Pain Reprocessing Therapy - How Pain Psychology Can Heal Chronic Pain

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Post-screening discussion with This Might Hurt film

0:00 - A note from Melissa and the American Association of Pain Psychology
3:30 - Panelist Bios - Christie Uipi, LCSW & Mark A. Lumley, PhD
5:57 - Christie: Can you talk about your personal experience with recovering from chronic pain?
8:12 - Mark: What is EAET (Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy) and how is it different from other more well-known psychotherapies (like CBT, ACT)?
10:23 - Mark: Can you talk about the research you did with EAET that focused on fibromyalgia, and any other notable trials?
13:18 - Mark: Can you talk about people can incorporate EAET into the CBT work they are already doing?
15:17 - Christie:- How would you talk about to a therapist who is already using CBT about incorporating EAET into their practice?
18:20 - Christie: Can you talk a little bit about diagnosis people with neuroplastic (or mind-body) pain?
21:05 - Christie: If someone comes in with pain and you think it might be stress related, what are some questions you may ask?
22:14 - Kevin asks "how do you select patients, does the patient need to have trauma to have eligible?"
26:02 - Julia asks: "Kent, did you use this therapy (EAET) to recover from your chronic pain?"
28:51 - Kent: What was the origin for the movie title?
31:00 - Christie: Can you talk about what PRT is and how it was used in the recent Boulder Back Pain Study?
33:28 -Omar asks: "What populations has this therapy been for and does it work better for certain races and ethnicities?"
34:55 - Kent says: "It seems to me that someone who is already practiced in CBT would be able to integrate PRT more easily. Is that something you have found to be true?"
36:46 - Christie: Can you talk a bit about a patient who used these PRT or EAET to recover from chronic pain?
41:31 - Julia asks: "How does behavior modification play into the treatment?"
44: 49 - Mark discusses experiential work in sessions
46:37 - Christie: If someone comes in with back pain and has a herniated disk, but you suspect the pain is not actually structural, how do you talk to them?"
Christie
50:10 - Mark: Can you talk more about the Boulder brain-imaging back pain study, which studied the efficacy of PRT?
52:36 - Christie: what was your role in the Boulder back pain study?
54:39 - Lauren asks: "Do you use bio feedback? And is it helpful for chronic pain?"
55:40 - Cat asks: Does EAET work for CRPS?"
57:00 - Mark discusses DBT (dialectical behavior therapy)
58:20 -Christie: Are there specific character traits that you often see in chronic pain patients that can be linked to their pain?
1:00:14 - Mark shares specific books and resources


BIOS

Christie Uipi, LCSW is the Executive Director of The Better Mind Center and a psychotherapist specializing in the treatment of chronic pain, anxiety, and depression. Christie is also a recovered chronic pain patient herself. She lectures nationally on psychotherapeutic interventions to treat chronic pain and worked alongside Alan Gordon and Dr. Howard Schubiner to develop Pain Reprocessing Therapy.

Dr. Mark A. Lumley, PHD is Distinguished Professor and Director of the Ph.D. Program in Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Wayne State University, in Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Lumley conducts research on the role of stress and emotions on somatic health, particularly developing and testing Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy, also known as EAET, for people with chronic pain conditions such as fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, headaches, and pelvic pain. He has published over 180 peer-reviewed articles, has had multiple grants from the NIH, and is on the editorial boards of many journals.

Kent Bassett (director, moderator) is an Emmy-nominated editor and filmmaker as well as a pain recovery coach. He directed and edited This Might Hurt (Austin Film Festival), a feature documentary about chronic pain and a radical mind-body treatment, and his most recent editing work is Not Going Quietly, a feature documentary about health care activist Ady Barkan (on Hulu, 2 Emmy Nominations). Kent has a BA in history from Swarthmore College and an MFA in film production from Chapman University.After directing This Might Hurt, Kent trained as a pain recovery coach and works with clients at Mind-Body Insight.
➡️ If you're interested in 1:1 coaching with Kent: https://www.mindbodyinsight.net

You can see Videos about Pain Reprocessing Therapy here: https://www.thismighthurtfilm.com/pai...

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For more information on how to deliver PRT or EAET for patients, you can go to upcoming trainings:
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Dr. Howard Schubiner's website is:
https://unlearnyourpain.com