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Dear Friends and Colleagues,
I hope this finds you well. The Peer Network continues to
have a very busy summer. Last month Alan Gordon, LCSW hosted a special
webinar event where peers could call in to ask advice and receive
guidance. The audio from that event is now up on our forum for people to
listen to. Next month we will host another special edition of our
Drop-In Chat with guest Peter Zafirides, MD. This will be our third such
event.
Our Peer Supervision Teleconferences for therapists will be
continuing as well. At the September meeting we will be discussing the
article Pain and Emotion: A Biopsychosocial Review of Recent Research . The
guest speaker will be the author of the article, Mark Lumley, PhD, from
Wayne State University. This will be a very special event for anyone
interested in learning about the most current research on pain and
emotions.
I also want to encourage all physicians on this list to
consider participating in a research project which is surveying TMS
physicians. The project is for a dissertation on the unconscious causes
of pain and illness. This survey will provide insights in how TMS
practitioners treat and diagnose TMS.
As always, if you ever have any questions about any of the Peer Network's programs, please feel free to ask.
Sincerely,
 Forest
In This Edition
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July 21 Special Webinar with Alan Gordon
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Peer Supervision Teleconference with Guest Mark Lumley
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TMS Support Group
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Special Webinar with Peter Zafirides
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Room Sharing for October Conference
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Survey of TMS Providers
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 July 21 Special Webinar
On Saturday, July 21 Alan Gordon LCSW,
hosted the 2nd special drop in chat session. During the event, Alan
conducted several personalized feedback sections with participants who
were struggling in their recovery. The audio of the event is available
on our forum.
This is a great way to listen in on another TMS therapist
while they work with a client and watch the techniques they
employ, and the language they use. In
one case, Alan used ISTDP techniques to help a caller tap into his
repressed emotions. All in all, it was a very enlightening session that
may be beneficial to both patients and practitioners alike.
TMS Support Group
The next meeting of the in-person support group is on
August 23. The meeting will be from 7:00 PM to 8:45. For information on
the location and directions visit www.tmswiki.org/forum.
The purpose of these meetings is to build an active community of TMSers and learn
from one another by helping build connections between people who are
recovering from PPD/TMS and those who have already recovered. For more
information on these meetings check out the forum post and the wiki page.
Room Sharing for October Conference
Several people have expressed an interest in sharing a hotel
room with someone for the PPDA Conference in October. If you are
interested in getting in touch with someone about sharing a hotel room,
please email me, and I will forward your request to other interested
parties.
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Peer Supervision Teleconference
The next peer supervision teleconference will be on Saturday, September 8th from 1:00-2:30 PM EST. We will be discussing the research article, Pain and Emotion: A Biopsychosocial Review of Recent Research. The
lead author of the article, Mark Lumley, Ph.D., will be in attendance
as a special guest. He will begin the session by summarizing the article
and will then take questions.
The article may be downloaded from:
http://tmswiki.org/dl/lumleyetal2011.pdf
Alternatively, it may be read online by clicking on this link.
Mark Lumley is a professor at Wayne State University and
researches the interface of stress, emotional regulation, and physical
health. He tests the health benefits of writing or talking about
stressful personal experiences and examines methods to integrate
emotional disclosure into cognitive-behavioral therapies. He often
studies people with chronic pain problems such as rheumatoid arthritis,
fibromyalgia, or migraine headaches.
Please note the log-in features are slightly different for this meeting.To attend the teleconference simply call 646-583-7415 and enter the access code 21558901#
 Special Webinar with Peter Zafirides
On Saturday, September 15, the PTPN will host a special
edition of our drop-in chat with guest Peter Zafirides, MD. This session
will provide patients with the opportunity to interact with a highly
skilled practitioner and discuss a variety of PPD related issues.
The event will start at 3:00 PM EST. If you have any clients
or patients that may benefit from listening to Dr. Zafirides please let
them know about this event. All practitioners are also welcome to
attend and listen in as well.
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Survey of TMS (PPD) Providers
Psychology
doctoral candidate, Sara Lou O’Connor, MA, MFA, has prepared a survey
for medical doctors whose practice includes TMS. The survey is for
Ms. O’Connor’s dissertation research project about TMS and its position
in the long tradition of medicine. The goal of the research is to
learn as much as possible about the doctors who include TMS in medical
practice. David Schechter, MD, is one of Ms. O’Connor’s Dissertation Committee Advisors. Ms. O’Connor was tutored by Donald Dubin, MFCC, in the practice of TMS psychology for 18 months (2001-2002).
If you are a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats TMS, it
is important that you respond to this survey. TMS medical
providers are a small population. Defining a population is a
special area of statistical analysis. To get a clear and valid
understanding of all the physicians practicing TMS medicine, all members
need to respond.
Confidentiality of information: All
the information you provide will be kept confidential. Your
responses will be combined with those of the other medical doctors whose
practices include TMS diagnosis and treatment. The results will
be statistically analyzed and presented and published in scholarly,
academic formats.
The Survey will only be available in August, so please reply to TMSsurveyDocs@aol.com soon. In your email please send your preferred email address.
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