Incorporating Mindfulness Into the Treatment of Chronic Pain
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| Description: | Empower your clients with innovative, evidence-based tools that reduce pain and improve function. Full Description: People suffering with persistent pain are among the most difficult clients for providers to successfully treat. A recent report by the National Institutes of Health describes chronic pain as a major national health challenge and identifies the resulting costs of medical care and lost productivity to be as high as $635 billion a year. This course introduces participants to mindful awareness and provides the latest research on the role of mindfulness training in the treatment of pain. Learn how to explain pain and the benefits of mindful awareness to clients in simple language. Walk away with practical, mindfulness-based treatment tools and pain self-management strategies to offer your clients. Course Includes: Live Q&A Presentation Handout Post session recording access CE Credit What You Will Learn: Define mindful awareness Describe how mindfulness applies to pain management Explain mindfulness-based tips for the self-management of pain Recall online resources and book recommendations to share with clients Your Presenter: CAROLYN McMANUS, PT, MS, MA, holds Master’s degrees in Physical Therapy and Psychology and has specialized in mind-body treatment approaches for people with chronic conditions throughout her career of over 30 years. She has taught Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to patients at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, WA since 1998 and has taught MBSR and Loving Kindness Meditation to veterans at the Puget Sound VA since 2009. She is an instructor in research, examining the roles of mindfulness and kindness meditation in the treatment of pain and PTSD, and presents regularly to professional local, state, and national audiences. More information can be found at her website, www.carolynmcmanus.com. Disclaimer: Only registered attendees will have access to CE. A Cross Country Education web account is required to attend. There is no charge for a CCE web account. It is recommended that you join the meeting 15 to 20 minutes early. Speaker phone sound quality is poor and it is recommended that they not be used to listen to the event. Technical requirements: To view this webinar you will need to download the WebEx Application. You will be prompted to download it when you first enter the site. To save time, you can setup prior to the meeting by following this link: https://apidemoeu.webex.com/apidemoeu/meetingcenter/mcsetup.php Who Should Attend: Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Nurses, Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, Pastoral Counselors |
| URL: | https://www.crosscountryeducation.com/cce/product/ShowWebinarDetails.do?seminarCode=WN051915&campaig |
| Date: | Tuesday, May 19, 2015 |
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| Access: | Public |
| Category: | Education*, Health*, Webinar* |
| Created by: | Public Access |
| Updated: | Thursday, March 26, 2015 8:49pm UTC |
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| Comments: | None |