People have reached out to me asking for more information about my approach to chronic pain. I’ve replied to a few individually, but I realized it would be helpful to share it here.

This workshop has emerged from my personal experience, six years of research, and several specialized trainings and courses in chronic pain treatment. My deeper interest in chronic pain began when my wife developed persistent, unexplained chest pain while I was struggling with chronic knee pain myself. Conventional treatments—including physical therapy, medication, and exercise—did not provide lasting relief. Brainspotting, of course, brought significant improvement for both of us.

I have always loved Bodyspotting in Phase 4 and Freeze to Thaw, and I was especially drawn to Serene Calkins’ theoretical approach to pain, which incorporates emerging research on fascia’s role in inflammation, pain, stiffness, and reduced mobility.

(Bodyspotting, however, is not part of my workshop.)

Still, I wanted to find not only a more lasting solution but also a theoretical and practical framework that could help both clients and clinicians better understand and work with chronic pain.

As I immersed myself in contemporary pain neuroscience, I was struck by how much our understanding of pain has advanced in recent years. I began integrating Brainspotting with modern pain science in my work with clients experiencing chronic pain, and the results were consistently encouraging—and at times astonishing.

To deepen my understanding, I completed training in two leading approaches to chronic pain treatment: Alan Gordon’s Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) and Dr. Howard Schubiner’s Freedom from Chronic Pain program. These trainings strengthened my confidence in the direction of my research and clinical practice. At the same time, I recognized that these approaches rely heavily on medical models and certainty‑based interventions.

Brainspotting, in contrast, offers a unique contribution through its principles of uncertainty, following the tail of the comet, and dual attunement. I made an intentional effort to integrate the strengths of contemporary pain neuroscience with the unique gifts of Brainspotting.

Along the way, I served as a clinical supervisor for the Korean translation of Alan Gordon’s The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain and have led two public workshops on chronic pain and healing.

I believe what I will share with my beloved Brainspotting community will be an eye‑opening experience for many clinicians working with chronic pain. My hope is that you will leave with renewed excitement, practical tools, and greater hope for helping clients who struggle with chronic pain and other neuroplastic symptoms.

To be clear, I am not suggesting that all chronic pain can be healed, particularly pain associated with ongoing tissue damage or active disease processes. I certainly do not claim that kind of power.

However, research suggests that a substantial portion of chronic pain is neuroplastic in nature and therefore potentially reversible. In my own clinical experience, most of my pain clients have experienced either complete resolution of symptoms or significant reductions in pain intensity and interference with daily life.

I will share with you:

• Explaining neuroplastic pain in clear and accessible ways

• Current neuroscience related to chronic pain and symptom generation

• Brainspotting frame setups specifically adapted for chronic pain work

• Strategies for pain‑related emotions and conditioned pain responses

• Ways to integrate pain neuroscience with Brainspotting’s principles of uncertainty and following the tail of the comet

I look forward to exploring this important work with you.

Respectfully,

Jaegil