Resources

Below are independently produced books, websites, podcasts, apps, videos, and courses to help guide your healing. Some of these resources are inexpensive or free and, for some patients, are all they need for mind-body healing of chronic pain and neuroplastic symptoms.

I do not receive any payment or kick-backs for these recommendations. I cannot endorse every statement or podcast episode. If you would like personalized guidance, please make an appointment with Dr. Hollander.

Books

  • Unlearn Your Pain Workbook

    Unlearn Your Pain by leading Mind-Body practitioner & researcher Dr. Howard Schubiner. A comprehensive workbook which explains the brain science responsible for chronic pain and medically unexplained symptoms, Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), and journaling for emotional awareness & expression processing of symptoms. The first 2 chapters are free on the website. Buy the workbook in English or Spanish for about $25-$30 from the website or from an online retailer. You will have access to the online pain & symptom reprocessing meditations after purchase. See also Unlearn Your Anxiety & Depression.

  • The Way Out book

    The Way Out by Alan Gordon, LCSW & Alon Ziv. This is a humorous and easy read by Gordon, a pain psychologist who recovered from his own chronic back pain, and Ziv, a neuroscientist. You’ll understand the science behind chronic pain and how to get started on your own with Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT). Paperback from online retailer is about $20 + shipping.

Websites

  • Dr. Howard Schubiner's Mind Body Medicine website logo

    Leading Mind-Body practitioner & researcher Dr. Howard Schubiner’s website UnlearnYourPain.com has many free videos that explore how the mind and body work together to create chronic pain & medically unexplained symptoms and how you can heal.

  • Association for Treatment of Neuroplastic Symptoms website logo

    The Association for the Treatment of Neuroplastic Symptomsis a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded by physicians and psychologists. The ATNS teaches research-based treatment to relieve chronic pain and illness not caused by disease or injury but rather by learned neural pathways in the brain. The website has lots of good free information.

Podcasts

  • The Story Behind the Symptoms Podcast Image

    David Clarke, MD looks for clues in the guest’s present and past to unravel the mystery behind their illness. In The Story Behind the Symptoms, these unexplained symptoms stem from neuroplastic processes—pathways in the brain and nervous system that are learned in response to stress, trauma, and adversity, often starting in childhood.

  • Like Mind Like Body Podcast Image

    In the Like Mind Like Body podcast, leaders in the field of mind-body science interview researchers, authors, and experts about research-backed techniques to relieve chronic pain & other chronic symptoms.

  • Raelan Agle photo

    Realan Agle’s You Tube Channel has over 53K subscribers and over 870 videos which provide recovery stories, strategies, and resources for ME/CFS and Long Covid. Raelan Agle, MSW, recovered from her own symptoms.

  • The Pain PT Jim Prussack Image

    The Pain PT, Jim Prussack, is a licensed physical therapist. The mission of his YouTube channel is to educate on the role of the brain and nervous system in chronic pain and neuroplastic disorders and how a person can use the mind-body connection to heal.

  • Unstoppable Body & Mind Podcast with Betsy Jensen

    Unstoppable Body & Mind with Betsy Jensen provides neuroscientific strategies to improve your symptoms. Betsy is a certified life coach trained in neuroplastic techniques.

  • Mind-Body Couple Podcast Image

    The Mind-Body Couple Podcast helps people with chronic pain and neuroplastic symptoms gain tools to retrain the brain and nervous system. Tanner Murtagh and Anne Hampson are married therapists. Tanner overcame chronic pain and a fibromyalgia in his 20s.

  • Trauma Rewired Podcast Image

    Trauma Rewired Podcast, by Jennifer Wallace (Neurosomatic Intelligence Educator) and Elisabeth Kristof (MA, Applied Neurology & Somatic Practitioner), teaches you about your nervous system, how trauma gets stored in the body, and what you can do to heal.

Apps

  • Curable app photo

    Work with Dr. Hollander and she can provide you 6 weeks free of the Curable App which uses neuroplastic brain science to guide your self-healing of chronic pain & medically unexplained persistent symptoms. The app incorporates Mind-Body Medicine techniques into easily accessible exercises to overcome fear of symptoms, retrain body’s symptom response, and address symptom triggers.

    68% of Curable users experience physical pain relief within the first 30 days.

    82% report an improvement in their quality of life within the first 30 days.

  • Freeme app image

    Freeme is an app-based program specifically for people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalitis, Long Covid, and other fatigue-related neuroplastic conditions. Based in neuroscience, it guides the user through calming techniques for a dysregulated nervous system. The first 6 sessions are free.

Videos

  • A series of 7 brief videos about how pain works by prolific Mind-Body Medicine researcher & healer Dr. Howard Schubiner.

    A series of 7 brief videos about how pain works by Mind-Body Medicine researcher & healer Dr. Howard Schubiner.

Courses & Programs

  • Reign of Pain Coursera course image

    The Reign of Pain Coursera course was created by Mind-Body expert Dr. Howard Schubiner. This is a free 7-module comprehensive course on understanding and addressing chronic pain and associated conditions. Learning at your own pace, you'll learn to differentiate between structural and neural circuit-related pain, and to discover emerging therapies like Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) and Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET). It also explores the application of this model to various conditions beyond pain.

  • Raelan Agle's Brain Retraining 101 course image

    Raelan Agle's Brain Retraining 101 course provides bite-sized videos, weekly live support calls, and a science-based approach on simple methods to retrain your brain.

  • Lightning Process image

    The Lightning Process training course includes:

    A 4-hour home-study audio program with 1 hour of phone coaching for preparation.

    Three live training seminars (each 4 hours), led by a registered practitioner, delivered either in person or online.

    Small group sessions (3–8 attendees) where a single practitioner guides discussions and supports you in applying the tools at your own pace.

  • The Gupta Program Image

    The Gupta Program for patients with all kinds of neuroplastic symptoms includes:

    15 Interactive Video Sessions & more than 30 Meditations & Exercises

    Includes 12 Week Coaching Webinar Series with Ashok Gupta

    Includes Printed Manual and Mind Map in the post

    Daily Guptacise Events on Zoom with Expert Coaches, for Meditation & Brain Retraining

    Full Access on Web, App & Community Forum Included

    1 Year Money Back Guarantee After 6 Months (minus postage & packing charges)