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Information
- Faculty:
- Ronald D. Siegel
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 9 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- Oct 17, 2016
Description
As long as we're alive, we experience pain. Unfortunately, many of our hard-wired responses to both physical and emotional pain multiply our miseries, trapping us in viscous cycles of suffering. This class will focus on ways to be present with pain that interrupt these cycles, freeing us from unnecessary suffering. Therapeutic presence arises from a clinician and clients’ increased willingness to relate to pain with flexibility versus control and avoidance.
Objectives
- Evaluate the neurobiological effects of mindfulness practice on experimentally induced pain
- Present cognitive, affective, and behavioral components of chronic pain cycles
- Specify how mindfulness practice can help to interrupt chronic pain cycles
Outline
- Neurobiological effects of mindfulness practice on experimentally induced pain
- Cognitive, affective, and behavioral components
- Presence arising from teaching oneself and clients to flexibly relate to pain
- Interrupt chronic pain cycles
Faculty
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Ronald D Siegel, Psy.D. is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School, where he has taught for over 25 years. He is a longtime student of mindfulness meditation and serves on the Board of Directors and faculty of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. He teaches internationally about mindfulness and psychotherapy and mind/body treatment, has worked for many years in community mental health with inner city children and families, and maintains a private clinical practice in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Dr. Siegel is co-author of the self-treatment guide Back Sense, which integrates Western and Eastern approaches for treating chronic back pain; co-editor of the critically acclaimed professional text, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy and author of the new step-by-step comprehensive guide for general audiences The Mindfulness Solution: Everyday Practices for Everyday Problems.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Ronald Siegel is an assistant clinical professor at Harvard Medical School. He is a faculty of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. Dr. Siegel receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Ronald Siegel has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.
