Alan Gordon’s Pain Recovery Programme (Free Course)

• Overview

  A free, 21-day multimedia programme created by Alan Gordon, LCSW (director of the Pain Psychology Center). It guides you through short audio and video segments that explain the mind-body connection and practical steps to reduce or eliminate chronic pain.

  Relevant for chronic pain conditions with a significant nervous system or neuroplastic component.

• How It Works

  Each day introduces a new concept with modelled examples - such as “Somatic Tracking,” “Breaking the Pain Cycle,” or “Cognitive Soothing.” The format blends teaching and demonstration, encouraging you to learn by watching and doing.

• Worth Knowing

  This program is grounded in mind-body medicine principles and is best used as an introductory guide to Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT). It demonstrates how pain may be maintained by fearful neural patterns and offers practical steps toward calming such responses. While it's not a substitute for personalised therapy, it often sparks early insight and confidence in the nervous system’s ability to change.

• Reviews

  • A chronic pain sufferer said: "Within weeks my pain was down to levels I hadn’t experienced in years and I was back doing things I’d given up on." They credited the understanding of brain-pain links with changing everything.

  • Another shared: "I realised how much fear was feeding my symptoms. The programme taught me how to send my brain messages of safety and calm, and my pain started to fade."

  • A participant noted: "It shifted my focus from fighting pain to retraining my brain – and that’s when I started getting better."

• Typical Costs

  • Completely free and openly accessible, with no signup or payment required

  • Designed as a 21-day structured journey, though each segment is brief and can be done at your own pace

• Discounts + Affordability

  • No cost - 100% free, hosted on TMS Wiki

  • Entirely donation-supported and publicly available for anyone exploring pain recovery pathways

• Links

  • Access the free programme at the TMS Wiki: https://www.tmswiki.org/forum/painrecovery/

  • Alan Gordon’s Book: The Way Out

  • Also recommended on This Might Hurt Film’s resource page: https://www.thismighthurtfilm.com/chronic-pain