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The purpose of this workshop is to provide a practical guide to delivering cognitive-behavioural training in pain coping skills. It is aimed at physiotherapists who are working in pain management either in groups, with individual patients, uni- or interdisciplinary, who have at least basic experience of cognitive-behavioural pain management skills. Other health professionals who work specifically in pain management with physiotherapists could attend, but it is aimed mainly at the work that physiotherapists usually perform.>

To illustrate principles and treatment techniques, the workshop will feature extensive use of demonstrations, role plays, and discussion sessions. For each topic presented, practical tips will be provided for dealing with basic issues (e.g. format for delivering treatment) as well as advanced issues (e.g. dealing with problems with adherence and patient resistance). Topics to be addressed include the role of therapists' beliefs and patients' beliefs, providing credible rationales for pain coping skills training, basic and applied relaxation training, activity pacing, communicating with patients, cognitive-restructuring, and maintenance enhancement training. The workshop will also include special presentations on emerging issues in this area including those related to return to work.

For further details contact Ciaran Wazir INPUT Secretary, Tel 020 7188 4718

Clinical observers

Input welcomes professional visitors to the Input programmes as clinical observers. A maximum of two visitors may observe a group with express permission of all group members. Details may be found in our Visitor's Policy (Word document, 142KB).

For Details please contact Samantha Matin Service Delivery Manager Tel 020 7188 3226