From Pain Management to Recovery

Practical neuroplasticity and the emerging mind-body revolution
in chronic pain treatment

 

LIVE ONLINE PRACTITIONER TRAINING

NOW WITH OPTIONAL “RECORDINGS ONLY” STREAM

Led by
Professor Howard Schubiner MD (USA) and
Hal Greenham BSc (Psych), Somatic Psychotherapist (Australia)

Commences online Monday 3rd October Detroit (ET) time or Tuesday 4th October Sydney (AET) time with access to learning materials and our teaching platform.
**LIVE sessions commence Monday 10th October 7.30 pm Detroit (ET) time, Tuesday 11th October 9.30 am Sydney (AET) time and run for 8 weeks, 2-hour sessions at the same Detroit time each week, final LIVE session 28/29 November 2022. (Daylight savings affects Australian class times from November 7th. SEE BELOW)
  Live program: week 1 consists of 3 hrs of prerecorded content, weeks 2-9 consist of 2hrs  + 1hr essential prerecorded materials per week
+ approx 1hr optional materials per week. (with 12-months access to the course)
  Recordings only program: 9 x 3 hrs of essential recorded materials per week
+ approx 1hr optional materials per week. (Self-paced study with 12-months access to the course)
Total 16 hours CE credits/CPD points (see below for details)

 

**Please note: Live classes are always based on Detroit time. Daylight savings ends in Detroit on November 6th 2022. Therefore Australian and NZ classes will be affected. Starting November 7th, class times change to 11.30am Sydney Time and 1.30pm Auckland time.**

Starting October 2022, we will be running our fifth online professional development training in the burgeoning field of evidence-based mind-body therapy for chronic pain. We are excited to offer this highly practical online training of 3 hours content per week, over 9 weeks.  The first week is pre-recorded information for all participants and the remaining 8 weeks consists of 2 hours of live and 1-hour prerecorded content, and there will be approximately one hour of additional materials that are optional to enhance the learning experience.

Inspired by the remarkable clinical achievements of Dr John Sarno MD, and further evolved into a potent neuroplasticity and psychotherapy treatment approach, this biopsychosocial innovation in treatment has helped thousands to become pain-free or substantially recovered from diverse chronic pain conditions.

A number of recent studies (references below) have demonstrated the efficacy of this approach which has been developed by Schubiner and Greenham, along with a variety of colleagues over the last two decades. It is a mind-body treatment that includes elements of Dr. Sarno’s approach, Pain Neuroscience education, Pain Reprocessing Therapy, and Emotional Awareness and Expression therapy.  Data gained thus far has shown a superior effect size to existing gold standard psychological treatments and in clinical practice this approach is frequently able to resolve not just manage pain presentations.

If you are interested in the course please don’t delay in signing up as previous trainings have all sold out quickly.

The following video was shot before our transition to the online format… We’re looking forwards to the time we can bring Howard out to Australia but Covid keeps getting in the way so we’re only training online for the foreseeable future.

Please note in previous training teaching has been shared equally between Howard and Hal, due to existing commitments Howard may be doing more of the live teaching in this program, but Hal will be available in the forum to answer any questions about the psychotherapy / emotion-focused aspects of the training.

Previous participants have said:

“Dr Howard Schubiner and Hal Greenham have created an in depth, dynamic course about the
solution to most people’s chronic pain and other devastating chronic symptoms. The course
teaches their effective methods to diagnose and treat mind body conditions in a multi-faceted
and fascinating way. This is important, life-changing work. Thanks guys!”

“My patients thank you! I am already seeing breakthroughs with techniques I’ve learnt.
Great course, thank you Dr Schubiner and Hal Greenham.”

“The course succeeds in providing a clear and concise programme for teaching the theory and
practical treatment of mindbody conditions. A fantastic training from a personal and
professional perspective which will be invaluable for life and for my work with clients.”

Dr Howard Schubiner MD, FACP

Professor Howard Schubiner MD, FACP

Dr Howard Schubiner the co-founder, Clinical Director and Medical Advisor of Freedom From Chronic Pain.

He is board-certified in pediatrics, adolescent medicine, and internal medicine in the USA. He was a full Professor at Wayne State University for 18 years and now works at Providence Hospital in Southfield, MI. He is a fellow in the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Society for Adolescent Medicine. Dr. Schubiner is known as a national expert in ADHD in adolescents and adults as well as mindfulness meditation and stress reduction. He has authored over 60 publications in scientific journals and books and performed research in the fields of adolescent health, ADHD and stress reduction. Dr. Schubiner is on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Adolescent Health and the Journal of Attention Disorders. He has given over 250 lectures to scientific audiences regionally, nationally and internationally on topics related to adolescent medicine, ADHD, and stress reduction. Dr. Schubiner has consulted for the American Medical Association, the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute on Mental Health. He has been granted funds to conduct research studies of over several million dollars in total. Dr. Schubiner teaches a form of meditation known as Mindfulness Meditation, which helps individuals cope with the stresses and anxieties of daily life.

