Change your  Brain, Change your Pain!  Treating Chronic Pain with EMDR Therapy

by Mark Grant

Chronic pain is one of the most challenging conditions to treat. It is also a feature of many psychological problems including anxiety, depression, fibromyalgia and PTSD. It is often what prompts the first visit to a primary care physician. There is a growing need for treatment that addresses pain as a symptom of both physical and psychological injury. A significant and growing body of research indicates that EMDR can significantly reduce both physical and emotional distress associated with pain.

 Presenting Mark Grant MA

Mark is a clinical psychologist with over 20 years experience in the treatment of stress, trauma, and pain. In addition to his work he has researched and developed the use of EMDR in the treatment of chronic pain leading to a publication in the Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology. His latest collaborative study documents the use of EMDR with 11 chronic pain sufferers with varying complexities. Author of Change Your Brain Change Your PAIN, Pain Control with EMDR, several CD’s based on EMDR, and an authored chapter in Marilyn Luber’s EMDR’s scripted protocols and has been sited in the New York Times on chronic pain.

By attending this workshop participants will be able to:

-Evaluate psychological trauma, stress, personality factors, and medical issues and their contribution to the presenting problem.

-Apply EMDR to relieve pain. This will include traumatic pain and medical pain in the context of a broad variety of pain disorders.

-Recognize and address dissociation and pain.

July 8-9 2017

Flushing, New York