Dr. Grinstead's Trainings

Three Hour Live Online Presentation 

Thursday July 6, 2023 - 12:00 Noon to 3:15 PM EST

By attending and participating in this workshop you will be able to deal more effectively with clients exhibiting denial and treatment resistance. Upon completing this workshop, you will be able to understand the philosophy of resistance and denial as well as learning how to effectively intervene and disrupt your clients’ self-defeating patterns of behavior. 

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Using terms like the “inner saboteur” or self-defeating defenses is an important part of helping our clients recognize, normalize, de-pathologize and manage their denial. One important goal of this workshop is to educate, normalize and de-pathologize denial so we can help our clients recognize that it is a normal part of being human. You will learn how to identify and managing your personal denial patterns to be more effective helping their clients see theirs. You will be encouraged to explore your own personal defenses and how they developed in order to be more effective with the clients you serve. Special emphasis will be placed on building a collaborative relationship with clients. 

You will also learn the general steps of the Denial Management Interactional Process that is designed to manage denial in here-and-now interactions with clients and how to directly deal with the twelve most common denial patterns used by people with self-defeating patterns of behavior. Finally, this workshop teaches you how to develop the tools necessary to implement a successful treatment plan for teaching your clients strategic denial self-management skills.

By attending this presentation you will be able to:

1. Learn the five steps of the Denial Management Interactional Process  designed to identify and manage denial in here-and-now interactions with your clients.
2. Be able to assist your clients in directly identify and manage the  twelve most common denial patterns that can sabotage the treatment  process and quality of life.
3. Practice three or more clinical tools covered in this process  including how to make better decisions, conduct an inner dialog process  to help your clients manage denial and a bookmarking process designed to keep clients  focused on the immediate goal of treatment.
4. Look at denial differently by normalizing and “de-pathologizing”  this human defense mechanism in order to explain it to the clients you serve.

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This 6 Hour self-paced Webinar explores the often-misunderstood chronic pain cycle that if left untreated can sabotage effective chronic pain management. You will see how the chronic pain cycle leads to “remodeling” of the pain system including people developing an anticipatory pain reaction and learn how to effectively intervene. 

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By joining me you'll be able to…

• Differentiate between the physiological and psychological/emotional pain symptoms and have appropriate management strategies for both types.
• Learn how to help chronic pain sufferers move beyond anticipatory pain and break the chronic pain cycle.
• Teach your clients how to better communicate about their pain by developing and using a verbal description 10-Levels of Pain Scale.
•  Investigate reasons why the biomedical approach alone may be ineffective for the low outcome subset of chronic pain clients with coexisting disorders. 
•  Develop a treatment plan that helps clients let go of suffering and adequately addresses the psychological/emotional symptoms of their pain. 
•  Analyze the needs of clients as they explore the correlation of increased stress and worsening levels of pain and how to develop appropriate relaxation response skills to reduce their levels of stress and the perception of their pain. 
• Categorize at least five of the twelve denial patterns (psychological defense mechanisms) that can sabotage treatment outcomes. 

This Webinar explores what most people who have never experienced suffering with chronic pain don’t know. That there are many secondary problems under the surface that sabotage chronic pain management. Learn how to look below the surface of living with chronic pain. Discover new recommendations favoring behavioral and Holistic treatments and help more people than ever before who are seeking drug-free solutions for their chronic pain.  

This course also draws from the 2018 “American Society of Addiction Medicine Handbook: Pain and Addiction” – including Dr. Grinstead’s Chapter: “Self-directed Non-Pharmacological Management of Chronic Pain.”

Purchase Here  This Self-Paced Digital Seminar "The New Rules For Treating Chronic Pain: Addiction Free Solutions in the Era of Opioid Crisis." 

Also Available On A DVD

Now you can earn 6 CEs from the comfort of your home or office. There is no time limit to complete a class. Once you purchase it, it is always accessible to you. You can complete it in one day or over one year. The online version is a fast paced and user-friendly process. 

Click the following link to learn more about my dynamic Psych Seminars 6 CE Hour Workshop "Freedom from Chronic Pain and Suffering: A Journey of Hope."  And you can also purchase this self-paced digital seminar here 

This presentation covers the four general areas that are important to address. These areas are the physical; psychological (thinking /feeling); social/cultural; and spiritual, as these are the ones most impacted when living with chronic pain and coexisting disorders. In addition, this presentation will explain the three major components that an effective chronic pain management treatment plan must have: 

• Effective and safe medication management planning

• A plan to manage the psychological/emotional
  components of pain
  
• The proactive practice of self-directed, non-medication
  based and holistic interventions

If you want to make a critical difference with people who are still suffering with chronic pain and coexisting disorders, I hope that you will join me for this six hour online course offered by Psych Seminars.  One of the most misunderstood and under-treated populations today are those suffering with chronic pain and coexisting disorders, including addiction. By obtaining this seminar you will gain new insights and more effective strategies, as well as boost your self-confidence. 

There is no time limit to complete a class. Once you purchase it, it is always accessible to you. You can complete it in one day or over one year. The online version is a fast paced and user-friendly process. 

Click the following Button to purchase This Self-Paced Digital Seminar "Freedom from Chronic Pain and Suffering: A Journey of Hope" 

Five Hour On Demand Presentation 

 Sing Up Now for my On Demand 5 CE Hour Webinar -  Effective Tools to Concurrently Treat Chronic Pain Substance Use Disorders and Mental Health Concerns. I am excited to partner with the Center for Mental Health & Aging to present this On Demand self-paced five-hour Webinar. 

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In this dynamic On Demand webinar, you will obtain the proper understanding, skills and effective evidence-based treatment tools and techniques necessary to better aid people suffering chronic pain and coexisting mental health disorders, especially substance use disorders. Out Senior Population is especially at risk and often not receiving appropriate chronic pain management that has only worsened in this age of COVID. You will obtain the understanding, skills and treatment techniques necessary to address the neurobiological, psychological/emotional, social and spiritual aspects of chronic pain management for this underserved population.

Chronic pain is an overwhelming problem and to complicate matters, the historical reliance on opioid medication for pain management has further compounded the problem. In recent years, treatment for chronic pain has demanded that we reevaluate the traditional bio-medical approach that emphasizes harmful opioid-based pain management approaches.

In this intermediate workshop, you will learn the unique challenges and obstacles that patients/clients suffering with chronic pain and coexisting disorders face, including mental health and medication misuse abuse or addiction. Through understanding these unique challenges, you will discover that treatment for chronic pain requires an integrated concurrent team approach to achieve successful outcomes.

By attending this presentation, you will be able to

1. Differentiate between medication misuse, medication abuse, pseudoaddiction and addiction then be able to develop an appropriate collaborative treatment plan with a clinical population.
2. Investigate two (2) or more reasons why the biomedical approach alone may be ineffective for the low outcome subset of chronic pain clients with coexisting disorders.
3. Evaluate three (3) successful chronic pain management treatment outcomes.
4. Differentiate between the physiological and psychological/emotional pain symptoms and have appropriate management strategies for both types.
5. Apply knowledge of the correlation between stress and pain with a clinical population
6. Utilize appropriate relaxation response skills to reduce stress and pain in a clinical setting

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