EMDR and Chronic/Persistent Pain

Approximately 50% of people with persistent pain will have comorbid PTSD symptoms. We know that people with pain can have significant complexity and sometimes feel like 'heartsink' clients. This workshop aims to increase clinician confidence in working with people with pain and trauma. Often, we may need to adapt our regular safety and stabilisation strategies and be confident with our conceptualisation and target planning for people with pain. We will also review and offer practice using Mark Grant's pain protocol.

The aims of this workshop are:

· To understand how the basics of contemporary pain neuroscience complement our understanding of EMDR with pain

· To refresh conceptualisation skills using the 3-pronged model when working with people with pain

· To become confident using Mark Grant's Pain Protocol for expanding formulation around pain, reducing the impact of pain

Dr Romy Sherlock is a Clinical Psychologist and EMDR Consultant and Supervisor who has worked in physical health settings since qualifying in 2009. She was the clinical lead for an NHS pain psychology service for 7 years prior to setting up an interdisciplinary team helping people with persistent pain in the independent sector five years ago (Retraining Pain). She specialises in helping people with trauma and pain using a broad range of approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion focussed therapy, EMDR therapy, CBT and Pain Reprocessing Therapy. She has significant experience of working with people with varying pain presentations, including fibromyalgia, CRPS, phantom limb pain, chronic migraine, pelvic pain and other catastrophic injuries which have led to persistent pain, alongside complex psychological trauma symptoms.

Lunh will be provided. Please email [email protected] if you have any sepcial requirements.

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