Nurturing Playful Minds offers a free three‑week introductory course on chronic pain for nine‑ to sixteen‑year‑olds, parents, and clinicians. This foundational series provides essential psychoeducation and practical tools to help families and professionals better understand and address chronic pain and other neuroplastic symptoms. For those interested in going deeper, our comprehensive seven‑week course is available for $249 and includes psychoeducation, parent tips, worksheets, and interventions tailored to specific neuroplastic symptom presentations such as pain, nausea, dizziness, and more.
 
You can explore both courses here. If you prefer support with enrollment, please add this item to your cart and complete checkout. You won’t be charged for the free course, and you’ll receive an email with the next steps.
 
Course reviews:
 
"Jamie has designed an evidence-based, easy to follow program for helping adolescents recover from chronic pain. Integrating the best elements of leading psychological treatments, combined with a deep understanding of what works for kids and teenagers, she has clearly laid out both the basic knowledge and the practical skills anyone with chronic pain needs to know. This is a terrific contribution, sure to benefit many."
 
- Yoni K. Ashar, PhD
Director of the Pain and Emotion Research Lab
Assistant Professor Department of Medicine University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
 
 
“Jamie Shafir’s courses for young people living with chronic pain is a much-needed resource in a community where adolescents are often overlooked. It offers a compassionate, practical, and comprehensive approach, helping youth better understand their pain and equipping them with tools to take control of their experience. Drawing on mind-body techniques such as mindfulness, emotional expression, and cognitive reframing, the program provides strategies to effectively shift their relationship with pain and significantly improve their well-being. The strategies are accessible and empowering, perfectly tailored by Jamie to meet the unique needs of this age group. I am thrilled to see such a valuable resource for adolescents finally become available to the public.”
 
- Christie Uipi
Executive Director
Better Mind Center
 
 
These reviews were written before Jamie and Jessica partnered to form Nurturing Playful Minds. Since joining forces, our collaboration reflects more than twenty years of combined experience supporting adolescents and their families and has led to exciting course updates.
 
Jessica brings deep expertise in play therapy and a strong academic foundation in cognitive science. Her background allows her to integrate neuroplasticity principles through a developmentally attuned, play‑based lens, an approach that beautifully complements and strengthens our shared commitment to neuroscience‑informed, play and attachment‑based care.