This course focuses on guided meditation and guided imagery strategies, both proven approaches to managing what you are thinking about which many people living with chronic pain find helpful. The course includes three sections:
1. The strategies section presents an overview of how managing your attention and redirecting your focus can help you cope with chronic pain.
2. The guided meditation section describes what meditation is, how it works, and offers practice sessions you can download and use anytime.
3. The guided imagery section describes what guided imagery is, how it works, and offers a practice session for download.
Two experts in pain management and emotional well-being contributed to this course:
Swati Mehta is a Research Scientist at Parkwood Institute Research, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London, Ontario and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Western University. Swati holds a Masters of Counselling Psychology, she is a Registered Psychotherapist and a Canadian Certified Counsellor. Swati’s research explores improving access to comprehensive mental health services for people with spinal cord injury to improve their emotional well-being.
Nouma Hammash started having neuropathic pain in 2006 which has been difficult to explain and at times difficult to manage. Along with the pharmacological treatments and invasive procedures, Nouma has tried several other techniques and methods for pain management such as meditation and hypnosis. Nouma has two university degrees: BA in English Language and Literature and Master’s in Social Work.
This course is part of the Living with Chronic Pain series.
