June 17, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
June 17, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Are you supporting a young person living with chronic pain? Discover how a personalized, systematic approach can make a powerful difference. In this insightful webinar, our expert speaker will guide you through their unique neuroplastic recovery program, rooted in the latest research on the brain-body connection and chronic pain.
Gain a deeper understanding of how to build an individualized treatment plan—one that addresses the whole person, not just the symptoms. From evaluating patient history and clinical exams to incorporating evidence-based tools like books, journaling, apps, therapeutic movies, coaches, and medical referrals, this session will offer a comprehensive roadmap for healing and long-term support.
Whether you’re a parent, caregiver, or adult ally, this webinar will equip you with practical strategies and hope-filled insights to help a young person on their journey to recovery.
June 17, 2025 @ 10:00 am
10:00 am PDT – 11:00 am PDT
Dr. David Schechter is a physician in West Los Angeles, California. With over 35 years of experience as a family and sports medicine physician, Dr. Schechter specializes in mind-body medicine, preventive medicine, and chronic pain. Dr. Schechter attended Princeton University, received his MD from New York University, residency through UCLA/Santa Monica, and is an attending physician at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
He has been named a Top Doctor by Los Angeles Magazine, Men’s Health Magazine, and by US News and World Report. He has written several books, including Think Away Your Pain , The MindBody Workbook, The MindBody Workbook for Teens, and The Lessons Doctor Sarno Taught Me. He has co-created an online program called The MindBody Healing Journey and co-authored The MindBody Workbook, Volume Two and A Diagnostic Guide for Psychophysiologic Disorders. Recently, he created an online course, Mastering the Mind-Body Connection for Teenagers.
Dr. Shelley Segal has been a licensed clinical psychologist in California since 2004. She received her PsyD from Pepperdine University and completed an internship at the Wright Institute Los Angeles. Her postdoctoral training was at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine and Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital. While at UCLA, she worked with medical and nursing staff providing psychological treatment for inpatients and their families in the Department of Neurorehabilitation.
At the Revlon Breast Center, she received training in assessment, interviewing, and making treatment recommendations for breast cancer patients in an integrative treatment program. Upon completing her postdoctoral training, Dr. Segal was invited to join the UCLA Pediatric Pain Program. In 2009 this multidisciplinary program received a national award for Clinical Centers of Excellence from the American Pain Society (APS). She continues to collaborate with this integrative team of healthcare professionals at Whole Child LA (WCLA)… “ one of the country’s premier providers of integrative mind-body treatment for children suffering pain, stress, and many common disabling conditions which can be arrested and treated before they become chronic lifelong struggles.”
Dr. Segal has provided clinical supervision for Masters level students at Pepperdine University and Postdoctoral Fellows at UCLA. She is a voluntary clinical instructor Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. She is also on staff at UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Institute and Ronald Reagan Medical Center. At her private practice office in Calabasas, California, Dr. Segal specializes in treating adolescents and adults who suffer from chronic pain to help a person live a better quality of life that is not consumed or controlled by pain. Through psychotherapy, a patient learns techniques for coping with the many issues that arise related to having chronic pain, as well as learning to understand and manage long-term issues that interfere with well-being.
It’s known that chronic pain affects not only the individual but also family members who are living with and supporting someone in pain. Her other focuses of psychotherapy include treating mood and anxiety disorders, self-esteem issues, and life and relationship problems, as well as medical and neurological disorders. In her free time, Dr. Segal enjoys hiking, traveling, at the beach, and being with family and friends.