Turn intellectual knowledge into embodied understanding

You cannot teach or authoritatively recommend what you have not practiced. The best way to teach PRT to patients is to do the work yourself. Data shows that clinicians who have gone through their own pain experience have more client success than providers with advanced psychology degrees who only learned tools in a classroom. This six-session, live interactive class prioritizes practicing tools so that teaching patients becomes effortless and authentic.

Taught by Brad Fanestil, MD, this 12-hour workshop covers cognitive reframing, mindfulness, self-compassion, guided imagery, metacognition, and self-awareness through didactics, experiential exercises, and Q&A. Learning objectives include:

  • Review studies on the mind-body connection, including mindfulness, epigenetics, and predictive processing.
  • Discover your own mind-body connection by practicing simple body awareness and somatic exercises.
  • Master a framework to understand PRT in the brain and how to “talk to your brain”.
  • Uncover the value of expressive writing to enhance self-awareness.
  • Learn to change fear habits with curiosity.
  • Discover the neuroscience behind self-compassion with exercises to “kindle the neurons” of compassion.
  • Discuss the difference between compassion and empathy, and how to approach this with your empathic patients.
  • Practice guided imagery for fatigue, dyspnea, pain, and GI issues.
  • “Step back” and observe a change in relationship with your thoughts with metacognition exercises.
  • Learn to introduce these concepts in a brief, 20-minute appointment.
  • Learn to practice exercises with patients in a longer (30 – 45 minute) session.

 

APA and ACCME accreditation offer 12 CEs or CMEs to qualifying professionals. Please visit our Continuing Education Credit page for further details. This training awards these practitioners an Advanced status on our Directory.

What People Are Saying

"Dr. Fanestil was a phenomenal instructor. This course was more than what I was expecting because it wasn't solely more training about the basic steps of PRT that we learned in the initial course, but went well beyond that."
"Dr. Fanestil is the single best presenter I've ever seen — his evangelical belief in what he is teaching is inspiring, and this, together with his extensive knowledge and experience, makes his assertions highly credible and persuasive."
"This was so much more than Advanced PRT. The instructor, Dr. Brad Fanestil, was exceptional, so excited about the topic, and so interested in hearing about the experiences of folks in the class and sharing his knowledge. He also shared truly helpful resources and many simple, practical exercises a practitioner could use with clients immediately. Honestly, the course was so interesting and Brad was so engaging, it was hard to see the end and left you wanting more."

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