The Pointe Malibu - Recovery Center
Sacramento, California, United States
Session Description: Chronic pain is a disease state that is generally considered one to be managed, not solved. There is tremendous frustration amongst clinicians in treating chronic pain because results are often poor, patients are angry and the costs to society are crippling. The science now shows a new pathway to a powerful shift from the structural model of chronic pain to one based on addressing core neuropsychophysiology. The information in this presentation will address the following: The five-key points of chronic pain for pain recovery; and the Polyvagal-informed clinician in the treatment of chronic pain and addiction disorders; the application of Internal Family Systems (IFS) in befriending the Inner Critic. The presentation will include demonstrations emphasizing the transformation of concepts into clinical skills that would be helpful in treating patients with co-occurring pain and addiction.
Learning Objectives:
After this activity participants should be able to
Attendees will describe principles of assessing and treating chronic pain, including central nervous system processing and the brain's response to pain and suffering.
Attendees will discuss techniques to manage opioid use disorder in the face of chronic pain recovery with clinical methods including mindfulness, CBT, DBT, and ACT.
Attendees will explain the three key principles of the polyvagal theory and demonstrate how to befriend the inner critic using internal family systems (IFS).