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Pain-Psychology Grand Rounds

Description: Our Treatments Works: Guiding Individuals to Be Open to Nonpharmacological Pain Management.

Event Date: January 27, 2021

Event Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Location: Via Zoom

Details:

  • The Program: Our Treatments Works: Guiding Individuals to Be Open to Nonpharmacological Pain Management.
  • Learning Objectives: 

    Understand the concept of credibility and rationale for pain psychology

    Understand barriers to perceptions of the effectiveness of pain psychology

    Improve the use of effective communication techniques to enhance the credibility of pain psychology

Register Here! (This like will take you to the Michigan Psychological Association webpage)

Speakers:

Alina Stevenson, Psy.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the area of health psychology and pain medicine. Dr. Stevenson works with a multi-disciplinary team to help patients cope with the emotional impact of chronic pain, feel more in command of their health, discover non-pharmacological treatment options for chronic pain, and enable them to live as full of a life as possible.

Alina Stevenson, Psy.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the area of health psychology and pain medicine. Dr. Stevenson works with a multi-disciplinary team to help patients cope with the emotional impact of chronic pain, feel more in command of their health, discover non-pharmacological treatment options for chronic pain, and enable them to live as full of a life as possible.

Dr. Stevenson is a recipient of a Beaumont grant to study the impact of an interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation program developed at Beaumont Health to address the unique treatment needs of individuals with chronic pain conditions.

Dr. Stevenson is a member of the Midwest Pain Society and participated in Acceptance Commitment Therapy trainings, an evidence based treatment for chronic pain.   Dr. Stevenson has been with the Beaumont Center for Pain Medicine since June 2012.

Julia Craner Cooper, PhD, ABPP

Dr. Craner Cooper is a pain psychologist at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital. She is board certified in Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. She also has an academic appointment as an adjunct assistant professor at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. Dr. Craner Cooper completed her doctoral degree in clinical psychology the University of Maine, internship at the VA Healthcare System, and postdoctoral fellowship in health psychology at the Mayo Clinic. Her professional and research interests include pain rehabilitation, interdisciplinary care, somatic symptoms, anxiety, and women’s health issues. 
                                                                                                                                                                     Dr. Slavin-Spenny earned her doctorate from Wayne State University. She completed her internship in Health Psychology at Henry Ford Hospital, and a fellowship at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. She works at the Mary Free Bed Pain Rehabilitation Program in Novi, MI, where she specializes in working with patients with chronic pain in an interdisciplinary setting.