Mental Health Treatment of Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome (AMPS)
Event: Mental Health Treatment of Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome (AMPS)
Date: 9/9/24
Time: 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Where: Microsoft Teams – please register below
Cost: Free
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In this presentation, you will learn what AMPS is, how it is diagnosed, and how to be part of the mental health treatment team of a child diagnosed with AMPS. This presentation will discuss how AMPS can start, how pain is physical and psychological, and how the mind and body are closely connected. Participants will learn why chronic pain develops and ways clinicians can use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques during sessions to help their pediatric clients improve their functioning and symptoms over time. We will also discuss the importance of including parents as part of the treatment team to help coach them on how to motivate, not enable, their child’s behaviors. Specific treatment goals and strategies will be discussed during this presentation.
Presenter: Becky Small, LCSW, Psychotherapist
This is the first in a three-part lecture series presented by St. Luke’s Penn Foundation’s YESS! (Your Emotional Strength Supported) program. Designed with parents and educators in mind, each presentation will be held live on TEAMS and include time for questions. There is no cost to attend, but we do ask that you register below. Click here to return to our Events calendar to view the other two upcoming lecture series presentations.