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Description
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Price: $475 (Early Registrant Price $450)
Experience Level: Beginner
Contact Hours: 15




Pain is a perception engaging sensory, cognitive and emotional processes. Beliefs, expectations, fear, catastrophizing, childhood stress and trauma, and learning and memory can all modulate a patient’s pain experience. In addition, structural and functional brain changes have been identified in patients with persistent pain that may play a significant role in driving pain chronicity. This multifaceted nature of pain perception requires an equally multifaceted skill set to effectively address the therapeutic needs of patients experiencing pain.
 
A growing body of medical literature suggests mindfulness training is a treatment strategy that can help address the complexities of pain. Mindfulness training has been shown to reduce pain intensity and unpleasantness, decrease depression and anxiety and improve function and quality of life in patients with persistent pain. These improvements may occur through such means as improved body awareness, stress and emotional regulation, attention control and changes in perspective. In addition, mindfulness training contributes to neuroplastic brain changes including increases in prefrontal cortex and hippocampal activity and decreases in amygdala activity. Such changes can potentially help mitigate neurotoxic effects of stress in these chronic pain-associated brain regions.
 
This 2-day course provides you with practical, evidence-based treatment strategies to promote your patients’ abilities to self-regulate the stress reaction and self-manage pain. You will learn the science of mindfulness and pain and gain insight into how cognition, emotion and stress impact pain perception. You will practice mindful meditation, body scan and movement and learn skills to apply mindful awareness to teaching patients breathing, body awareness, exercise and the self-regulation of reactions to stress and pain. Experiential exercises help you personally experience the transformative power of mindful awareness. You will return to your clinic with the ability to explain the benefits of mindful awareness to your patients and teach mindfulness-based skills for pain relief that can help both prevent and treat chronic pain conditions. You will be able to draw on mindful listening skills to enhance your therapeutic alliance with your patients. In addition, you will learn mindful self-care practices to avoid burn-out and promote your own well-being.
 
Audience:
This course addresses the topic of mindfulness and pain for all specialties (and the generalist!) dealing with pain and is not limited to the pelvic rehab therapist.
 
Prerequisites:
None
 
What to bring:
Yoga mat, beach towel, or blanket
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
Describe current pain science concepts
Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
Engage on-the-spot mindful practices to support your well-being and inner calm during a busy workday




Day One:
8:00 Introductions, course overview
8:15Experiential Exercise Introduction to Mindfulness
8:30 Introduction to mindfulness
9:00 Experiential Practice: Sitting breath awareness
9:30 Proposed mechanisms for how mindfulness works
10:00 Break
 10:15 Mindful body scan
 10:35 Pain science concepts
 11:20 Stress and pain
 11:40 Trauma, PTSD and pain
 12:10 Cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
 12:30 Lunch
 1:30 Mindfulness and pain research
 2:00 Mindful movement research
 2:15 Experiential Practice: Mindful Movement
 3:00 Break
 3:15 Mindfulness and the Self-regulation of Reactions to Pain Movement and Stress
 3:30 Experiential Practice: Integrate mindfulness into breath, body awareness and exercise instruction
 4:00 Walking Meditation
 4:30 Case studies
 5:00 Experiential practice: Practice reflection exercise
 5:15 Q&A
 5:30 Adjourn


Day Two:
 
8:00 Questions, answers, discussion from yesterday
 
8:15 Experiential practice: Mindful movement, body scan, sitting meditation

9:00 The mindful healthcare provider lecture/experiential exercise

10:00 Break 

10:15 Applying mindfulness to pleasant and unpleasant situations
 
10:40 Pain and positive emotional states research

10:50 Mindfulness and opioid use research

11:05 Mindfulness and sleep, anxiety and depression research
 
11:20 Mindfulness and special topics research: fibromyalgia, pelvic floor pain, LBP, headache, TBI, cancer

11:45 Kindness meditation and pain research

11:55 Experiential practice: Kindness meditation

12:15 Q & A

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Mindful communication: Lecture

1:40 Experiential practice: Mindful communication

2:10 Self-management barriers and facilitators

2:20 Putting it all together: Treatment protocol, documentation, billing

2:45 Break
 
3:00 Case Studies
 
3:30 Questions and Answers
 
3:45 Evaluations and wrap-up

4:00 Adjourn



Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA

Carolyn McManus is a highly skilled clinician, researcher and professional trainer. She is an international leader in the integration of mindfulness into healthcare and the practice of mindfulness to promote provider well-being. Carolyn is President of the American Physical Therapy Orthopaedic Section Pain Management Special Interest Group. She holds Master’s degrees in physical therapy from Duke University and in psychology from Antioch University.
Since 1985 she has integrated mindfulness principles and practices into the care of patients with chronic conditions. In 1998, she joined the Outpatient Rehabilitation Department at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, where she established their popular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for people with persistent pain and stress-related illness. She has over 30 years of experience in the practice of mindfulness meditation and has completed an advanced MBSR Teacher Training Program offered at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness.
In 2009, Carolyn was invited by David Kearney, MD to develop and conduct a pilot study examining the role of a 12-week course in Kindness Meditation for veterans with PTSD at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Seattle. She continues to serve on Dr. Kearney’s research team, providing MBSR and Kindness Meditation courses in research exploring the effects of these practices in veterans with a wide range of health concerns, including chronic pain.
Carolyn is a regular presenter at state and national conferences, including APTA’s NEXT and Combined Sections Conferences. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the International Association for the Study of Pain and the Academy of Integrative Pain Management. Learn more about Carolyn at her website: carolynmcmanus.com.
Carolyn's website is carolynmcmanus.com


 
Name
Street Address (Links to Map)

Course Location

Virginia Hospital Center

1701 N George Mason Dr
 Arlington, VA 22205


Recommended Lodging

Hilton Arlington
(703) 528-6000

950 N Stafford St
 Arlington, VA 22203


Nearest Airport

Washington Dulles International Airport
Airport Code: IAD

1 Saarinen Cir
Dulles, VA 20166



 
Directions from Recommended Lodging to Course Location: (click here if no map appears below)


Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

Multi-Course Discount
This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


Group Discount
This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
This 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. Students are welcome to attend satellite and remote courses with H&W once they have reached their third year and/or completed a hands-on clinical in their second year. You may register while in your 2nd year for a course that is taking place by the time you have become a third-year student. However, students are not allowed to register or attend a self-hosted course.

