Breaking the Vicious Cycle of Pain: From Symptom to Self-Confidence
| Scheduled Courses |
| 22 Sep - 22 Sep 2008 |
Longridge Community Hospital, Preston, Lancashire |
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Tutor: tutor details to follow
Duration: 1 day(s)
Course Description:
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Pain can have a devastating impact on people’s lives. How can we as health and social care practitioners help these patients? This workshop will provide a practical model of understanding long term pain and its impact on health using a cognitive-behavioural approach. Delivered by a multi-disciplinary team, including expert patient input, this day offers you an opportunity to learn evidence-based, practical interventions for this long term condition.
The focus of this workshop is on increasing your confidence in using a range of behavioural and cognitive skills with patients including; acceptance; increasing physical activity, reducing emotional distress, using medication effectively, problem-solving and promoting resilience. You will become more effective in supporting an individual to regain control over their life despite their pain.
About Our Speakers: Frances Cole, GP and Cognitive-Behavioural Therapist, specialises in pain rehabilitation and long term health conditions. Helen Macdonald is an experienced and accredited Cognitive-Behavioural Psychotherapist, Registered Nurse (Mental Health) and Health Psychologist, specialising in mental health, long term health conditions and return to work. Catherine Carus is a Senior Physiotherapist and University Teacher specialising in the rehabilitation of people with persistent pain. Pete Moore is the Senior Trainer (Persistent Pain) for the Expert Patients’ Programme, England. He is a member of the British Pain Society, European Federation for Research in Rehabilitation and The Society for Back Pain Research. He lives successfully with persistent pain.
After you have attended this workshop you will be able to:
- Use a patient-led assessment of needs due to pain
- Help the person break the vicious cycle of pain
- Use evidence-based CBT techniques to support the person with pain in gaining confidence in self-management
- Use key skills including acceptance; pacing daily activity; being more active; managing moods; using medication effectively and set-backs
- Be aware of self-help resources, multi-media learning materials and how to access them
Study Methods:
The course will be presented in an interactive workshop format. The team will use a variety of different training techniques including; small group work; patient and health care professional experience and case histories.
Who Can Attend:
This workshop is designed for any professional practitioner who works with people who have persistent pain. This includes GP’s; practice and community nurses; physiotherapists; occupational therapists; clinical psychologists; community matrons; consultants, including psychiatry where pain is a significant symptom; health care teams such as diabetes practitioners; occupational health; social care and voluntary sector. Prior knowledge of CBT is not essential for you to attend this course.