Chronic pain is a common comorbity for those seeking mental health and social work services. Chronic pain is often undertreated or mistreated due to inadequate access to care, stigma, and social inequalities. This course discusses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Managing Chronic Pain (CBT-CP). CBT-CP is an evidence based treatment that has shown to be effective in assisting clients with improving their sexual health and functioning while living with a chronic pain condition.
This course also offers 2 AASECT CE hours.
Describe the CBT Model for the treatment of musculoskeletal chronic pain and co-occurring sexual health concerns.
Describe how using CBT skills, in the context of chronic pain, can help improve sexual health.