 
To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


Referral Credit/Discount
Any therapist who has already taken a Herman & Wallace course will earn a $50.00 "referral credit" if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Herman & Wallace course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Herman & Wallace.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 "referral credit" may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a "referral discount".


Guest Blogger Credit/Discount
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Herman & Wallace blog will earn a $50.00 "guest blogger credit". This credit may be applied toward any course.




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Experience Level: Beginner
Contact Hours: 15




Pain is a perception engaging sensory, cognitive and emotional processes. Beliefs, expectations, fear, catastrophizing, childhood stress and trauma, and learning and memory can all modulate a patient’s pain experience. In addition, structural and functional brain changes have been identified in patients with persistent pain that may play a significant role in driving pain chronicity. This multifaceted nature of pain perception requires an equally multifaceted skill set to effectively address the therapeutic needs of patients experiencing pain.
 
A growing body of medical literature suggests mindfulness training is a treatment strategy that can help address the complexities of pain. Mindfulness training has been shown to reduce pain intensity and unpleasantness, decrease depression and anxiety and improve function and quality of life in patients with persistent pain. These improvements may occur through such means as improved body awareness, stress and emotional regulation, attention control and changes in perspective. In addition, mindfulness training contributes to neuroplastic brain changes including increases in prefrontal cortex and hippocampal activity and decreases in amygdala activity. Such changes can potentially help mitigate neurotoxic effects of stress in these chronic pain-associated brain regions.
 
This 2-day course provides you with practical, evidence-based treatment strategies to promote your patients’ abilities to self-regulate the stress reaction and self-manage pain. You will learn the science of mindfulness and pain and gain insight into how cognition, emotion and stress impact pain perception. You will practice mindful meditation, body scan and movement and learn skills to apply mindful awareness to teaching patients breathing, body awareness, exercise and the self-regulation of reactions to stress and pain. Experiential exercises help you personally experience the transformative power of mindful awareness. You will return to your clinic with the ability to explain the benefits of mindful awareness to your patients and teach mindfulness-based skills for pain relief that can help both prevent and treat chronic pain conditions. You will be able to draw on mindful listening skills to enhance your therapeutic alliance with your patients. In addition, you will learn mindful self-care practices to avoid burn-out and promote your own well-being.
 
Audience:
This course addresses the topic of mindfulness and pain for all specialties (and the generalist!) dealing with pain and is not limited to the pelvic rehab therapist.
 
Prerequisites:
None
 
What to bring:
Yoga mat, beach towel, or blanket
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
Describe current pain science concepts
Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
Engage on-the-spot mindful practices to support your well-being and inner calm during a busy workday




Day One:
8:00 Introductions, course overview
8:15Experiential Exercise Introduction to Mindfulness
8:30 Introduction to mindfulness
9:00 Experiential Practice: Sitting breath awareness
9:30 Proposed mechanisms for how mindfulness works
10:00 Break
 10:15 Mindful body scan
 10:35 Pain science concepts
 11:20 Stress and pain
 11:40 Trauma, PTSD and pain
 12:10 Cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
 12:30 Lunch
 1:30 Mindfulness and pain research
 2:00 Mindful movement research
 2:15 Experiential Practice: Mindful Movement
 3:00 Break
 3:15 Mindfulness and the Self-regulation of Reactions to Pain Movement and Stress
 3:30 Experiential Practice: Integrate mindfulness into breath, body awareness and exercise instruction
 4:00 Walking Meditation
 4:30 Case studies
 5:00 Experiential practice: Practice reflection exercise
 5:15 Q&A
 5:30 Adjourn


Day Two:
 
8:00 Questions, answers, discussion from yesterday
 
8:15 Experiential practice: Mindful movement, body scan, sitting meditation

9:00 The mindful healthcare provider lecture/experiential exercise

10:00 Break 

10:15 Applying mindfulness to pleasant and unpleasant situations
 
10:40 Pain and positive emotional states research

10:50 Mindfulness and opioid use research

11:05 Mindfulness and sleep, anxiety and depression research
 
11:20 Mindfulness and special topics research: fibromyalgia, pelvic floor pain, LBP, headache, TBI, cancer

11:45 Kindness meditation and pain research

11:55 Experiential practice: Kindness meditation

12:15 Q & A

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Mindful communication: Lecture

1:40 Experiential practice: Mindful communication

2:10 Self-management barriers and facilitators

2:20 Putting it all together: Treatment protocol, documentation, billing

2:45 Break
 
3:00 Case Studies
 
3:30 Questions and Answers
 
3:45 Evaluations and wrap-up

4:00 Adjourn



Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA

Carolyn McManus is a highly skilled clinician, researcher and professional trainer. She is an international leader in the integration of mindfulness into healthcare and the practice of mindfulness to promote provider well-being. Carolyn is President of the American Physical Therapy Orthopaedic Section Pain Management Special Interest Group. She holds Master’s degrees in physical therapy from Duke University and in psychology from Antioch University.
Since 1985 she has integrated mindfulness principles and practices into the care of patients with chronic conditions. In 1998, she joined the Outpatient Rehabilitation Department at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, where she established their popular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for people with persistent pain and stress-related illness. She has over 30 years of experience in the practice of mindfulness meditation and has completed an advanced MBSR Teacher Training Program offered at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness.
In 2009, Carolyn was invited by David Kearney, MD to develop and conduct a pilot study examining the role of a 12-week course in Kindness Meditation for veterans with PTSD at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Seattle. She continues to serve on Dr. Kearney’s research team, providing MBSR and Kindness Meditation courses in research exploring the effects of these practices in veterans with a wide range of health concerns, including chronic pain.
Carolyn is a regular presenter at state and national conferences, including APTA’s NEXT and Combined Sections Conferences. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the International Association for the Study of Pain and the Academy of Integrative Pain Management. Learn more about Carolyn at her website: carolynmcmanus.com.
Carolyn's website is carolynmcmanus.com


 
Name
Street Address (Links to Map)

Course Location

Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center

450 Broadway St
 Redwood City, CA 94063


Recommended Lodging

Holiday Inn Express Redwood City-Central 
(650) 299-0909

 1836 El Camino Real
Redwood City, CA 94063 


Nearest Airport

San Francisco International Airport
Airport Code: SFO

San Francisco, CA 94128



 
Directions from Recommended Lodging to Course Location: (click here if no map appears below)
 
Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

Multi-Course Discount
This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


Group Discount
This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
This 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. Students are welcome to attend satellite and remote courses with H&W once they have reached their third year and/or completed a hands-on clinical in their second year. You may register while in your 2nd year for a course that is taking place by the time you have become a third-year student. However, students are not allowed to register or attend a self-hosted course.

