Could this Help Your Patients?
I know that, as clinicians, there's nothing more frustrating than not being able to help someone get better.
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I have been both surprised and relieved to find, towards the end of my career, an approach to treating people in both acute and chronic pain that does work with many of the people I would previously have felt like I couldn't really help. If this is the first time you are reading about pain or emotion reprocessing, then I encourage you to look at some of the research references I have listed below.
I work with many different health professionals: physiotherapists, psychologists, pain consultants, orthopaedic surgeons, rheumatologists. etc. I can complement what you are doing or have already done and help you get your patients all the way to a full recovery.
Research
Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT)
A 2022 RCT was completed with 50 subjects in each treatment and control group, made up of people with, on average, an 11 year history of moderate low back pain found that the majority of patients in the PRT group achieved a significant pain reduction to either no pain after treatment (0/10) or very little pain (1/10). The results also showed a majority maintained that improvement a year after treatment which consisted of 8 sessions over one month.
Read ResearchEmotional Expression and Awareness Therapy (EAET)
There are multiple studies now that show the effectiveness of EAET over standard pain management approaches such as CBT or ACT. The most recent study by Dr Brandon Yarns, a Psychiatrist working the US. Veterans Administration will include some of these references- contact me for a complete list.
Read ResearchCognitive Multisensory Rehabilitations (CMR)
This novel treatment is being trialed at one of the national centres for CRPS in Bath, UK. It comes from work from the sensory and awareness work in stroke rehab. It provides a hopeful new direction for CRPS and perhaps other pain conditions. See insights for more.
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Already Practicing PRT or EAET- Interested in Forming a Peer Support Group?
I would be happy to start a monthly or quarterly online meeting-to reflect on our practices and share tips. Email me if interested.
Contact MeHave you thought of getting this training?
Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT)
A 4-week in-depth online training course run by the Pain Reprocessing Centre psychologists who did the original research into the method. They are also gradually adding second-level classes.
Learn MoreEmotional Awareness and Expression Training (EAET)
A 5-week online training run by the team of professors, doctors, psychiatrists and psychologists carrying out the research. It covers the theory, rationale, and core principles of EAET.
Learn MoreStress Illness Recovery Practitioners' Association (SIRPA)
A UK-based pain recovery programme for patients and training for practitioners started by Georgie Oldfield, an innovative physiotherapist who followed the work of Dr John Sarno that contributed to the development of PRT and EAET.
Learn More"I was referred to Caroline at a time when I was experiencing severe and unmanageable pain flare, with no obvious provoking factor, following an already extensive period of persistent radiating pain. This had failed to respond to a traditional programme of rehabilitation or an escalation in medication. When the concept of pain reprocessing was first explained, I was sceptical whilst trying to sound open minded at the same time 🙂. But the way in which Caroline explained the process as we've worked through it, supported me therapeutically through the challenges and coached me to adopt a different approach, has been transformational. It has given me new tools in my self- management toolkit, for which I am very grateful."
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