UW Psychiatry Grand Rounds | “Novel Psychological Treatments for Chronic Pain” | Mark Lumley, PhD

Friday Aug 16, 2024
12:15 – 1:15pm
WisPIC Commons Room
6001 Research Park Blvd in Madison, WI
+ Virtual Event – via WebEx

UW Psychiatry Grand Rounds | Mark Lumley, PhD

“Novel Psychological Treatments for Chronic Pain”

Mark A. Lumley, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychology, Wayne State University

Learning Objectives:

1. Discuss limitations of current pain management interventions
2. Describe Pain Reprocessing Therapy and Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy and how they overcome these limitations.
3. Identify opportunities and barriers for health care providers in the use of these approaches.

Reading List: 

• Lumley, M.A., & Schubiner, H. (2019). Psychological therapy for centralized pain: An integrative assessment and treatment model. Psychosomatic Medicine, 81, 114-124.
• Lumley, M.A., & Schubiner, H. (2019). Emotional awareness and expression therapy for chronic pain: Rationale, principles and techniques, evidence, and critical review. Current Rheumatology Reports, 21, 30.
• Lumley, M.A., Yamin, J.B., Pester, B.D., Krohner, S., & Urbanik, C.P. (2022). Trauma matters: Psychological interventions for comorbid psychosocial trauma and chronic pain. PAIN, 163, 599-603.

About the Speaker:

Mark A. Lumley, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, USA. His research is internationally recognized for examining how emotional processes, including the lack of emotional awareness, or “alexithymia,” and lack of emotional expression, are related to somatic symptoms, particularly chronic pain. Along with his students and colleagues, Dr. Lumley has developed or tested various psychological interventions, including motional disclosure/expressive writing, Pain Reprocessing Therapy, and Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy, demonstrating their efficacy in clinical trials for chronic pain and related conditions.  Dr. Lumley has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles and has mentored nearly 50 doctoral students to the Ph.D., receiving local and national awards for mentoring excellence. Dr. Lumley is on the editorial boards of numerous journals in pain, health psychology, and psychosomatic medicine and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Society of Behavioral Medicine, and the Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (previously: American Psychosomatic Society).

Webex Info:

American Medical Association (AMA) The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 ANCC contact hours.

American Psychological Association (APA) Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsi-bility for the content of the programs.

Continuing Education Units Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.

Continuing Education Units. The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP, as a member of the University Professional & Continuing Educa-tion Association (UPCEA), authorizes this program for 0.125 continuing education units (CEUs) or 1.25 hours.