Counseling Tools Life Hacks for Chronic Pain Management

Please SUBSCRIBE and click the BELL to be notified when we release new videos and when Dr Dawn Elise Snipes is going live each month Access additional benefits by JOINING here a https 3A 2F 2Fwww youtube com 2Fchannel 2FUCAE3JJi8tX7gfhZEXCUGd A 2Fjoin a Sponsored by TherapyNotes com Manage your practice securely and efficiently Two free months of TherapyNotes with coupon code CEU CEUs are available for this presentation at a https 3A 2F 2Fallceus com 2Fcounselortoolbox a Want to listen to it as a podcast instead Subscribe to Counselor Toolbox Podcast a https 3A 2F 2Fpod link 2F1120947649 a Counseling Tools Life Hacks for Chronic Pain Management Dr Dawn-Elise Snipes PhD LPC LMHC Executive Director AllCEUs Objectives Define the problem Examine the similarities between CNCP mental health issues and addiction Identify the impact of CNCP on patients Explore biopsychosocial resource needs for secondary and tertiary prevention Effective pain management in patients with comorbid issues must address all conditions simultaneously Biopsychosocial Impact of Pain Assessing for Chronic Pain Assessment of CNCP should document Pain onset quality and severity Results of investigations into etiology Pain-related functional impairment Emotional changes e g anxiety depression anger Pre-existing mental health trauma or addiction issues Cognitive changes e g attentional capacity memory Assessment cont Beliefs about the pain that they experience such as what causes it how long it will last whether it is curable what effects it will have in their lives what treatments might be relevant and whether it is understood and believed as real by clinicians Family response to pain i e supportive enabling rejecting Parental cognitive responses to pain such as parental pain catastrophizing or exaggerated negative pain appraisals have been found to influence both parents emotional reactions to pain and child functional disability Assessment cont Environmental consequences e g disability income loss of desired activities absence from desirable or feared work Daily pain assessment Descriptive language Numerical Scales Verbal Scales Visual Scales Exacerbating and mitigating factors Goals of Chronic Care Models Shift from acute episodic to ongoing proactive care Emphasizes Prevention getting worse developing other conditions Patient s role in managing health with mutual goal setting and action planning self-management The goal of self-management interventions are to Improve knowledge about the condition and intervention options Increase confidence in the ability to change Leverage what he or she can do to promote personal health prevention Improve motivation and problem solving rather than simple compliance with a caregiver s advice Help the participants master six fundamental self-management tasks Solving problems including preventing problems and relapse Making decisions Using resources Forming a patient -provider partnership Making action plans for health behavior change Self-tailoring Developing Acceptance Deciding that pain is and choosing not to focus dwell on it leads to Lower pain intensity Less pain-related anxiety and avoidance Less depression Less physical and psychosocial disability More daily uptime Better work status For a list of tools to assess coping see TIP 54 Chapter 2 Exhibit 2-12 Summary There are many similarities between Pain mood and addictive disorders Integrated concurrent biopsychosocial treatment is vital Mood impacts pain which impacts life satisfaction Recovery supports realistic beliefs and identifies controllable factors enhanced outcomes Patients with current addictions or mental health issues need concurrent treatment KidsGetArthritis curearthritis AllCEUs provides multimedia counseloreducation and CEUs for LPCs LMHCs LMFTs and LCSWs as well as addiction counselor precertification training and continuing education AllCEUs courses are accepted in most states because we are approved as an education provider for NAADAC the States of Florida and Texas Boards of Social Work and Mental Health Professional Counseling the California Consortium for Addiction Professionals and Professions the Australian Counselling Association National Counsel for Therapeutic Recreation Certification NCTRC CRCC PA Certification Board Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association and more and more DrDawnEliseSnipes provides training through allceus that are helpful for LPCCEUs LMHCCEUs LCPCCEUs LSWCEUs LCSWCEUs LMFTCEUs CRCCEUs LADCCEUs CADCCEUs MACCEUs CAPCEUs NCCCEUS LCDCCEUs CPRSCEUs CTRSCEUs and more integrative counseling integrative behavioral health

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