 
To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


Referral Credit/Discount
Any therapist who has already taken a Herman & Wallace course will earn a $50.00 "referral credit" if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Herman & Wallace course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Herman & Wallace.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 "referral credit" may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a "referral discount".


Guest Blogger Credit/Discount
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Herman & Wallace blog will earn a $50.00 "guest blogger credit". This credit may be applied toward any course.




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Pain is a perception engaging sensory, cognitive and emotional processes. Beliefs, expectations, fear, catastrophizing, childhood stress and trauma, and learning and memory can all modulate a patient’s pain experience. In addition, structural and functional brain changes have been identified in patients with persistent pain that may play a significant role in driving pain chronicity. This multifaceted nature of pain perception requires an equally multifaceted skill set to effectively address the therapeutic needs of patients experiencing pain.
 
A growing body of medical literature suggests mindfulness training is a treatment strategy that can help address the complexities of pain. Mindfulness training has been shown to reduce pain intensity and unpleasantness, decrease depression and anxiety and improve function and quality of life in patients with persistent pain. These improvements may occur through such means as improved body awareness, stress and emotional regulation, attention control and changes in perspective. In addition, mindfulness training contributes to neuroplastic brain changes including increases in prefrontal cortex and hippocampal activity and decreases in amygdala activity. Such changes can potentially help mitigate neurotoxic effects of stress in these chronic pain-associated brain regions.
 
This 2-day course provides you with practical, evidence-based treatment strategies to promote your patients’ abilities to self-regulate the stress reaction and self-manage pain. You will learn the science of mindfulness and pain and gain insight into how cognition, emotion and stress impact pain perception. You will practice mindful meditation, body scan and movement and learn skills to apply mindful awareness to teaching patients breathing, body awareness, exercise and the self-regulation of reactions to stress and pain. Experiential exercises help you personally experience the transformative power of mindful awareness. You will return to your clinic with the ability to explain the benefits of mindful awareness to your patients and teach mindfulness-based skills for pain relief that can help both prevent and treat chronic pain conditions. You will be able to draw on mindful listening skills to enhance your therapeutic alliance with your patients. In addition, you will learn mindful self-care practices to avoid burn-out and promote your own well-being.
 
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This course addresses the topic of mindfulness and pain for all specialties (and the generalist!) dealing with pain and is not limited to the pelvic rehab therapist.
 
Prerequisites:
None
 
What to bring:
Yoga mat, beach towel, or blanket
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
Describe current pain science concepts
Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
Engage on-the-spot mindful practices to support your well-being and inner calm during a busy workday




Day One:
8:00 Introductions, course overview
8:15Experiential Exercise Introduction to Mindfulness
8:30 Introduction to mindfulness
9:00 Experiential Practice: Sitting breath awareness
9:30 Proposed mechanisms for how mindfulness works
10:00 Break
 10:15 Mindful body scan
 10:35 Pain science concepts
 11:20 Stress and pain
 11:40 Trauma, PTSD and pain
 12:10 Cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
 12:30 Lunch
 1:30 Mindfulness and pain research
 2:00 Mindful movement research
 2:15 Experiential Practice: Mindful Movement
 3:00 Break
 3:15 Mindfulness and the Self-regulation of Reactions to Pain Movement and Stress
 3:30 Experiential Practice: Integrate mindfulness into breath, body awareness and exercise instruction
 4:00 Walking Meditation
 4:30 Case studies
 5:00 Experiential practice: Practice reflection exercise
 5:15 Q&A
 5:30 Adjourn


Day Two:
 
8:00 Questions, answers, discussion from yesterday
 
8:15 Experiential practice: Mindful movement, body scan, sitting meditation

9:00 The mindful healthcare provider lecture/experiential exercise

10:00 Break 

10:15 Applying mindfulness to pleasant and unpleasant situations
 
10:40 Pain and positive emotional states research

10:50 Mindfulness and opioid use research

11:05 Mindfulness and sleep, anxiety and depression research
 
11:20 Mindfulness and special topics research: fibromyalgia, pelvic floor pain, LBP, headache, TBI, cancer

11:45 Kindness meditation and pain research

11:55 Experiential practice: Kindness meditation

12:15 Q & A

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Mindful communication: Lecture

1:40 Experiential practice: Mindful communication

2:10 Self-management barriers and facilitators

2:20 Putting it all together: Treatment protocol, documentation, billing

2:45 Break
 
3:00 Case Studies
 
3:30 Questions and Answers
 
3:45 Evaluations and wrap-up

4:00 Adjourn



Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA

Carolyn McManus is a highly skilled clinician, researcher and professional trainer. She is an international leader in the integration of mindfulness into healthcare and the practice of mindfulness to promote provider well-being. Carolyn is President of the American Physical Therapy Orthopaedic Section Pain Management Special Interest Group. She holds Master’s degrees in physical therapy from Duke University and in psychology from Antioch University.
Since 1985 she has integrated mindfulness principles and practices into the care of patients with chronic conditions. In 1998, she joined the Outpatient Rehabilitation Department at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, where she established their popular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for people with persistent pain and stress-related illness. She has over 30 years of experience in the practice of mindfulness meditation and has completed an advanced MBSR Teacher Training Program offered at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness.
In 2009, Carolyn was invited by David Kearney, MD to develop and conduct a pilot study examining the role of a 12-week course in Kindness Meditation for veterans with PTSD at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Seattle. She continues to serve on Dr. Kearney’s research team, providing MBSR and Kindness Meditation courses in research exploring the effects of these practices in veterans with a wide range of health concerns, including chronic pain.
Carolyn is a regular presenter at state and national conferences, including APTA’s NEXT and Combined Sections Conferences. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the International Association for the Study of Pain and the Academy of Integrative Pain Management. Learn more about Carolyn at her website: carolynmcmanus.com.
Carolyn's website is carolynmcmanus.com



 
Name
Street Address (Links to Map)


Course Location

Emerson Wellness Center for Mind and Body



310 Baker Ave
 Concord, MA 01742


Recommended Lodging

Residence Inn Boston Concord
(978) 341-0003

320 Baker Avenue
Concord, MA 01742


Nearest Airport

Logan International Airport
Airport Code: BOS

 1 Harborside Dr
 Boston, MA 02128 



 
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Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

Multi-Course Discount
This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


Group Discount
This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
This 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. Students are welcome to attend satellite and remote courses with H&W once they have reached their third year and/or completed a hands-on clinical in their second year. You may register while in your 2nd year for a course that is taking place by the time you have become a third-year student. However, students are not allowed to register or attend a self-hosted course.

