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What’s New in 2024

Empowered Relief: Updates and What’s New in 2023

Empowered Relief™ scientific updates and NYTimes coverage

The Importance of Patient-Centeredness in Opioid Prescribing and Tapering: EMPOWER

Home-Based Virtual Reality for Chronic Low Back Pain: Published Results for our Placebo-Controlled Randomized Controlled Trial

Virtual Reality for Chronic Pain: Results report + new trial seeks participants

COVID-19 Coping in Health Care Clinicians: Essential Resources

‘First do no harm’: The Guardian Feature on Opioid Tapering

More than 3 million Australians are living with chronic pain, and the medical system is struggling to help them as it turns away from its reliance on opioids

Empowered Relief: Meeting the Needs of a Nation in Pain

Brief and digital pain treatments empower patients and expand access to care.

Empowered Relief: Expanding Rapid Access to Low-Cost, Evidence-Based Pain Care

NPR ‘Morning Edition’ show on the brain, emotion, and pain

Digital Health Intervention Associated with Less Need for Opioids After Surgery

My Op-Ed in “The Hill”: CDC Issues Clarification; Organizations and Policymakers Called on to Align with Federal Guidance

Advancing Access to Pain Care in America and Beyond: Psychology in the Forefront

International Stakeholder Community of Pain Experts and Leaders Call for an Urgent Action on Forced Opioid Tapering

My Op-Ed in “The Hill” – A Case for Patient-Centered for Pain Research and Treatment

National Spotlight: Congressional Briefing, and Advocacy for Patient-Centered Research and Pain Care

My “Nature” Editorial – What’s Needed in Pain Research and Care

O Magazine and Washington Post interviews on opioids

Scientific American: The science of pain relief mindset interventions

Our new JAMA study on opioid tapering challenges assumptions, holds promise for patients

“The Tao of Chronic Pain Relief” My feature in Jan/Feb 2018 issue

TIME Features Science-Backed Pain & Stress Relief

Changing Mindset for Pain Relief

FREE Webinar on Alternatives to Opioids for Pain Treatment

“Scientific American” Feature on Treating Pain without Pills

Using Psychology to Help People Have Less Pain After Surgery

Pain Psychology Resources Available to You Right Now

The Great Need for Pain Education in Psychology and Mental Health Training

“The Opioid-Free Pain Relief Kit” – FREE Copy, Enter to Win!

“Less Pain, Fewer Pills” on The Healing Pain Podcast

Our JAMA Internal Medicine Study of Opioid Risks After Surgery Published Today

An International Furor Over Opioids and Long-term Solutions for Pain

Stanford Back Pain Education Day 2016! FREE!

Insurance Restricts Opioids – Now What for Pain?

Tapering Off Prescription Opioids: 7 Tips for Success!

Dr. Kate Lorig on the National Pain Strategy: The Golden Age of Self-Management

The 2016 National Pain Strategy has placed self-management firmly in the spotlight as a critical pathway to better treat pain in the U.S.