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Specializing in: Pain Management; Adjustment to Illness; Injury and Disability; Behavioral Medicine; Consultations; Performance Enhancement; Executive Health Coaching

Dr. Philip Appel has been with the hospital since 1987, working with individuals who experience persistent pain that interferes with their performance and obtaining quality of life. He works to help individuals adjust to the life challenges that are brought on by disability and chronic illness or injury.

He teaches a variety of mental practice techniques to enhance performance through learning mentally the movement patterns needed to execute a complex motor pattern. Self-hypnosis, guided imagery, relaxation and meditative techniques are all used to provide the individual with a greater awareness of self and ability to regulate performance and influence desired outcome.

Dr. Appel has written extensively about the use of hypnosis in enhancing performance in rehabilitation. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, a past President of that Organization, is listed in the National Register for Health Service Providers in Psychology and is licensed in both Maryland and the District of Columbia. 

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