 
To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


Referral Credit/Discount
Any therapist who has already taken a Herman & Wallace course will earn a $50.00 "referral credit" if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Herman & Wallace course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Herman & Wallace.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 "referral credit" may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a "referral discount".


Guest Blogger Credit/Discount
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Herman & Wallace blog will earn a $50.00 "guest blogger credit". This credit may be applied toward any course.




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Instructor
Discounts



Price: $475 (Early Registrant Price $450)
Experience Level: Beginner
Contact Hours: 15




Pain is a perception engaging sensory, cognitive and emotional processes. Beliefs, expectations, fear, catastrophizing, childhood stress and trauma, and learning and memory can all modulate a patient’s pain experience. In addition, structural and functional brain changes have been identified in patients with persistent pain that may play a significant role in driving pain chronicity. This multifaceted nature of pain perception requires an equally multifaceted skill set to effectively address the therapeutic needs of patients experiencing pain.
 
A growing body of medical literature suggests mindfulness training is a treatment strategy that can help address the complexities of pain. Mindfulness training has been shown to reduce pain intensity and unpleasantness, decrease depression and anxiety and improve function and quality of life in patients with persistent pain. These improvements may occur through such means as improved body awareness, stress and emotional regulation, attention control and changes in perspective. In addition, mindfulness training contributes to neuroplastic brain changes including increases in prefrontal cortex and hippocampal activity and decreases in amygdala activity. Such changes can potentially help mitigate neurotoxic effects of stress in these chronic pain-associated brain regions.
 
This 2-day course provides you with practical, evidence-based treatment strategies to promote your patients’ abilities to self-regulate the stress reaction and self-manage pain. You will learn the science of mindfulness and pain and gain insight into how cognition, emotion and stress impact pain perception. You will practice mindful meditation, body scan and movement and learn skills to apply mindful awareness to teaching patients breathing, body awareness, exercise and the self-regulation of reactions to stress and pain. Experiential exercises help you personally experience the transformative power of mindful awareness. You will return to your clinic with the ability to explain the benefits of mindful awareness to your patients and teach mindfulness-based skills for pain relief that can help both prevent and treat chronic pain conditions. You will be able to draw on mindful listening skills to enhance your therapeutic alliance with your patients. In addition, you will learn mindful self-care practices to avoid burn-out and promote your own well-being.
 
Audience:
This course addresses the topic of mindfulness and pain for all specialties (and the generalist!) dealing with pain and is not limited to the pelvic rehab therapist.
 
Prerequisites:
None
 
What to bring:
Yoga mat, beach towel, or blanket
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
Describe current pain science concepts
Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
Engage on-the-spot mindful practices to support your well-being and inner calm during a busy workday




Day One:
8:00 Introductions, course overview
8:15Experiential Exercise Introduction to Mindfulness
8:30 Introduction to mindfulness
9:00 Experiential Practice: Sitting breath awareness
9:30 Proposed mechanisms for how mindfulness works
10:00 Break
 10:15 Mindful body scan
 10:35 Pain science concepts
 11:20 Stress and pain
 11:40 Trauma, PTSD and pain
 12:10 Cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
 12:30 Lunch
 1:30 Mindfulness and pain research
 2:00 Mindful movement research
 2:15 Experiential Practice: Mindful Movement
 3:00 Break
 3:15 Mindfulness and the Self-regulation of Reactions to Pain Movement and Stress
 3:30 Experiential Practice: Integrate mindfulness into breath, body awareness and exercise instruction
 4:00 Walking Meditation
 4:30 Case studies
 5:00 Experiential practice: Practice reflection exercise
 5:15 Q&A
 5:30 Adjourn


Day Two:
 
8:00 Questions, answers, discussion from yesterday
 
8:15 Experiential practice: Mindful movement, body scan, sitting meditation

9:00 The mindful healthcare provider lecture/experiential exercise

10:00 Break 

10:15 Applying mindfulness to pleasant and unpleasant situations
 
10:40 Pain and positive emotional states research

10:50 Mindfulness and opioid use research

11:05 Mindfulness and sleep, anxiety and depression research
 
11:20 Mindfulness and special topics research: fibromyalgia, pelvic floor pain, LBP, headache, TBI, cancer

11:45 Kindness meditation and pain research

11:55 Experiential practice: Kindness meditation

12:15 Q & A

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Mindful communication: Lecture

1:40 Experiential practice: Mindful communication

2:10 Self-management barriers and facilitators

2:20 Putting it all together: Treatment protocol, documentation, billing

2:45 Break
 
3:00 Case Studies
 
3:30 Questions and Answers
 
3:45 Evaluations and wrap-up

4:00 Adjourn






 
Name
Street Address (Links to Map)


Course Location

Texas Children's Hospital
Feigin Center


1102 Bates Ave 
Houston, TX 77030


Recommended Lodging

Hilton Houston Plaza/Medical Center 
(713) 313-4000

6633 Travis St 
Houston, TX 77030


Nearest Airports

George Bush Intercontinental Airport
Airport Code: IAH

William P. Hobby Airport
Airport Code: HOU


2800 N Terminal Rd
Houston, TX 77032

7800 Airport Blvd
Houston, TX 77061




 
Directions from Recommended Lodging to Course Location
Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA

