This week I am talking with Dr. Howard Schubiner

This week I am excited to provide a new mind-body resource for you!  Click the link below to listen to my interview with Dr. Howard Schubiner, creator of www.yourpainisreal.com. Dr. Schubiner and I speak at length in this 50 minute recording about mind-body healing, addressing pelvic pain issues of all kinds.  I think you’ll find the information extremely helpful, especially if you’re still wondering how mind-body healing works and how to implement it into your own life.

Click the link below to listen, or right click (control click for mac users) and select “save link as” to download the file.

Interview with Dr. Howard Schubiner

Dr. Schubiner Credentials 

Howard Schubiner, MD is board-certified in pediatrics, adolescent medicine, and internal medicine.  He was a full Professor at Wayne State University for 18 years and now works at Providence Hospital in Southfield, MI.  He is a fellow in the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Society for Adolescent Medicine.  Dr. Schubiner is known as a national expert in ADHD in adolescents and adults as well as mindfulness meditation and stress reduction.  He has authored over 60 publications in scientific journals and books and performed research in the fields of adolescent health, ADHD and stress reduction.    Dr. Schubiner is on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Adolescent Health and the Journal of Attention Disorders.  He has given over 250 lectures to scientific audiences regionally, nationally and internationally on topics related to adolescent medicine, ADHD, and stress reduction.  Dr. Schubiner has consulted for the American Medical Association, the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute on Mental Health.  He has been granted funds to conduct research studies of over several million dollars in total.  Dr. Schubiner is a student of Jon Kabat-Zinn and has taught Mindfulness Meditation for the past 14 years.

Dr. Schubiner is the founder and director of the Mind Body Medicine Program at Providence Hospital.  He is a protégé of Dr. John Sarno and has worked closely with him. This unique and innovative program uses the methods pioneered by Dr. Sarno, adds the teachings of Mindfulness Meditation, as well as the most current research methodologies to treat individuals who suffer from the Mind Body Syndrome (MBS) or Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS).  Dr. Schubiner has created a program that uses both meditative and cutting edge psychological techniques to help individuals with chronic conditions, such as fibromyalgia, whiplash, back and neck pain, myofascial pain, TMJ syndrome, tension and migraine headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, irritable bladder syndrome, insomnia, anxiety, and other related conditions.  He is currently performing the first randomized, controlled research study in the field of Mind Body Syndrome or TMS for individuals diagnosed with fibromyalgia.  He was included in the 2003-2004, 2005-2006 and 2007-2008 lists of the Best Doctors in America.  Dr. Schubiner lives in the Detroit area with his wife of 25 years and has 2 children in their early 20’s.