Rachel Zoffness

Rachel Zoffness is an American pain psychologist and author. She is an assistant clinical professor at the UCSF School of Medicine and lectures at Stanford University. Zoffness is the author of Tell Me Where It Hurts, The Pain Management Workbook and The Chronic Pain and Illness Workbook for Teens.

Education Zoffness attended Brown University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology: Brain and Behavior in 1998. She earned a Master of Arts in Psychology and Education from Teachers College, Columbia University in 2001 and a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology at San Diego State University in 2009. She completed her doctorate in clinical psychology at the University of California, San Diego in 2011.

Publications

Books

The Chronic Pain and Illness Workbook for Teens: CBT and Mindfulness-Based Practices to Turn the Volume Down on Pain, 2019 The Pain Management Workbook: Powerful CBT and Mindfulness Skills to Take Control of Pain and Reclaim Your Life, 2020 Tell Me Where It Hurts: The New Science of Pain and How to Heal, 2026