Recovery from Chronic Pain Using Pain Neuroscience with Vanessa Blackstone, MSW, ACSW

This video is an excerpt from a Living Proof event 'Stories of Hope and Science'. At these events, we share conversations with experts and trailblazers of mind-body medicine. This session features Vanessa Blackstone, MSW, ACSW, who is the Executive Director of the Pain Psychology Center and the co-author of the Pain Reprocessing Therapy Workbook. She is a therapist who works with patients with chronic pain – and has her own lived experience of recovery from debilitating persistent symptoms. In the video, Vanessa shares her personal story through chronic pain and healing– along with a presentation on Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT). PRT is a set a psychological approaches used to reduce and resolve neuroplastic pain and symptoms. Discover more from Vanessa: 📸 Instagram - @that.therapist 🌐 Pain Psychology Center (US) website - https://painpsychologycenter.com 🌐 Pain Psychology Centre (UK) website - https://painpsychologycenter.co.uk/ 🎤 Vanessa will also be speaking at a special event for our friends at Stichting Emovere in June 2026 - details coming soon via https://stichtingemovere.nl &   / stichting.emovere   Connect with Living Proof: 🌐 Our website - https://www.livingproof.org.uk 📚 Resources to support recovery from neuroplastic symptoms -https://www.livingproof.org.uk/resources 📸 Instagram -   / living_proofuk   💻 Facebook -   / livingproofofrecovery   💻 Linkedin -   / living-proof-community-interest-company   🗞️ Sign up for our newsletter to learn about upcoming events - https://www.livingproof.org.uk/contact #neuroplasticpain #chronicpain #painreprocessingtherapy #chronicsymptoms #mindbodysymptoms #mindbodyconnection #chronicillnessrecovery #mindbodymedicine #prt #braintraining #predictivecoding #healingjourney #recoveryispossible