Healthcare Training Institute - Quality Education since 1979
CE for Psychologist, Social Worker, Counselor, & MFT!!

Course Learning Objectives/Outcomes

By the end of the course, the Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist, Social Worker or Psychologist will be able to:
-Explain what reconceptualization of pain involves.
-List 3 techniques for how to proceed if the patient feels completion of a pain assessment is aversive or a waste of his/her time.
-Give an example of how the therapist might discuss the cycle of chronic pain with the patient/client.
-List 4 goals to discuss with your patient/client to divert their focus away from their pain.
-Describe why Kinesiophobia, or fear of movement, makes pain worse over time.
-Give an example reply to use when your patient/client in pain states, “I’ve tried to relax before but I just can’t”


"The instructional level of this course is introductory, intermediate, or advanced depending on the learners clinical area of expertise."