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 three kinds of pain domains.
-Discuss three categories of pain perception.
-Explain three cognitive-behavioral therapy for chronic pain.
-Discuss three cognitive interventions for chronic pain.
-Explain three characteristics of stress related to pain.
-Discuss three self-presentation effects of chronic pain.
-Name the three components of cognitive-behavioral treatment. 
-Explain what does a clinician need to effectively utilize during group therapy in order to enhance treatment effectiveness and patient satisfaction in cognitive-behavioral treatment for chronic pain. 
-Explain what style of trained questioning used in cognitive interventions gently probes for patient meanings and stimulates alternative viewpoints or ideas. 
-Explain what is the rationale behind self-help cognitive-behavioral therapy. 
-Explain under what two concepts is psychosocial pain research carried out. 
-Explain what mechanisms of pain can lead to a re-activation of childhood feelings of helplessness which, in turn, leads to severe psychosocial crisis. 


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