2026 ATNS Conference

2026 ATNS Conference

8:45am CDT

Welcome Announcement King of Glory Lutheran Church

1:00pm CDT

Welcome Announcement King of Glory Lutheran ChurchDavid Clarke

1:15pm CDT

Session #1A: Neuroplastic Symptoms in the United States – A Deeper Dive King of Glory Lutheran ChurchDavid Clarke

1:45pm CDT

Session #1B: AI Pain Mechanism Analysis Tool King of Glory Lutheran ChurchDavid Schechter

2:15pm CDT

Session #2: Safety is a Privilege: What Neuroplastic Pain Care Must Understand About Race, Trust, and Threat King of Glory Lutheran ChurchVanessa Blackstone

3:30pm CDT

Session #3: Communicating the Paradigm Shift – to Patients, the Public…and Skeptical Colleagues King of Glory Lutheran ChurchJoel Roberts

5:00pm CDT

Closing Remarks King of Glory Lutheran ChurchDavid Clarke

5:15pm CDT

Welcome Networking Reception King of Glory Lutheran Church

8:00am CDT

Breakfast & Interest Group Session King of Glory Lutheran Church

9:00am CDT

Session #4: Research Presentations King of Glory Lutheran ChurchEric Anderson • Chris Echterling • Matthew Goldberg • Ashok Gupta • Antje Kallweit

10:00am CDT

Session #5: Pain in the brain or pain in the body? An embodied cognition perspective on pain. King of Glory Lutheran ChurchMax Shen

11:15am CDT

Session #6: Expanding the Ecosystem: How collaborating with neuroplastic symptom recovery coaches improves access to care King of Glory Lutheran ChurchSimone Holderbach • Alec Kassin • Isabel Benatar • Karen Ash • Monica Lia Setti • Chelsea Angilella

4:05pm CDT

Session #9: Pilot study of virtually-delivered pain reprocessing therapy and emotional awareness and expression therapy for young adults with chronic headache from concussion King of Glory Lutheran ChurchBethany Pester • Sara PD Chrisman

5:05pm CDT

Closing Remarks King of Glory Lutheran ChurchDavid Clarke

8:00am CDT

Breakfast & Interest Group Session King of Glory Lutheran Church

9:00am CDT

Session #10:Toxic Masculinity and Neuroplastic Symptoms King of Glory Lutheran ChurchTed Howard

10:00am CDT

Session #11: Are We Too Gentle? Behavioral Boldness and Accommodation Reduction in Neuroplastic Treatment King of Glory Lutheran ChurchDaniel Lyman

11:15am CDT

Session #12: When food becomes a threat: a neuroplastic and eating-disorder-informed framework for restoring food safety. King of Glory Lutheran ChurchCallie Krajcir • Grace Secker

1:30pm CDT

Session #13A: Hidden in Plain Sight: Shame as the Organizing Principle in the Cause & Treatment of Neuroplastic Symptoms King of Glory Lutheran ChurchEllen Ronka Session #13B: The Connected Adolescent Brain: Play and Attachment Approaches for Neuroplastic Symptoms King of Glory Lutheran ChurchJessica Holzer • Jamie Shafir

2:45pm CDT

Session #14: A Unifying Theory of Neuroplastic Recovery Therapy King of Glory Lutheran ChurchJohn Gasienica

3:45pm CDT

Session #15: Why Play Matters in Neuroplastic Symptom Recovery: Don’t Just Tell Yourself You’re Safe – Experience It! King of Glory Lutheran ChurchRachel Mooers • Lauren Garchow

4:45pm CDT

Closing Remarks King of Glory Lutheran ChurchDavid Clarke