Carolyn McManus is a highly skilled clinician, researcher and professional trainer. She is an international leader in the integration of mindfulness into healthcare and the practice of mindfulness to promote provider well-being. Carolyn is President of the American Physical Therapy Orthopaedic Section Pain Management Special Interest Group. She holds Master’s degrees in physical therapy from Duke University and in psychology from Antioch University.
Since 1985 she has integrated mindfulness principles and practices into the care of patients with chronic conditions. In 1998, she joined the Outpatient Rehabilitation Department at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, where she established their popular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for people with persistent pain and stress-related illness. She has over 30 years of experience in the practice of mindfulness meditation and has completed an advanced MBSR Teacher Training Program offered at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness.
In 2009, Carolyn was invited by David Kearney, MD to develop and conduct a pilot study examining the role of a 12-week course in Kindness Meditation for veterans with PTSD at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Seattle. She continues to serve on Dr. Kearney’s research team, providing MBSR and Kindness Meditation courses in research exploring the effects of these practices in veterans with a wide range of health concerns, including chronic pain.
Carolyn is a regular presenter at state and national conferences, including APTA’s NEXT and Combined Sections Conferences. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the International Association for the Study of Pain and the Academy of Integrative Pain Management. Learn more about Carolyn at her website: carolynmcmanus.com.
Carolyn's website is carolynmcmanus.com
Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

Multi-Course Discount
This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


Group Discount
This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
This 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. Students are welcome to attend satellite and remote courses with H&W once they have reached their third year and/or completed a hands-on clinical in their second year. You may register while in your 2nd year for a course that is taking place by the time you have become a third-year student. However, students are not allowed to register or attend a self-hosted course.

 
To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


Referral Credit/Discount
Any therapist who has already taken a Herman & Wallace course will earn a $50.00 "referral credit" if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Herman & Wallace course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Herman & Wallace.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 "referral credit" may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a "referral discount".


Guest Blogger Credit/Discount
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Herman & Wallace blog will earn a $50.00 "guest blogger credit". This credit may be applied toward any course.




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Description
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Price: $475 (Early Registrant Price $450)
Experience Level: Beginner
Contact Hours: 15




Pain is a perception engaging sensory, cognitive and emotional processes. Beliefs, expectations, fear, catastrophizing, childhood stress and trauma, and learning and memory can all modulate a patient’s pain experience. In addition, structural and functional brain changes have been identified in patients with persistent pain that may play a significant role in driving pain chronicity. This multifaceted nature of pain perception requires an equally multifaceted skill set to effectively address the therapeutic needs of patients experiencing pain.
 
A growing body of medical literature suggests mindfulness training is a treatment strategy that can help address the complexities of pain. Mindfulness training has been shown to reduce pain intensity and unpleasantness, decrease depression and anxiety and improve function and quality of life in patients with persistent pain. These improvements may occur through such means as improved body awareness, stress and emotional regulation, attention control and changes in perspective. In addition, mindfulness training contributes to neuroplastic brain changes including increases in prefrontal cortex and hippocampal activity and decreases in amygdala activity. Such changes can potentially help mitigate neurotoxic effects of stress in these chronic pain-associated brain regions.
 
This 2-day course provides you with practical, evidence-based treatment strategies to promote your patients’ abilities to self-regulate the stress reaction and self-manage pain. You will learn the science of mindfulness and pain and gain insight into how cognition, emotion and stress impact pain perception. You will practice mindful meditation, body scan and movement and learn skills to apply mindful awareness to teaching patients breathing, body awareness, exercise and the self-regulation of reactions to stress and pain. Experiential exercises help you personally experience the transformative power of mindful awareness. You will return to your clinic with the ability to explain the benefits of mindful awareness to your patients and teach mindfulness-based skills for pain relief that can help both prevent and treat chronic pain conditions. You will be able to draw on mindful listening skills to enhance your therapeutic alliance with your patients. In addition, you will learn mindful self-care practices to avoid burn-out and promote your own well-being.
 
Audience:
This course addresses the topic of mindfulness and pain for all specialties (and the generalist!) dealing with pain and is not limited to the pelvic rehab therapist.
 
Prerequisites:
None
 
What to bring:
Yoga mat, beach towel, or blanket
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
Describe current pain science concepts
Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
Engage on-the-spot mindful practices to support your well-being and inner calm during a busy workday




Day One:
8:00 Introductions, course overview
8:15Experiential Exercise Introduction to Mindfulness
8:30 Introduction to mindfulness
9:00 Experiential Practice: Sitting breath awareness
9:30 Proposed mechanisms for how mindfulness works
10:00 Break
 10:15 Mindful body scan
 10:35 Pain science concepts
 11:20 Stress and pain
 11:40 Trauma, PTSD and pain
 12:10 Cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
 12:30 Lunch
 1:30 Mindfulness and pain research
 2:00 Mindful movement research
 2:15 Experiential Practice: Mindful Movement
 3:00 Break
 3:15 Mindfulness and the Self-regulation of Reactions to Pain Movement and Stress
 3:30 Experiential Practice: Integrate mindfulness into breath, body awareness and exercise instruction
 4:00 Walking Meditation
 4:30 Case studies
 5:00 Experiential practice: Practice reflection exercise
 5:15 Q&A
 5:30 Adjourn


Day Two:
 
8:00 Questions, answers, discussion from yesterday
 
8:15 Experiential practice: Mindful movement, body scan, sitting meditation

9:00 The mindful healthcare provider lecture/experiential exercise

10:00 Break 

10:15 Applying mindfulness to pleasant and unpleasant situations
 
10:40 Pain and positive emotional states research

10:50 Mindfulness and opioid use research

11:05 Mindfulness and sleep, anxiety and depression research
 
11:20 Mindfulness and special topics research: fibromyalgia, pelvic floor pain, LBP, headache, TBI, cancer

11:45 Kindness meditation and pain research

11:55 Experiential practice: Kindness meditation

12:15 Q & A

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Mindful communication: Lecture

1:40 Experiential practice: Mindful communication

2:10 Self-management barriers and facilitators

2:20 Putting it all together: Treatment protocol, documentation, billing

2:45 Break
 
3:00 Case Studies
 
3:30 Questions and Answers
 
3:45 Evaluations and wrap-up

4:00 Adjourn



Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA

Carolyn McManus is a highly skilled clinician, researcher and professional trainer. She is an international leader in the integration of mindfulness into healthcare and the practice of mindfulness to promote provider well-being. Carolyn is President of the American Physical Therapy Orthopaedic Section Pain Management Special Interest Group. She holds Master’s degrees in physical therapy from Duke University and in psychology from Antioch University.
Since 1985 she has integrated mindfulness principles and practices into the care of patients with chronic conditions. In 1998, she joined the Outpatient Rehabilitation Department at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, where she established their popular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for people with persistent pain and stress-related illness. She has over 30 years of experience in the practice of mindfulness meditation and has completed an advanced MBSR Teacher Training Program offered at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness.
In 2009, Carolyn was invited by David Kearney, MD to develop and conduct a pilot study examining the role of a 12-week course in Kindness Meditation for veterans with PTSD at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Seattle. She continues to serve on Dr. Kearney’s research team, providing MBSR and Kindness Meditation courses in research exploring the effects of these practices in veterans with a wide range of health concerns, including chronic pain.
Carolyn is a regular presenter at state and national conferences, including APTA’s NEXT and Combined Sections Conferences. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the International Association for the Study of Pain and the Academy of Integrative Pain Management. Learn more about Carolyn at her website: carolynmcmanus.com.
Carolyn's website is carolynmcmanus.com


