Vanessa Blackstone, MSW is a therapist, speaker, author, and educator specializing in Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), chronic pain, neuroplastic symptoms, and mind-body recovery. After years of leadership at the Pain Psychology Center, she is now the Founder and Executive Director of Pain Psychology Centre UK, where she is expanding access to neuroplastic pain treatment internationally. Vanessa is a co-author of The Pain Reprocessing Therapy Workbook, which is currently being translated into multiple languages, and has trained and consulted with hundreds of providers around the world. She teaches Pain Reprocessing Therapy to residents in UCLA’s Orofacial Pain Department and serves on the Board of Directors for the Association for the Treatment of Neuroplastic Symptoms (ATNS). Her teaching focuses on neuroscience, safety, symptom reduction, and making neuroplastic pain treatment more accessible, inclusive, and effective.
