Clinical Strategies to Treat The Relationship to Pain
Summary
This course will explore how to assess and understand pain in clinical settings. Focus will be placed on utilizing the language of the client to explore the roots of pain, impact on identity and relationships. Interactive assessment tools will be introduced to explore sources of pain, history of pain, connection of pain to lifestyle and relational adaptions. The course will utilize tools from multiple modalities to explore treatment interventions related to pain.
- Utilize assessment tools to track historical and body markers of pain and cognitive beliefs held about pain.
- Apply intervention tools to challenge cognition to pain and engage with the body in empowerment-focused framework.
- Utilize tools of visualization and expressive therapy to practice forms of therapy for individuals surviving pain.
Agenda
| Date | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2025 | 9:00am - 9:30am | Introduction / Defining Types of Pain |
| May 1, 2025 | 9:30am - 10:00am | Assessing and Understanding Pain |
| May 1, 2025 | 10:00am - 10:30am | Adapting the Relationship to Pain / The Development of New Neural Pathways |
| May 1, 2025 | 10:30am - 10:45am | Break |
| May 1, 2025 | 10:45am - 11:15am | Creating A Space and Voice for Pain |
| May 1, 2025 | 11:15am - 11:45am | Responding to Pain |
| May 1, 2025 | 11:45am - 12:00pm | Questions and Comments |
Instructor
Erin B. Martinez-Gilliardwebinar (synchronous interactive)
Sessions
- 5/1/2025 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET
CE Contact Hours
- 3 pain management live interactive online
Location
online
