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Chronic Pain Understood

According to the 2019 National Health Interview Survey, 50.2 million adults (20.5%) reported experiencing pain most days or every day.

Chronic pain is often approached as a biomedical, rather than a biopsychosocial, phenomenon. As a result, psychological factors associated with initiation, prolongation, and/or exacerbation of pain remain under-appreciated and under-addressed.

A New Protocol

Connecticut’s WorkersCompensation Commission (WCC) has adopted a Psychological Pain Assessment and Treatment Protocol (PPATP; pages 2-7, https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/WCC/publications/professional-guides/protocols.pdf) for assessment and treatment of pain in injured workers.

The Connecticut Psychological Association has undertaken a major initiative to support effective implementation of this protocol.

Trained Providers

This protocol is expected to significantly increase the efficacy and efficiency of pain care in Connecticut’s WorkersCompensation system while  simultaneously enhancing public awareness of our profession’s skills and contributions.

Listed below are experienced psychologists with expertise in psychological differential diagnosis and advanced training in the WCC’s Psychological Pain Assessment and Treatment Protocol (PPATP).

Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC)

Psychological Pain Assessment and Treatment Protocol (PPATP)

Trained Provider List

NAME 

CREDENTIALS

AGENCY

CONTACT INFO

AVAILABILITY

Dr. Kyler Allen Psy.D., License#4159

Comprehensive Neuropsychological Services

1095 South Main Street,

Cheshire CT 06410

Phone:

203-271-3809

Email:

drallen@clinicalneuropsych.com

Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday 9:00AM-5:00PM
Dr. Stephanie Pennington

Ph.D.

License#3636

Comprehensive Neuropsychological Services

1095 South Main Street,

Cheshire CT 06410

Phone:

203-271-3809

Email:

drpennington@clinicalneuropsych.com

Monday-Friday

Mornings and Early Afternoons until 2pm

Dr. Brett Steinberg

Ph.D., ABPP-CN

License#2312

Comprehensive Neuropsychological Services

1095 South Main Street,

Cheshire CT 06410

Phone:

203-271-3809

Email:

drsteinberg@clinicalneuropsych.com

Wednesday and Friday 9:00AM-5:00PM
Dr. Julie Wright

Psy.D.,

License#2952

Dr. Julie Wright, LLC; Waterford and East Lyme, CT

Phone:

860-334-0219

Email:

doctorjuliewright@gmail.com

Monday- Friday 5:00PM-8:00PM, Weekend Hours