 
Name
Street Address (Links to Map)

Course Location

Loyola University Health System

2160 S 1st Ave
Maywood, IL 60625


Recommended Lodging

Residence Inn Oakbrook
(630)568-2342

790 Jorie Boulevard
Oak Brook, IL 60523


Nearest Airport

Chicago Midway International Airport
Airport Code: MCO

5700 S Cicero Ave
Chicago, IL 60638



 
Directions from Recommended Lodging to Course Location: Click here if map is not shown below.
 
Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

Multi-Course Discount
This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


Group Discount
This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
This 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. Students are welcome to attend satellite and remote courses with H&W once they have reached their third year and/or completed a hands-on clinical in their second year. You may register while in your 2nd year for a course that is taking place by the time you have become a third-year student. However, students are not allowed to register or attend a self-hosted course.

 
To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


Referral Credit/Discount
Any therapist who has already taken a Herman & Wallace course will earn a $50.00 "referral credit" if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Herman & Wallace course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Herman & Wallace.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 "referral credit" may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a "referral discount".


Guest Blogger Credit/Discount
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Herman & Wallace blog will earn a $50.00 "guest blogger credit". This credit may be applied toward any course.




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Location/Lodging
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Price: $475 (Early Registrant Price $450)
Experience Level: Beginner
Contact Hours: 15




Pain is a perception engaging sensory, cognitive and emotional processes. Beliefs, expectations, fear, catastrophizing, childhood stress and trauma, and learning and memory can all modulate a patient’s pain experience. In addition, structural and functional brain changes have been identified in patients with persistent pain that may play a significant role in driving pain chronicity. This multifaceted nature of pain perception requires an equally multifaceted skill set to effectively address the therapeutic needs of patients experiencing pain.
 
A growing body of medical literature suggests mindfulness training is a treatment strategy that can help address the complexities of pain. Mindfulness training has been shown to reduce pain intensity and unpleasantness, decrease depression and anxiety and improve function and quality of life in patients with persistent pain. These improvements may occur through such means as improved body awareness, stress and emotional regulation, attention control and changes in perspective. In addition, mindfulness training contributes to neuroplastic brain changes including increases in prefrontal cortex and hippocampal activity and decreases in amygdala activity. Such changes can potentially help mitigate neurotoxic effects of stress in these chronic pain-associated brain regions.
 
This 2-day course provides you with practical, evidence-based treatment strategies to promote your patients’ abilities to self-regulate the stress reaction and self-manage pain. You will learn the science of mindfulness and pain and gain insight into how cognition, emotion and stress impact pain perception. You will practice mindful meditation, body scan and movement and learn skills to apply mindful awareness to teaching patients breathing, body awareness, exercise and the self-regulation of reactions to stress and pain. Experiential exercises help you personally experience the transformative power of mindful awareness. You will return to your clinic with the ability to explain the benefits of mindful awareness to your patients and teach mindfulness-based skills for pain relief that can help both prevent and treat chronic pain conditions. You will be able to draw on mindful listening skills to enhance your therapeutic alliance with your patients. In addition, you will learn mindful self-care practices to avoid burn-out and promote your own well-being.
 
Audience:
This course addresses the topic of mindfulness and pain for all specialties (and the generalist!) dealing with pain and is not limited to the pelvic rehab therapist.
 
Prerequisites:
None
 
What to bring:
Yoga mat, beach towel, or blanket
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
Describe current pain science concepts
Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
Engage on-the-spot mindful practices to support your well-being and inner calm during a busy workday




Day One:
8:00 Introductions, course overview
8:15Experiential Exercise Introduction to Mindfulness
8:30 Introduction to mindfulness
9:00 Experiential Practice: Sitting breath awareness
9:30 Proposed mechanisms for how mindfulness works
10:00 Break
 10:15 Mindful body scan
 10:35 Pain science concepts
 11:20 Stress and pain
 11:40 Trauma, PTSD and pain
 12:10 Cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
 12:30 Lunch
 1:30 Mindfulness and pain research
 2:00 Mindful movement research
 2:15 Experiential Practice: Mindful Movement
 3:00 Break
 3:15 Mindfulness and the Self-regulation of Reactions to Pain Movement and Stress
 3:30 Experiential Practice: Integrate mindfulness into breath, body awareness and exercise instruction
 4:00 Walking Meditation
 4:30 Case studies
 5:00 Experiential practice: Practice reflection exercise
 5:15 Q&A
 5:30 Adjourn


Day Two:
 
8:00 Questions, answers, discussion from yesterday
 
8:15 Experiential practice: Mindful movement, body scan, sitting meditation

9:00 The mindful healthcare provider lecture/experiential exercise

10:00 Break 

10:15 Applying mindfulness to pleasant and unpleasant situations
 
10:40 Pain and positive emotional states research

10:50 Mindfulness and opioid use research

11:05 Mindfulness and sleep, anxiety and depression research
 
11:20 Mindfulness and special topics research: fibromyalgia, pelvic floor pain, LBP, headache, TBI, cancer

11:45 Kindness meditation and pain research

11:55 Experiential practice: Kindness meditation

12:15 Q & A

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Mindful communication: Lecture

