Mastering Pain Method

Executive Director: Jill Fancher, PhD
President, Board of Directors: Laura Smith, PsyD
Vice President: Jenni Gall, DPT
Treasurer: Jude Thaddaeus
Secretaries: Traci Zamani and Amber-Rose Dullea, MA
General Board Members: Dani Nierenberg, PhD, Genevra Lipton, MD

Those of us who suffer with severe daily pain know that this simple word has the power to torment our lives... Pain can change everything. Our story, like many others, involves intense pain, unanswered questions, worry, fear, grief, and loss. Professionally, we are doctors of the mind and body - psychologists. As people who experience persistent and intermittent pain, we manage the uninvited beast of pain in our own lives. But our daily experience of pain is different now. We no longer suffer. And, we feel a greater sense of control and power over the pain. This is our story; but, it is also the story of all the people we encounter in our business. Combining our personal and professional experience and expertise, we’ve developed the Mastering Pain Method, which is quickly proving to be invaluable and is gaining momentum as it inspires our patients to share their path to pain mastery with others. We strive to share our passion: bringing the exciting developments in the science of pain and neuroplasticity to the pain community -- why normal biological changes enhance the pain experience, and how to use neuroplasticity to reduce it. We thrive when we pay it forward. And, given the benefits we have experienced both personally and professionally, we are excited to share it as widely as possible to reduce the suffering of persistent pain. Being a part of changing lives and inspiring a societal shift in the treatment of chronic pain is the driving force behind what we do.