An Interview with Dr. Howard Schubiner, Founder & Director of the Mind-Body Medicine Program

Dr. Howard Schubiner is the Director of the Mind Body Medicine Center at Ascension Providence Hospital in Southfield, Michigan. He is also a professor at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. He has multiple publications in scientific journals and books ranging from chronic pain to emotional awareness. Dr. Schubiner has consulted for the American Medical Association, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the National Institute on Mental Health. He is the author of multiple books, including Unlearn Your Pain, Unlearn Your Anxiety and Depression, and Hidden From View, written with Dr. Allan Abbass. Additionally, Dr. Schubiner has collaborated extensively with colleagues to develop two novel psychological treatments for chronic pain: Emotion Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET) and Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT).
In today’s episode, host Shay Beider speaks with Dr. Schubiner as he talks about the difference between neural circuit pain and structural pain. He describes how one’s experience of pain is centered in the brain and can be the result of fear, stress or unprocessed emotions. Dr. Schubiner also shares some treatment methods he uses with patients. By understanding how the brain works and the importance of eliminating excess fear in the body, individuals are able to rewire neural feedback loops and change their pain response. Dr. Schubiner talks with Shay about how freeing this understanding can be for patients once they learn how to free their body and alleviate their pain.
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