1:40 Experiential practice: Mindful communication

2:10 Self-management barriers and facilitators

2:20 Putting it all together: Treatment protocol, documentation, billing

2:45 Break
 
3:00 Case Studies
 
3:30 Questions and Answers
 
3:45 Evaluations and wrap-up

4:00 Adjourn



Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA

Carolyn McManus is a highly skilled clinician, researcher and professional trainer. She is an international leader in the integration of mindfulness into healthcare and the practice of mindfulness to promote provider well-being. Carolyn is President of the American Physical Therapy Orthopaedic Section Pain Management Special Interest Group. She holds Master’s degrees in physical therapy from Duke University and in psychology from Antioch University.
Since 1985 she has integrated mindfulness principles and practices into the care of patients with chronic conditions. In 1998, she joined the Outpatient Rehabilitation Department at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, where she established their popular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for people with persistent pain and stress-related illness. She has over 30 years of experience in the practice of mindfulness meditation and has completed an advanced MBSR Teacher Training Program offered at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness.
In 2009, Carolyn was invited by David Kearney, MD to develop and conduct a pilot study examining the role of a 12-week course in Kindness Meditation for veterans with PTSD at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Seattle. She continues to serve on Dr. Kearney’s research team, providing MBSR and Kindness Meditation courses in research exploring the effects of these practices in veterans with a wide range of health concerns, including chronic pain.
Carolyn is a regular presenter at state and national conferences, including APTA’s NEXT and Combined Sections Conferences. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the International Association for the Study of Pain and the Academy of Integrative Pain Management. Learn more about Carolyn at her website: carolynmcmanus.com.
Carolyn's website is carolynmcmanus.com


 
Name
Street Address (Links to Map)

Course Location

Samuel Merritt University

400 Hawthorne Ave
Oakland, CA 94609


Recommended Lodging

Oakland Marriott City Center Hotel
(510)451-4000

1001 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94607


Nearest Airport

Oakland International Airport
Airport Code: OAK

1 Airport Drive
Oakland, CA 94621



 
Directions from Recommended Lodging to Course Location: (click here if no map appears below)
Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

Multi-Course Discount
This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


Group Discount
This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
This 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. Students are welcome to attend satellite and remote courses with H&W once they have reached their third year and/or completed a hands-on clinical in their second year. You may register while in your 2nd year for a course that is taking place by the time you have become a third-year student. However, students are not allowed to register or attend a self-hosted course.

 
To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


Referral Credit/Discount
Any therapist who has already taken a Herman & Wallace course will earn a $50.00 "referral credit" if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Herman & Wallace course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Herman & Wallace.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 "referral credit" may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a "referral discount".


Guest Blogger Credit/Discount
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Herman & Wallace blog will earn a $50.00 "guest blogger credit". This credit may be applied toward any course.




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Description
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Price: $475 (Early Registrant Price $450)
Experience Level: Beginner
Contact Hours: 15




Pain is a perception engaging sensory, cognitive and emotional processes. Beliefs, expectations, fear, catastrophizing, childhood stress and trauma, and learning and memory can all modulate a patient’s pain experience. In addition, structural and functional brain changes have been identified in patients with persistent pain that may play a significant role in driving pain chronicity. This multifaceted nature of pain perception requires an equally multifaceted skill set to effectively address the therapeutic needs of patients experiencing pain.
 
A growing body of medical literature suggests mindfulness training is a treatment strategy that can help address the complexities of pain. Mindfulness training has been shown to reduce pain intensity and unpleasantness, decrease depression and anxiety and improve function and quality of life in patients with persistent pain. These improvements may occur through such means as improved body awareness, stress and emotional regulation, attention control and changes in perspective. In addition, mindfulness training contributes to neuroplastic brain changes including increases in prefrontal cortex and hippocampal activity and decreases in amygdala activity. Such changes can potentially help mitigate neurotoxic effects of stress in these chronic pain-associated brain regions.
 
This 2-day course provides you with practical, evidence-based treatment strategies to promote your patients’ abilities to self-regulate the stress reaction and self-manage pain. You will learn the science of mindfulness and pain and gain insight into how cognition, emotion and stress impact pain perception. You will practice mindful meditation, body scan and movement and learn skills to apply mindful awareness to teaching patients breathing, body awareness, exercise and the self-regulation of reactions to stress and pain. Experiential exercises help you personally experience the transformative power of mindful awareness. You will return to your clinic with the ability to explain the benefits of mindful awareness to your patients and teach mindfulness-based skills for pain relief that can help both prevent and treat chronic pain conditions. You will be able to draw on mindful listening skills to enhance your therapeutic alliance with your patients. In addition, you will learn mindful self-care practices to avoid burn-out and promote your own well-being.
 
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This course addresses the topic of mindfulness and pain for all specialties (and the generalist!) dealing with pain and is not limited to the pelvic rehab therapist.
 
Prerequisites:
None
 
What to bring:
Yoga mat, beach towel, or blanket
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
Describe current pain science concepts
Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
Engage on-the-spot mindful practices to support your well-being and inner calm during a busy workday




Day One:
8:00 Introductions, course overview
8:15Experiential Exercise Introduction to Mindfulness
8:30 Introduction to mindfulness
9:00 Experiential Practice: Sitting breath awareness
9:30 Proposed mechanisms for how mindfulness works
10:00 Break
 10:15 Mindful body scan
 10:35 Pain science concepts
 11:20 Stress and pain
 11:40 Trauma, PTSD and pain
 12:10 Cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
 12:30 Lunch
 1:30 Mindfulness and pain research
 2:00 Mindful movement research
 2:15 Experiential Practice: Mindful Movement
 3:00 Break
 3:15 Mindfulness and the Self-regulation of Reactions to Pain Movement and Stress
 3:30 Experiential Practice: Integrate mindfulness into breath, body awareness and exercise instruction
 4:00 Walking Meditation
 4:30 Case studies
 5:00 Experiential practice: Practice reflection exercise
 5:15 Q&A
 5:30 Adjourn


Day Two:
 
8:00 Questions, answers, discussion from yesterday
 
8:15 Experiential practice: Mindful movement, body scan, sitting meditation

9:00 The mindful healthcare provider lecture/experiential exercise

10:00 Break 

10:15 Applying mindfulness to pleasant and unpleasant situations
 
10:40 Pain and positive emotional states research

10:50 Mindfulness and opioid use research

11:05 Mindfulness and sleep, anxiety and depression research
 
11:20 Mindfulness and special topics research: fibromyalgia, pelvic floor pain, LBP, headache, TBI, cancer

11:45 Kindness meditation and pain research

11:55 Experiential practice: Kindness meditation

12:15 Q & A

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Mindful communication: Lecture

