarian to help capture the study, and bring national attention to the TMS treatment approach.
They're offering cool rewards to people who contribute as well, such as sample sessions, meditations, and seminars on how to overcome pain.
And this brings me back to the new TMS program. To help raise awareness for the fundraising effort, Alan Gordon, LCSW (a TMS success story who is director of the Pain Psychology Center and author of the free TMS Recovery Program on the wiki) has volunteered to put together a NEW FREE TMS PROGRAM based on his most up-to-date treatment techniques.
He will be putting together a 21-day program, starting from the beginning of treatment and working though every step in the process.
Early next week, he will be making his DAY 1 post in the TMS Wiki Forum. Every day thereafter (Monday - Saturday) he will be adding another step in the recovery process and responding in the thread.
Alan is the most talented TMS therapist I know, and I'm really excited that he's willing to do this. I invite all of you to join in for day 1, and progress through this new program as it develops. I will be there and hope to see you as well.
Now, back to the study/documentary. Here's a link to their campaign video (it is unexpectedly hilarious...) Please consider contributing to this worthy cause. Documenting this important study can help legitimize TMS treatment in the medical community, and help many pain sufferers who don't yet know about the mindbody connection.
Click here to watch the video and learn about the study.
Best,
Forest
