Dr. Rachel Zoffness is a pain & health psychologist, medical consultant, author, speaker, and an expert on nonpharmacological approaches to pain management. She is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCSF School of Medicine, where she teaches pain education for medical residents. Dr. Zoffness also serves as pain education faculty at Dartmouth. She is the Co-President of the American Association of Pain Psychology, serves on the board of the Society of Pediatric Pain Medicine, and is a 2021 Mayday Fellow. She is the author of The Pain Management Workbook, an integrative, evidence-based treatment protocol for adults, and The Chronic Pain & Illness Workbook for Teens,  the first pain workbook for youth.  She also writes the Psychology Today column Pain, Explained. She was trained at Brown, Columbia, NYU, UCSD, SDSU, and Mt. Sinai-St. Luke's hospital. Dr. Z previously taught science at the Bronx Zoo and is a dedicated butterfly-chaser. 

Join Dr. Zoffness's Pain Science Workshops here. 

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Dr. Zoffness is a regular guest on podcasts, radio shows, and at conferences. She provides consultations, lectures, Grand Rounds, and trainings for hospitals and clinics around the world, and maintains a small private practice. For inquiries and interviews, click here.

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