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; and the application of Pain Reprocessing Therapy based on studies of clients with chronic pain. 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.
This session has been approved by NBCC for NBCC credit.
Learning Objectives:
After this activity participants should be able to
Attendees will describe principles principles of modern pain neuroscience.
Attendees will review components of Pain Reprocessing Therapy.
Attendees will explain the three key principles of the polyvagal theory.
Attendees will experience somatic tracking as a useful tool in treating chronic pain.
