The Pain Reprocessing Therapy Workbook for Teens: Helping Adolescents Retrain the Brain to Overcome Chronic Pain

The Pain Reprocessing Therapy Workbook for Teens: Helping Adolescents Retrain the Brain to Overcome Chronic Pain

June 26, 2026 · 59 min · Season 7 · Episode 11

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Dr. Pete Kelly discusses chronic pain in teens with Dr. Penina Zilberberg and Paulina Soble, focusing on the role of the brain in pain perception.

Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Why do some teens continue to experience chronic pain long after an injury has healed? And what if the brain—not damaged tissue—is keeping the pain alive? In this episode of Thoughts on Record, Dr. Pete Kelly speaks with Dr. Penina Zilberberg and Paulina Soble, LCSW, co-authors of The Pain Reprocessing Therapy Workbook for Teens. Together, they explore the emerging science of neuroplastic pain and explain how chronic pain can become a learned pattern of...

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Host: Dr. Pete Kelly

Guests: Dr. Penina Zilberberg, Paulina Soble

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