Pain Reprocessing Therapy - Dr Yoni Ashar

Dr Yoni Ashar studies psychological treatments for pain that doesn't go away. He also has an interest in the brain mechanisms of placebo effects, meditation, and empathy and uses functional MRI and machine learning to investigate these. In this video we discuss how pain is not always related to injury or damage in our body. Pain can form from a mistaken prediction of bodily harm - like an overly sensitive car alarm that goes off when a bird lands on the roof. We dive into his ground-breaking research on pain reprocessing therapy which uses an interoception-based exercise called somatic tracking in combination with building evidence that you are safe in your body to help dramatically reduce or even elimination persistent pain. Find out more about the Inner Sense project here: http://www.yourinnersense.co.uk Follow Dr Yoni Ashar: Twitter   / yoniashar   @YoniAshar Github https://yonestar.github.io