SELF-paced

CBT for Pain: The Essentials (Essentials Bundle Access)

This is 1 of 8 courses in our Practice Essentials Bundle. Welcome to this introductory course giving you the essentials of using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Pain Management. This course is designed to provide you with a foundational understanding of CBT principles and essential skills for the application in rehabilitation practice for managing chronic pain and other distressing symptoms. It serves as a comprehensive primer to get you started and prepare you for our full intensive program.
Format

Online
Self-paced

Facilitator

Lara Desrosiers BSc. Kin, MSc. OT Reg. (Ont)

Audience

Any healthcare provider

Prerequisites

No expertise or previous learning in the content area is required.
Duration

Access for 2 years with the Practice Essentials Bundle!

Price

$97

Course Lessons

Testimonials

What our learners say

I see patients with chronic pain every day, and this course gave me specific, actionable insights into how thoughts, emotions, and behaviours interact to drive the pain experience. Learning a framework to identify and reframe negative thoughts with patient's was something I was missing in my practice. I’m excited to take what I’ve learned to the next level with the full intensive program. Highly recommend it to any physio looking to better support their patients!
I’m always looking for ways to better support clients with chronic pain, and this course delivered. It provided a solid intro to CBT principles, with readings that were actually useful. I loved the reflective questions and have already started using them with my clients. I also enjoyed the insights into the fear avoidance model and how to use Socratic questioning. If you’re on the fence about taking this course—don’t be! It’s a no-brainer, and you’ll love it.
Lara Derosiers
Registered Occupational Therapist
Meet the instructor
DIRECTOR AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY EDUCATOR

Lara has worked in community mental health and addictions programs since 2009 working with clients individually and facilitating group programming. She now operates a private practice, Pelvic Resilience in Ontario, where she supports individuals struggling with persistent pain and pelvic health challenges to get back to living life. Lara enjoys teaching multidisciplinary audiences how to build impactful psychologically-informed and trauma-informed practices.