🆕 Brand-New “After Hours with Cascadia” Series!🆕
Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs!
Chronic Pain: Psychological and Somatic Strategies for Relief
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Tuesday, October 7th, 2025 | 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 2 Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs | $75.00
Workshop Description
Chronic pain is not only physically debilitating – it also causes mental, emotional, and spiritual suffering. It is easy to become hopeless. To feel betrayed by one’s own body. To feel overwhelming grief and anger. Moreover, when the root of chronic pain is a mystery, that sense of confusion and helplessness can be overwhelming.
Thankfully, there is hope. In this interactive and experiential training, we will explore non-pharmaceutical ways to address chronic pain. You will learn practical, evidence-based tools and strategies that you can share with clients.
We’ll examine how Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) approach pain management. Dreya will introduce you to Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT, also known as tapping). This research-based somatic modality is extremely effective in mitigating the emotional distress associated with chronic pain.
We will also discuss how clients can use mindfulness techniques to change their relationship with their physical distress. In addition, we will explore the pain management benefits of yoga, hypnosis, guided imagery, somatic tracking, and more.
Clients with chronic pain can feel powerless about their situation. What you learn in this training will empower your clients, as they discover that chronic pain doesn’t have to be a life sentence.
Workshop Objectives
- Identify the emotional, mental, and spiritual impacts of living with chronic pain
- Understand at least five non-pharmaceutical ways to manage chronic pain
- Practice somatic modalities such as Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and Mindfulness tools