"Overcoming Chronic Pain with Pain Reprocessing Therapy" - In-Person Registration

Membership Meeting - In Person

Melany Cohen, LMFT

 

    "Overcoming Chronic Pain with Pain Reprocessing Therapy"

Note:  In-Person

In this workshop, the presenter will make a case for fundamentally changing the way we approach and treat patients with certain types of chronic pain.  The existing medical paradigm assumes a physical cause for most chronic pain.   But numerous studies have shown that chronic back pain, neck pain, fibromyalgia symptoms, repetitive strain injury, headaches and other forms of chronic pain are usually not caused by structural problems in the body. Rather, these types of chronic symptoms are the result of psychophysiological processes that can be reversed. This is known as neuroplastic pain.  

This presentation will explore the role of psychotherapy in the treatment of neuroplastic pain.  Participants will gain an understanding of how neuroplastic pain works and how to assess for neuroplastic pain.  We will also delve into the components of Pain Reprocessing Therapy, an evidence based protocol which retrains the brain to interpret and respond to signals from the body properly,

subsequently breaking the cycle of chronic pain.

Learning Objectives

In successfully completing and attending this presentation, participants will be able to:

1. Identify at least 2 key differences between structural and neuroplastic pain.
2. List at least 5 criteria for assess for neuroplastic pain. 
3. Name 3 components of Pain Reprocessing Therapy.

Presenter:

Melany Cohen, LMFT is a California-licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a certified Clinical Hypnotherapist. She received a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University in 2012. She also completed an extensive training in Clinical Hypnotherapy, with an emphasis on medical hypnosis and pain management.  She completed a two-year internship at Counseling West, a community mental health center in Sherman Oaks, where she worked with clients of different ages and backgrounds utilizing a psychodynamic and Jungian approach to therapy.  She went on to complete her 3000 Associate hours at Passages Treatment Center, a holistic drug treatment facility, where she provided counseling and hypnotherapy to adults with a special focus on addictive and compulsive behaviors, insomnia and pain relief.  In 2017, she had the wonderful opportunity to become a Staff Therapist and Supervisor at the Pain Psychology Center in Beverly Hills, where she continues to see clients and supervise associates.  She currently facilitates healing workshops for the Pain Reprocessing Therapy Center as well as a consultation group for clinicians who are trained in Pain Reprocessing Therapy. Melany is also trained in Brainspotting, a brain-body therapy that focuses on identifying, processing, and releasing emotional/physical pain and trauma.

Sponsored by:

                    

The Therapist Development Center has successfully prepared more than 100,000 therapists to PASS their exams through our Social Work Test Prep and MFT Test Prep. Our ASWB Exam Prep and MFT Exam Prep continue to be the top reviewed LCSW Exam Prep, LMSW Exam Prep, and MFT Exam Prep in the country.

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When:

Sunday, September 8, 2024

Time:

  8:30am-9am Check-In*

  9am-9:30am Membership Meeting/

      Chapter Announcements*

  9:30-11am CE/Speaker Presentation

  11am-11:15am Opportunity Drawing/

      Private Practice Announcements*

  11:15am-11:45am Break*

  11:45am-1:45pm Board Meeting (in-person)*

*=portion of course not eligible for CE's

This course is intended for beginning to advanced mental health professionals.

Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Course evaluations will be sent and CE completion certificates will be awarded to participants that attend the entire presentation and complete the course evaluation within 48 hours of the speaker presentation.

Place:

In-Person: at the 'Encino Golf Course -

                                                        Banquet Room'

                              16821 Burbank Blvd

                              Encino, CA 91436

Professional or Business Casual Attire suggested.  

For those members attending in-person, please read the COVID-19 release before registering.

Please note: Confirm your meeting selection is accurate for in person or webinar and member or non-member.  No walk-ins or registration changes will be allowed less than 24 hours before the meeting.

Price/Registration:

SFV-CAMFT chapter members

In-person

     $25 (online until Friday, August 30th at 11:59pm)

     $35 (online week of event, August 31st - September 6th)

Non chapter members

In-person

     $35 (online until Friday, August 30th at 11:59pm )

     $45 (online week of event, August 31st - September 6th)

No phone or email RSVP.

No cash or check, credit card only (we accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover).

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Refund Policy 

Requests for refunds must be in writing and received by SFV-CAMFT before one week prior to the event. A $2 administrative fee will be deducted for cancellation of a paid event, through the cancellation deadline. There will be no changes or cancellations received after one week prior to the event (this includes No shows and arriving late to the presentation on the day of the event). The President has discretion to issue refunds that do not comply with the policy. To request a refund, email sfv.camft@gmail.com.

SFV-CAMFT is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for Marriage & Family Therapists. SFV-CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

CAMFT- approved Continuing Education Provider #62281