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Skills that Kent is trained in and teaches through collaboration

• How to unlearn and reduce chronic symptoms like pain, fatigue, and insomnia.

• How to embody emotional integration and resilience while transitioning from military service to college, or from college into a career.

• How to navigate interpersonal conflict with assertiveness.

• How to communicate with emotional clarity.

Kent’s Background

Kent has worked for three years as a symptom recovery coach for people dealing with chronic pain, fatigue, insomnia, anxiety, and depression. As a former chronic pain patient, he is skilled at providing pain reprocessing coaching to reduce and unlearn chronic symptoms.

This treatment is based on the latest breakthroughs in neuroscience, has been shown to be effective in large NIH-funded studies, and has been delivered successfully with veterans at the VA in Los Angeles.

Working with student veterans at Fordham as a social work intern since September, 2024, Kent will be offering services at no cost through the 2024-2025 academic year. He’s available Mondays and Wednesdays in-person, or via Zoom. You can sign up for a virtual or office appointment at this link. The meetings are confidential.

Before becoming a coach, Kent worked for 20 years as a film editor, and he directed a feature film about overcoming chronic pain, fatigue, and insomnia called This Might Hurt.

You can reach Kent at rbassett1@fordham.edu or via calling/texting (917) 409-8443.

IN PERSON, CONFIDENTIAL OPTION: If you would like to meet with Kent in-person, he has a room in Lowenstein Building at 719-F on the Lincoln Center campus, which is in a separate building from the student veteran office. Zoom is also always an option.