2026 ATNS Conference

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There are many surprising  and harmful myths among medical clinicians about people with neuroplastic symptoms. Today research evidence shows us the reality making this an excellent time to enlighten our colleagues and the public.

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1. Understand the myths and false assumptions prevalent among medical clinicians
2. Become familiar with the research evidence that contradicts the myths
3. Recognize your options for educating colleagues and the public

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1. Learn to use technology like AI chatbot
2. See how pain mechanisms can be elucidated by questions
3. See how a reassuring printout may be educational for patients.

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This session explores how race-related stress, medical invalidation, and microaggressions shape the brain’s threat response and influence neuroplastic symptom recovery. Attendees will learn clinician skills that increase psychological safety, credibility, and trust for clients of color without minimizing lived context. We’ll cover common rupture moments, repair, and culturally responsive ways to deliver pain neuroscience education, somatic tracking, and treatment planning so clients of color feel seen, believed, and supported in neuroplastic recovery spaces, while encouraging continued learning and accountability in a field where people of color remain underrepresented.


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1. At the conclusion of this session, attendees will be able to describe how race-related stress, medical invalidation, and microaggressions can amplify threat responses in neuroplastic symptoms.
2. At the conclusion of this session, attendees will be able to identify common rupture moments that reduce psychological safety and trust for clients of color in neuroplastic pain treatment and respond in ways that support repair.
3. At the conclusion of this session, attendees will be able to adapt pain neuroscience education, somatic tracking, and treatment planning in culturally responsive ways that strengthen credibility, agency, and engagement.

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The neuroplastic approach is "an idea whose time has come", with the potential to improve the lives of millions and transform the way medicine is practiced today and for generations to come. Yet far too few patients and professionals know about it. And far too few practitioners know how to present it in a way that persuades. This workshop will begin to close that gap. This is a no-holds barred, interactive experience, led by former primetime KABC LA radio talk show host, Joel Roberts, that will show you how to compellingly promote the neuroplastic approach to any audience, anywhere.


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1. How to open by honoring the conventional paradigm, then transcending it.
2. How to marshal stories and statistics to build credibility.
3. How to use "verbal aikido" to direct the energy of skepticism toward your aims.
4. How to stand in your truth and SPEAK IT… without holding back, or needing a script!