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Stephanie Sarkis – Chronic Pain: Proven Medication and Non-Medication Treatments to Combat Pain
Chronic Pain
- Phantom pain
- Auto-immune disorder pain
- Lupus
- Fibromyalgia
- Lyme Disease
- Accident-related pain
- Migraine pain
- Sequalae to medical treatment
Comorbid Issues with Chronic Pain
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Bipolar Disorder
- PTSD
- Sleep disorders
Treatment Strategies
Medication
- NSAIDS
- Antidepressants
- Anticonvulsants
- Muscle relaxants
- Opioids
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Shut off your pain receptors through self-talk
- Cognitive coping skills training
- Homework assignments
- Cognitive restructuring
- Therapy video session demonstration
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
- Increases control over physical sensations
- Reduces intense emotions
- Helps identify powerful emotions
- Exercises control over emotions
- Keeping a pain diary
- Mindfulness
- Teach diaphragmatic breathing in order to trigger the parasympathetic nervous system
- Diaphragmatic breathing exercise demonstration
Meditation
- Focusing on here and now
- Use STOP to teach mindfulness meditation
- Control emotions for a positive perception of others
- Guided mindfulness meditation exercise
Mirror Therapy
- Treat phantom limb pain
- Mirror therapy exercise
- Video of Mirror therapy
Biofeedback
- Helps connect mind with body
- Relaxation techniques to reduce pain-related physical reactions
- Video of biofeedback session
Hypnotherapy
- Increases the power of mind over body
- Translate pain into pressure and warmth
- Induce relaxing scene when pain occurs
- Affirmations to heal pain
- Create effective guided imagery
- Guided imagery script creation exercise
Touch-Based Treatments
- Acupuncture
- Acupressure
- Massage
- Demonstration of acupressure points
Decreasing Pain Techniques
- Visualizing technique
- Art Therapy
- Empty chair
- Detachment technique
Stephanie Sarkis, PhD, NCC, DCMHS, LMHCRelated seminars and products
Stephanie Moulton Sarkis, PhD, NCC, DCMHS, LMHC, is a psychotherapist specializing in narcissistic abuse, gaslighting, anxiety, and ADHD. She is the author of eight books and one workbook, including the best-selling Healing from Toxic Relationships: 10 Essential Steps to Recover from Gaslighting, Narcissism, and Emotional Abuse and Break Free. Dr. Sarkis is a national certified counselor, licensed mental health counselor, American Mental Health Counselors Association Diplomate (clinical mental health specialist in child and adolescent counseling), and a Florida Supreme Court certified family and circuit mediator. She has been in private practice for 22 years. She is a senior contributor for Forbes and is also a contributor to Psychology Today. She is the host of the Talking Brains podcast. She is based in Tampa, Florida. You can visit her website at www.stephaniesarkis.com.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Stephanie Moulton Sarkis maintains a private practice. She serves as a contributor to Forbes, The Huffington Post, and Psychology Today and is an advisory panel member for Evergreen Certifications. Dr. Sarkis is a facilitator for Collaborative Divorce. She receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Stephanie Moulton Sarkis is a professional expert for Understood.org, part of the National Center for Learning Disabilities. She is a member of the Attention Deficit Disorder Association, American Mental Health Counselors Association, Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder, and the National Board for Certified Counselors.
- Engage in hands-on treatment demonstrations for Mindfulness Meditation, CBT, Biofeedback, Guided Imagery, Mirror Therapy and more
- Analyze the mind’s power to halt pain
- New interview techniques to evaluate your client’s hidden signs of chronic pain
- Discover proven interventions for reducing sympathetic “fight-or-flight” nervous system reactions
Are you getting stuck with how to treat clients who have chronic pain? Are your clients experiencing pain but the cause is unknown? It’s frustrating for you as a clinician, and painful and debilitating for your clients.
Join Dr. Stephanie Sarkis, psychotherapist, author, and international speaker, as she shows you concrete, research-based solutions using real-life examples of chronic pain relief in clients. She will show you how to create effective tailor-made treatments to decrease related stress, anxiety, depression, pain related ailments, and possible suicidal tendencies.
- Research-proven treatments include:
- Medication Mirror Therapy
- Biofeedback Mindfulness meditation
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Hypnotherapy
You will also learn acupressure techniques, discover how to create an effective guided imagery script, role play cognitive-behavioral therapy techniques, and see examples of mirror therapy for chronic pain.
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