Freedom from Chronic Pain and Suffering: A Journey of Hope

Chronic pain affects an estimated 116 million American adults—more than the total affected by heart disease, cancer, and diabetes combined. Pain also costs the nation up to $635 billion each year in medical treatment and lost productivity. This sobering report is from the Institute of Medicine (IOM). For people living with chronic pain, these statistics do not come close to capturing the suffering they continue to experience. Participants will learn what clients need in order to be free from suffering. The answer will be different for each person, but this presentation covers the general areas that are important to focus on and develop. These areas are as follows: (A) physical; (B) psychological (thinking /feeling); (C) social/cultural; and (D) spiritual, as these are the ones most impacted when living with chronic pain and coexisting disorders on a daily basis. It is not just about the physical body. This means that if a chronic pain treatment plan does not adequately address all four areas, that plan will not be as effective as it could be, and patients may continue to suffer. This presentation also explains what an effective chronic pain management treatment plan must contain three major components: (1) Effective and safe medication management. (2) A plan to manage the psychological/emotional components of pain. (3) A proactive practice of non-medication based and holistic interventions.

Published:  Feb 2019

Format

Online Course

Credits

6.0

Instructor

Stephen F. Grinstead, Dr. AD, LMFT, ACRPS

Price

$ 119

Course objectives

Freedom from Chronic Pain and Suffering: A Journey of Hope

  • Describe a treatment plan that includes medication management, psychological/emotional healing, as well as developing improved levels social/cultural and spiritual growth.
  • Identify the five major challenges that can get in the way of an effective chronic pain management plan.
  • Identify the seven strategic steps needed to help their patients achieve freedom from suffering.
  • Identify three potential roadblocks that patients need to overcome to achieve higher levels of functioning and an improved quality of life.

Instructor

Stephen F. Grinstead, Dr. AD, LMFT, ACRPS

Stephen F. Grinstead, Dr. AD, LMFT, ACRPS was the Co-Founder and Chief Clinical Officer of A Healing Place—A Residential and Intensive Outpatient Chronic Pain Management Program in Camarillo California. He is author of the book Freedom from Suffering: A Journey of Hope as well as author of several other pain management books including Managing Pain and Coexisting Disorders, and the Addiction-Free Pain Management® Recovery Guide. Dr. Grinstead is also an internationally recognized expert in preventing relapse related to addiction and chronic pain disorders and is the developer of the Addiction-Free Pain Management® System. He has been working with chronic pain management, substance use disorders, eating addiction and coexisting mental and personality disorders since 1984. Dr. Grinstead has a Bachelors Degree in Behavioral Science, a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology and a Doctorate in Addictive Disorders (Dr. AD). He is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, (LMFT) a past California Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC-II), and a current Advanced Relapse Prevention Specialist (ACRPS). He served on the faculty of UC Santa Cruz Extension Alcohol and Drug Studies Program and also taught at Santa Clara University, UC Berkeley Extension and Stanford University Medical School and served on the faculty of University of Utah’s School on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies as well as serving as an Adjunct Professor at Alliant University teaching Masters Level and Psy.D. Students the Treating the Addicted Family System course for the Marriage and Family Therapy track for five years. Since 1996 Dr. Grinstead has conducted Addiction-Free Pain Management®; Managing Pain Medication in Recovery; Managing Pain and Prescription Drug Abuse; as well as Relapse Prevention Counseling, Relapse Prevention for Eating Addiction and Denial Management Counseling, seminars and certification trainings for over forty thousand healthcare professionals therapists and counselors at more than 600 training seminars in key cities across the United States and Canada.

Course Lessons

How It Works

  • View the presentation. Classes are broken into small video segments of less than 30 minutes, so you can come and go as you please.
  • Take the quiz. Answer a few questions after each lesson before you move to the next lesson.
  • Complete the course evaluation.
  • Print your certificate and you're done!

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  • Handouts from the class are available as PDF files to view or print.
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  • Over 90% of professionals report being absolutely satisfied with their online experience!

Levels of Classes

All of our classes are offered at the intermediate level unless otherwise indicated. All classes are designed for experienced mental health professionals.

Test Policy

You need a score of 75% or higher in each lesson/module to move to the next lesson/module. Most people pass on their first attempt. You have up to 3 attempts to pass each module. After 3 failed attempts, you need to contact our office and we will reset the quiz for one more attempt. 

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We offer a no-risk guarantee for our online courses. You can view any class for three days, and if not satisfied, contact PPS and we will refund your money in full. This refund offer does not apply if you have completed the class and passed all of the lesson/module quizzes.

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On Demand Course FAQs

How long to I have to complete this class?

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I am concerned about having to remember everything to take the test. Will this be a problem?

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