Low Pain Recipes: Helping Clients Self-Manage Chronic Pain Through Brain-Based, Holistic Care
- Speaker:
- Carly Hunt, PhD
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 07 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
-
Apr 28, 2026
- Product Code:
- POS150974
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
Decades of pain neuroscience have reshaped how chronic pain is understood, yet many clients still rely on pills and procedures as their primary solution. In this applied session, Dr. Carly Hunt translates the latest research into practical clinical strategies. You'll learn:
- How to explain pain neuroscience in motivating, client-friendly language
- Brain-retraining and behavioral strategies targeting stress, reward, and fear of movement
- How to guide clients in building a realistic, science-backed pain self-management plan
Credit
Speaker
Carly Hunt, PhD Related seminars and products
Dr. Carly Hunt, is a sport and health psychologist, author of Train Your Brain to Beat Chronic Pain: How to Harness the Power of the Mind-Body Connection, and former division 1 golfer. She helps teams, leaders, coaches, and organizations maximize their performance and well-being. Dr. Hunt received her PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Maryland, MA in Kinesiology from the University of Maryland, and completed her postdoctoral fellowship in biobehavioral pain research from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She is the founder of Present Mind Consulting LLC, a practice focused on helping clients optimize health and performance, and Thinkbettergolf, a consulting practice that provides golf psychology services to dedicated players.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Carly Hunt maintains a private practice, is a consultant with The Mindside, LLC., and an advisor with Steel, LLC. She has has employment relationships with John Hopkins School of Medicine and Mindflow. She receives royalties as a published author. Carly Hunt receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Carly Hunt is a member of the United States Association for the Study of Pain, the International Association for the Study of Pain, and the APA Division 17 and 38.
Additional Info
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Objectives
- Apply the biopsychosocial model of pain identifying key psychosocial risk and resilience factors that can support recovery from chronic pain.
- Summarize evidence-based pain self-management strategies that positively influence neuroadaptations in stress.
- Outline how to guide patients in developing a holistic, science-informed pain self-management plan based on an integrative pain care framework.
Outline
Pain Self-Management
- The scope of the problem of chronic pain
- Why self-management?
- Common misunderstandings about pain
Interventions
- Educate clients about pain neuroscience
- Activate motivation for self-management
- Build a self-management plan
- Low pain day reflection
- Resilience resources
- Mindfulness for brain retraining
- The 3 C’s
- Savoring practice
- Somatic tracking
- Physical activity, sleep, anti-inflammatory diet
- Overview of complementary therapies
- Limitations of the research and potential risks
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Psychiatrists
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Addiction Counselors
- Other Mental Health Professionals
- Physicians
- Physician Assistants
- Nurses
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