Dr. Schubiner is the founder and director of the Mind Body Medicine Program at Providence Hospital. This program uses the most current research methodologies to treat individuals who suffer from the Mind Body Syndrome (MBS) or Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS) as described by Dr. John Sarno. Dr. Schubiner has created a program that uses both meditative and cutting edge psychological techniques to help individuals with chronic conditions, such as fibromyalgia, whiplash, back and neck pain, myofascial pain, TMJ syndrome, tension and migraine headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, irritable bladder syndrome, insomnia, anxiety, and other related conditions. With coauthors he recently published the first randomized, controlled research study in the field of Mind Body Syndrome or TMS for individuals diagnosed with fibromyalgia. He was included in the 2003-2004, 2005-2006 and 2007-2008 lists of the Best Doctors in America. Dr. Schubiner lives in the Detroit area with his wife of 25 years and has 2 children in their early 20’s.

Hal Greenham BSc (Psych), BA, Radix Body Centered Psychotherapist, Clinical Director

Hal Greenham
BSc (Psych), BA, Somatic Psychotherapist

Hal Greenham is the co-founder and Clinical Director of Freedom From Chronic Pain. After recovering from chronic pain with a mindbody intervention he retrained, studying psychology and a number of schools of psychotherapy and now specialises in helping other people to do the same. He has 12 years clinical experience in the treatment of chronic pain and fatigue syndromes and employs a combination of neuroplasticity and psychotherapy techniques in his work to help people achieve optimal results. Hal Greenham has also been an invited speaker to the AIMA Conference and the Metagenics International Congress on Natural Medicine.  With Prof Schubiner he has delivered a live series of webinars for the Shift Network (USA) on the Freedom From Chronic Pain program as well as three previous live online trainings.

Training program syllabus:
  1.   From pain management to recovery: the neuroscience of the mindbody revolution in chronic pain treatment
  2.   Fundamentals of diagnosis and patient education
  3.   Pain reprocessing therapy 1 – Graded exposure and desensitisation
  4.   Pain reprocessing therapy 2 – Mindfulness and somatic tracking
  5.   Going deeper – understanding and working with somatic symptoms of psychological origin
  6.   Meeting and defusing protectors / defenses – Internal Family Systems insights into treating chronic pain
  7.   Practical tools to resolve inner conflict – Critical parents and inner children
  8.   Resolving self abandonment – The loving adult and foundations of self care for a pain free life
Certificate of attendance and continuing education / professional development credits
  • Certificate of attendance provided
  • US APA CE Credits available for psychologists
  • US Social Work CE Credits available
  • Australian psychologists can claim CPD points under the APS self assessment of CPD scheme
  • Australian social workers can claim CPD points under the new AASW self assessment of CPD scheme

** Please Note: To claim CE credits or CPD points you will need to complete the recorded or LIVE program within 12 weeks.

Who is this training program for?

This course is designed for medical and health professionals (doctors, psychotherapists, psychologists, counsellors, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, osteopaths, chiropractors, naturopaths, occupation therapists, certified coaches, expressive arts therapists and social workers) as well as those committed to their self-development.  Participants will learn the fundamental mindbody concepts and techniques in order to apply them to their professional and personal lives. The format of the training involves didactic learning as well as a wide range of experiential processes designed to help participants deepen their understanding of mindbody treatment.  This training will have a practical skill acquisition focus, and we’ll also have time for Q and A’s.

Please note the course will cover medical and psychotherapeutic content but is not sufficient nor intended as a replacement qualification for the practice of medicine or psychotherapy.  That said the intention of the training is to develop a deeper capacity within one’s existing profession to recognise and intervene effectively in mindbody presentations of pain and fatigue.  This approach is beneficial for a wide range of diagnoses and symptoms including:

  • Back pain, including most disc bulges and degenerative changes (see exclusions)
  • Neck pain, including most disc bulges and degenerative changes (see exclusions)
  • Other musculoskeletal pain (see exclusions)
  • Chronic headaches (see exclusions)
  • Migraine (see exclusions)
  • IBS – Irritable Bowel Syndrome (see exclusions)
  • Irritable Bladder Syndrome (see exclusions)
  • RSI
  • Tennis elbow
  • CRPS (see exclusions)
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Many eczema / skin conditions
  • Some arthritic conditions
  • Some endometriosis presentations
  • RSD
  • Some interstitial cystitis presentations
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Other medically unexplained chronic pain
  • Other medically unexplained chronic fatigue

Dr Schubiner, Talks at Google: 'The Reign of Pain Lies Mainly in the Brain'

Freedom From Chronic Pain is a social enterprise startup with a vision to transform the understanding and treatment of chronic pain through clinical excellence, training and research.  At the present moment of the opioid addiction crisis sweeping the USA and increasingly impacting Australian communities, this transformative approach offers a practical roadmap for effective, empowering pain treatment that puts individuals back in charge of their physical and emotional health.

