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- Pain Connection Named Recipient of the Healthcare Initiative Foundation, Press Release December 9, 2008
The Healthcare Initiative Foundation has awarded Pain Connection a grant to increase the pool of trained mental health professionals to meet the unique psychosocial needs of chronic pain sufferers and their families in Montgomery County.
- Holiday Pain by A. Seraphina Lin, Dec 05, 2008
How the holidays have changed for those in pain. - American Pain Foundation names September pain awareness month, Gazette.Net, Maryland Community Newspapers Online, Sept. 10, 2008
- Pain sufferers get relief: Potomac woman leads efforts to raise awareness by Erin Donaghue, Gazette.Net, Maryland Community Newspapers Online, Wednesday, July 16, 2008.
- Elusive Battle: Pain — and Skepticism — Still Plague Fibromyalgia Patients by Carolyn Cosmos, The Washington Diplomat, May 2008.
- Pain Connection Emerges from Personal Struggle with Pain Pain Community News, Fall 2007, page 3.
- Potomac Resident Selected as Pain Awareness Leader by the American Pain Foundation., Gazette.Net, Maryland Community Newspapers Online, November 14, 2007.
- Make a Difference, on Montgomery County Cable Channel 6.
Pain Connection is highlighted on the show on May 27, 2006 at 3:30 PM with Gwenn Herman, Director and Geoffrey Manifold, Board Member. Watch the show to learn about volunteer opportunities providing both direct services to residents and support services in the Housing Opportunities Commission offices. The show will be aired several times a day all week long or you can watch the video online. See the weekly schedule. - "Groups help one cope with untreatable pain" by Daniel Groner, published in the Senior Beacon, Washington, D.C. edition, July 2006.
- Gwenn Herman, the Founder and Director of Pain Connection, spoke at the Maryland Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers Annual Conference, March 31, 2005. Her topic: "Making the Invisible Visible: Treating Chronic Pain".
- Stopping The Hurt by January W. Payne, The Washington Post, Tuesday, January 4, 2005.
Gwenn Herman knows chronic pain -- the regular backaches, the stiffness and freezing of her neck after her 1995 car accident, the pain that didn't respond, or responded inconsistently, to prescription and nonprescription painkillers. That's why she learned, long before last month's rash of safety alerts about three commonly used pain medications, to explore alternative treatments like meditation, guided imagery and breathing exercises. - 2004 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium. Workshop #714-512 "Invisible Injury-Treating Chronic Pain", Presented by Gwenn Herman and Cat McClannan, order a cassette or CD from http://www.iplaybacknetworker.com/product/458/46.
- Greenbelt support group a salve for sufferers by Laura C. Jackson, Special to The Gazette Sept. 16, 2004
Gwenn Herman used to work full time, play racquetball and lead an active social life with her children. All that changed after a car accident. - Herman helps those living in pain by Monica Wraga Soladay, The Gazette March 10, 2004
- Chronic pain group starts in Greenbelt The Gazette June 5, 2003
- What Hit Me? How families are affected by a parent's chronic pain by Gwenn Herman, published in Kidspeace Healing Magazine.
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