Understanding Chronic Pain: The Mind-Body Connection
Historically, health care practitioners have treated pain as a sensory experience occurring in the body. Fortunately, over time, a more comprehensive vision of pain has emerged centering the pain in the brain, as a mind-body phenomenon.
This workshop will provide an understanding of how intricately pain is linked to the psyche. We will demonstrate ways of evaluating and treating pain using our knowledge of psychology, psychotherapy and neuroscience.
(Trainer Robin S. Cohen, PhD, PsyD received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from UCLA. Dr. Cohen completed an internship at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, specializing in Medical Psychology and trained in Hypnosis. In 1998, she received a Psy.D. from the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis (ICP). Dr. Cohen is currently a Training and Supervising Analyst at ICP, as well as past President of the ICP Board of Directors. Additionally she is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry of UCLA, involved in clinical training.
Dr. Cohen’s focus is contemporary relational psychoanalytic approaches, object-relations, trauma focused psychotherapy, the relationship between the mind, the body and the brain, and mindfulness approaches.)
This presentation is open to:
- Physicians
- Physician Assistance
- Nurses
- Social Workers:
- Professional Counselors
- Therapists
- Psychologists
- Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
- Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
FREE WEBINAR
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize and analyze the intricate relationship between chronic pain and emotional factors, including the role of psychological processes in the development and maintenance of pain conditions.
- Utilize comprehensive assessment techniques to evaluate patients with chronic pain, integrating psychological, psychosocial, and neuroscientific perspectives to inform the development of tailored treatment plans.
- Synthesize and evaluate evidence-based treatment modalities for chronic pain management, incorporating multidisciplinary approaches such as cognitive therapies, psychoanalytic interventions, trauma-focused treatments, and mindfulness-based strategies.
Agenda:
- What is chronic pain? (20 minutes)
- Historical concepts of pain.
- Current definition of chronic pain.
- Why it is important for you to understand pain.
- Mind-body dynamics in chronic pain conditions. (30 minutes)
- The interplay of emotions and pain.
- Psychological factors affecting pain experience.
- Psychological sequalae of chronic pain.
- Trauma and Pain
- Evaluating a referral: Is this someone who I should and can treat? (20 minutes)
- Treatment modalities. (60 minutes)
- Multidisciplinary treatment
- Cognitive Therapies
- Psychoanalytic Approaches
- EMDR and Trauma Focused treatments
- Mindfulness approaches
- Case discussion (disguised case) (30 minutes).
- Questions (20 minutes)
This presentation is open to:
- Social Workers
- Professional Counselors
- Therapists
- Psychologists
- Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
- Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
- Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
Course Level: introductory
Level of Clinician: beginner
- New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
- Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
- Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
- Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives
Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.
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Satisfactory Completion Participants must have paid the tuition fee, logged in and out each day, attended the entire workshop, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate (If this is a pre-recorded program, a post-test with a passing grade of 80% to receive a certificate.) Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates are available after satisfactory course completion by clicking here.
There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.
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CE You! maintains responsibility for this program. - AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM: Physicians
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Chesapeake Health Education Program, Inc and CEYou. The Chesapeake Health Education Program, Inc. is accredited by MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society, to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Chesapeake Health Education Program, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Refund Policy:
Full Refund until 48 hours before scheduled date.
48 hours before: full refund less $5.00 processing fee. After event no refund will be given.
*exclusions apply for reasonable need and cause.