CBS 724 / Advanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Chronic Pain

3 unit(s)

Prerequisite(s): CBS 723. This course is designed for students who are experienced clinical therapists. Prescreening by the course coordinator will be conducted.

Registration in the program or permission of the Study Area Chair.

Application of CBS 723 knowledge and skills in the implementation of chronic pain management. Students will provide treatment both in the form of a group and individual therapy to patients who have chronic pain conditions that are interfering with their functioning (e.g., pain from an injury, arthritis, chronic regional pain syndrome, fibromyalgia, etc.). The student will participate in one CBT group for pain management (lasting 6 sessions/weeks in duration) and then be supervised on one individual case lasting 6 sessions/consecutively.