An except from Explain Pain Supercharged highlights the need for a “Graded Exposure 2.0” that is not merely confined to physical upgrading only.
Meet Professor Johan Vlaeyen
We know someone who is a world expert in the field of context rich, multimodal Graded Exposure (2.0) – and we’re bringing him to Australia in November for EP3! Johan Vlaeyen, one of the world’s better know psychologists working in pain research, will be joining David and Lorimer in Brisbane in November 2019 for another action packed, unique, pain science event.
Everything you need to know about EP3 2019 here.
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2019 NOI Courses Australia and New Zealand
AUCKLAND 15-17 MARCH 2019|EP+GMI *SOLD out*
AUCKLAND 23-24 MARCH 2019|MONIS *Sold out*
ADELAIDE 6-7 APRIL 2019 | MONIS *Sold out*
HOBART 3-5 MAY | EP+ GMI *Last Places*
KINGSCLIFF 14-16 JUNE | EP+GMI
MELBOURNE 5-7 JULY | EP+GMI
NOOSA 2-4 August | EP+GMI
SYDNEY | 23-25 August | EP+GMI *NEW LISTING*
SYDNEY | 24-25 August | MONIS *NEW LISTING*
ALBURY WODONGA | 18 – 20 OCTOBER | EP+ GMI
BRISBANE | 15 – 17 November | EP3 – Moseley, Butler & VlaeyEn
I have come to the understanding that everything we do in life and how we manage people with pain is about attempting to resolve uncertainty. Whether it is PNE or graded exposure, we are attempting to help the person feel safe in the world and more likely to want to explore it, knowing that they are healing when they are not just exploring but allowing themselves to play. Neuroscientist and super dude, Beau Lotto https://youtu.be/hQUgGg9XzbQ makes a great point in his talk “deviate” that play is the time when we happily move into uncertainty and are excited by it. But we have to be able to step from certainty to be able to step into uncertainty.
The world is either full of endless possibilities for play which we approach, or frightening and gives us the feeling of a need for withdrawal. If we can swing the balance enough to play we have equipped the person well to move forward in their life