ENROLMENTS NOW OPEN

Should I choose the Live or Recorded version?

If you can afford it we suggest the Live training is the optimal learning experience.

You get to do the exercises straight away with a course buddy in a private breakout room and get your questions or challenges addressed straight away when returning to the main room.

You also get the charged atmosphere of a live bunch of passionate practitioners of varied disciplines excited to learn about this revolution in chronic pain treatment.

And last but not least, the unforgettable opportunity to interact live and direct with Howard Schubiner’s unstoppable repertoire of jokes, gags and poor attempts to do an Australian accent!

Can’t attend our LIVE training?

We offer a substantially discounted fee for our 2022 recorded program.

While the fee is discounted the high quality of training remains.  Although you miss the live session interactions and breakout rooms, you will still have access to the online forum attended by Howard and Hal, the course buddy program, and the opportunity to network through the forum and our shared contact list (optional).

To claim CE credits or CPD points you will need to complete the recorded or LIVE program within 12 weeks.

**Please note that training participants of either the “live” or “recordings” version of the training will also have the opportunity to join our forthcoming practitioner directory* and continuing professional development. (*conditions apply)

Course Fees:

– $997 USD  (approx $1435 AUD)

BOOK LIVE TRAINING HERE

 

– $697 USD (approx. $1003 AUD)

(Recordings available within 24 hrs of the LIVE class ending)

BOOK RECORDED PROGRAM HERE


Please get in touch if you have any queries about your course booking. View our Refund and Cancellation policy here.


PLEASE SIGN UP HERE FOR OUR WAITLIST FOR NOTIFICATION OF ENROLMENTS OPENING/CANCELATIONS/FUTURE TRAININGS

(*subject to practitioner being a member of a professional association with a binding code of professional ethics).

References:

  • Lumley, M.A. & Schubiner, H. (2019). Psychological Therapy for Centralized Pain: An Integrative Assessment and Treatment Model. Psychosomatic Medicine, V 81, 114-124.

  • Lumley, M.A. & Schubiner, H. (2019). Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy for Chronic Pain: Rationale, Principles and Techniques, Evidence, and Critical Review. Current Rheumatology Reports (2019) 21:30

  • Hsu MC et al. (2010)Sustained pain reduction through affective self-awareness in fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of general internal medicine. Oct;25(10):1064-70.

  • Lumley, M.A. & Schubiner, H., et al (2017). Emotional awareness and expression therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and education for fibromyalgia: a cluster randomized controlled trial. Pain. Dec 2017, 158(12):2354-2363.

  • Burger AJ, Lumley MA, Carty JN, et al. The Effects of a Novel Psychological Attribution and Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Preliminary, Uncontrolled Trial. Journal of psychosomatic research. 2016;81:1-8.

  • Michael C. Hsu, Howard Schubiner, Mark A. Lumley, John S. Stracks, Daniel J. Clauw and David A. Williams. 2010. “Sustained Pain Reduction Through Affective Self-awareness in Fibromyalgia: A Randomized Controlled Trial”. Journal of General Internal Medicine; Oct 2010, Vol. 25 Issue 10, p1064-1070.

  • Hsu, Michael C., Schubiner, Howard. 2010. “Recovery from Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain with Psychodynamic Consultation and Brief Intervention: A Report of Three Illustrative Cases”. Pain Medicine; Jun 2010, Vol. 11 Issue 6, p977-980.

  • Annotated Bibliography for Psychophysiologic Disorders and Chronic Pain.

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Credit Designation Statement

Continuing Education: Wayne State University’s Department of Psychology is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists for 16 hours. Wayne State University’s Department of Psychology.

Additionally, the conference is approved for 16 hours of Social Work Continuing Education in Pain Management by the Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaboration.

To claim CE credits or CPD points you will need to complete the recorded or LIVE program within 12 weeks.

Disclosure

Consistent with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support, speakers for the conference are expected to disclose to you at the beginning of their presentation(s) whether they have any economic or other personal interests that create, or maybe perceived as creating, a conflict related to the material discussed. This Policy is intended to make you aware of speakers’ interests, so you may form your own judgments about such material.