Chronic pain arising from illness and injury is a complex presentation frequently encountered across psychological practice. This practical, skills focused workshop supports psychologists to work confidently and compassionately with pain using an evidence informed, biopsychosocial, and trauma informed framework.
Drawing on health psychology principles and real world clinical experience, we explore the psychologist’s role in pain management within healthcare, rehabilitation, and workplace systems. The workshop integrates applied strategies for assessment, formulation, and intervention, while also addressing interdisciplinary collaboration and effective communication with other health professionals. Through case examples, structured activities, and guided discussion, participants will gain practical tools they can immediately apply in therapy when working with persistent and complex pain.
Focus areas:
- The psychologist’s role in pain management and multidisciplinary care
- Working therapeutically with pain, including common challenges and barriers
- Applying a biopsychosocial model of pain in assessment, formulation, and intervention
- Understanding complex pain presentations through a trauma informed lens
- Supporting adjustment, identity shifts, and functional engagement following illness or injury
- Communicating effectively with other health providers, including treatment recommendations and shared care planning
Presented by Danielle Mahoney.
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