The Reign of Pain: Advances in Science Leading to Understanding Chronic Pain
Howard Schubiner, M.D., Internist Director, The Center for Mind-Body Medicine
Dr. Schubiner is an internist and director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine at Providence Park Hospital in Southfield, Michigan. He is a Clinical Professor at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine an is a fellow in the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Pediatrics. He has authored more then 100 publications in scientific journals and books and lectures regionally, nationally and internationally.
Dr. Schubiner has consulted for the American Medical Association, the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute on Mental Health. He is the author of three books: Unlearn Your Pain, Unlearn Your anxiety and Depression and Hidden From View, written with Dr. Allan Abbass.
Dr. Schuiner lives in the Detroit area with his wife of thirty-four years and has two adult children.
Objectives:
- How the brain’s predictive coding mechanisms create and reinforce physical pain
- How to determine if your client has psycho-physiologic-induced pain
- How to explain these concepts to clients and implement cognitive-behavioral techniques designed to eliminate psychophysiologic pain
- How to implement Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy, which has been found to be more effective than standard CBT for fibromyalgia pain in a recent research study
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