CPA Webinar: Pain Management Psychology: Change the Focus-Change the Outcome
Thursday, October 06, 2022, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM MDT
Category: CPA Webinar
CPA CE Webinar:Pain Management Psychology: Change the Focus-Change the OutcomeThursday, October 06, 202212:00PM - 1:00PM MTRegistration: 9/01/2022 - 10/06/2022 *If you are a non-member student wanting to register, please reach out to [email protected] to receive a discount code This is a fundraising event. All proceedings will go towards hiring a lobbyist to support the upcoming CO RxP legislation in 2023 REGISTER HERE
After the lecture, psychologists will be welcome to bring questions and their own patient experiences to the discussion. CEs: 1.0 CE Available Program Level: Intermediate Learning Objectives:
Speaker: Amy Wachholtz, PhD, MDiv MS, ABPP Dr. Amy Wachholtz is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Program Director of Clinical Health Psychology at the University of Colorado Denver. She is an Associate Professor in the Hematology Department at the CU Medical Center (Hematology Oncology Division), an affiliate faculty with the Addiction Treatment and Research Service in the Psychiatry Department of University of Colorado Medical School, adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and a licensed clinical health psychologist. Dr. Wachholtz graduated with a Master of Divinity degree from Boston University and a specialized graduate degree in Bioethics from a joint Harvard University and Boston University program. She continued her education to earn her MA and PhD in Clinical Psychology from Bowling Green State University where she had a dual specialization in Behavioral Medicine and Psychology of Religion. She completed her internship through fellowship training at Duke University Medical Center where she focused on medical psychology and pain management. She also recently completed a post-doctoral Master’s degree in Psychopharmacology. Her research and clinical interests focus on 1) the complexities of treating of co-morbid pain and opioid addiction in both acute pain and chronic pain situations and 2) the bio-psycho-social model for chronic pain disorders and palliative care. Her research encompasses bench to bedside methodology from psycho-physiological basic research to testing patient treatments and has resulted in over 100 publications and presentations. She enjoys teaching trainees of all levels in classroom, laboratory, and clinical settings.
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