Alon Gordon

Alon Gordon

Pain Neuroscience & PRT Specialist

Alon Gordon is a leading psychotherapist specializing in the mechanisms of chronic pain. His work challenges traditional structural views of pain, focusing instead on how the brain constructs pain signals and how neuroplasticity can be harnessed to turn them off. He founded the Pain Psychology Center and developed Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT).

"Pain is an output of the brain, designed to protect you. But when the alarm system gets stuck, the pain becomes the problem, not the tissue."

Key Insights

🧠 The Pain Output

Gordon explains that pain is not an input from the body, but an output from the brain based on perceived threat. Understanding this reverses the fear-pain cycle.

🔄 Neuroplasticity

Just as the brain learns pain, it can unlearn it. Gordon's protocols use somatic tracking and safety reappraisal to rewire neural pathways.

🛡️ Predictive Coding

The brain predicts pain based on past experience. Gordon's work focuses on updating these predictive models with new, safe experiences.

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