1:40 Experiential practice: Mindful communication

2:10 Self-management barriers and facilitators

2:20 Putting it all together: Treatment protocol, documentation, billing

2:45 Break
 
3:00 Case Studies
 
3:30 Questions and Answers
 
3:45 Evaluations and wrap-up

4:00 Adjourn





 
Name
Street Address (Links to Map)

Course Location

 Providence Portland Medical Center

4805 NE Glisan Street 
Portland OR, 97213


Recommended Lodging

Marriot Courtyard Lloyd Center
(503)-234-3200

435 NE Wasco
Portland, OR 97232


Nearest Airport

Portland International Airport
Airport Code:PDX

7000 NE Airport Way,
 Portland, OR 97218



 
Directions from Recommended Lodging to Course Location: (click here if no map appears below)
Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA

Carolyn McManus is a highly skilled clinician, researcher and professional trainer. She is an international leader in the integration of mindfulness into healthcare and the practice of mindfulness to promote provider well-being. Carolyn is President of the American Physical Therapy Orthopaedic Section Pain Management Special Interest Group. She holds Master’s degrees in physical therapy from Duke University and in psychology from Antioch University.
Since 1985 she has integrated mindfulness principles and practices into the care of patients with chronic conditions. In 1998, she joined the Outpatient Rehabilitation Department at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, where she established their popular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for people with persistent pain and stress-related illness. She has over 30 years of experience in the practice of mindfulness meditation and has completed an advanced MBSR Teacher Training Program offered at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness.
In 2009, Carolyn was invited by David Kearney, MD to develop and conduct a pilot study examining the role of a 12-week course in Kindness Meditation for veterans with PTSD at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Seattle. She continues to serve on Dr. Kearney’s research team, providing MBSR and Kindness Meditation courses in research exploring the effects of these practices in veterans with a wide range of health concerns, including chronic pain.
Carolyn is a regular presenter at state and national conferences, including APTA’s NEXT and Combined Sections Conferences. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the International Association for the Study of Pain and the Academy of Integrative Pain Management. Learn more about Carolyn at her website: carolynmcmanus.com.
Carolyn's website is carolynmcmanus.com
Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

Multi-Course Discount
This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


Group Discount
This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
This 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. Students are welcome to attend satellite and remote courses with H&W once they have reached their third year and/or completed a hands-on clinical in their second year. You may register while in your 2nd year for a course that is taking place by the time you have become a third-year student. However, students are not allowed to register or attend a self-hosted course.

 
To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


Referral Credit/Discount
Any therapist who has already taken a Herman & Wallace course will earn a $50.00 "referral credit" if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Herman & Wallace course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Herman & Wallace.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 "referral credit" may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a "referral discount".


Guest Blogger Credit/Discount
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Herman & Wallace blog will earn a $50.00 "guest blogger credit". This credit may be applied toward any course.




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Price: $475 (Early Registrant Price $450)
Experience Level: Beginner
Contact Hours: 15




Pain is a perception engaging sensory, cognitive and emotional processes. Beliefs, expectations, fear, catastrophizing, childhood stress and trauma, and learning and memory can all modulate a patient’s pain experience. In addition, structural and functional brain changes have been identified in patients with persistent pain that may play a significant role in driving pain chronicity. This multifaceted nature of pain perception requires an equally multifaceted skill set to effectively address the therapeutic needs of patients experiencing pain.
 
A growing body of medical literature suggests mindfulness training is a treatment strategy that can help address the complexities of pain. Mindfulness training has been shown to reduce pain intensity and unpleasantness, decrease depression and anxiety and improve function and quality of life in patients with persistent pain. These improvements may occur through such means as improved body awareness, stress and emotional regulation, attention control and changes in perspective. In addition, mindfulness training contributes to neuroplastic brain changes including increases in prefrontal cortex and hippocampal activity and decreases in amygdala activity. Such changes can potentially help mitigate neurotoxic effects of stress in these chronic pain-associated brain regions.
 
This 2-day course provides you with practical, evidence-based treatment strategies to promote your patients’ abilities to self-regulate the stress reaction and self-manage pain. You will learn the science of mindfulness and pain and gain insight into how cognition, emotion and stress impact pain perception. You will practice mindful meditation, body scan and movement and learn skills to apply mindful awareness to teaching patients breathing, body awareness, exercise and the self-regulation of reactions to stress and pain. Experiential exercises help you personally experience the transformative power of mindful awareness. You will return to your clinic with the ability to explain the benefits of mindful awareness to your patients and teach mindfulness-based skills for pain relief that can help both prevent and treat chronic pain conditions. You will be able to draw on mindful listening skills to enhance your therapeutic alliance with your patients. In addition, you will learn mindful self-care practices to avoid burn-out and promote your own well-being.
 
Audience:
This course addresses the topic of mindfulness and pain for all specialties (and the generalist!) dealing with pain and is not limited to the pelvic rehab therapist.
 
Prerequisites:
None
 
What to bring:
Yoga mat, beach towel, or blanket
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
Describe current pain science concepts
Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
Engage on-the-spot mindful practices to support your well-being and inner calm during a busy workday




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8:00 Introductions, course overview
8:15Experiential Exercise Introduction to Mindfulness
8:30 Introduction to mindfulness
9:00 Experiential Practice: Sitting breath awareness
9:30 Proposed mechanisms for how mindfulness works
10:00 Break
 10:15 Mindful body scan
 10:35 Pain science concepts
 11:20 Stress and pain
 11:40 Trauma, PTSD and pain
 12:10 Cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
 12:30 Lunch
 1:30 Mindfulness and pain research
 2:00 Mindful movement research
 2:15 Experiential Practice: Mindful Movement
 3:00 Break
 3:15 Mindfulness and the Self-regulation of Reactions to Pain Movement and Stress
 3:30 Experiential Practice: Integrate mindfulness into breath, body awareness and exercise instruction
 4:00 Walking Meditation
 4:30 Case studies
 5:00 Experiential practice: Practice reflection exercise
 5:15 Q&A
 5:30 Adjourn


Day Two:
 
8:00 Questions, answers, discussion from yesterday
 
8:15 Experiential practice: Mindful movement, body scan, sitting meditation

9:00 The mindful healthcare provider lecture/experiential exercise

10:00 Break 

10:15 Applying mindfulness to pleasant and unpleasant situations
 
10:40 Pain and positive emotional states research

10:50 Mindfulness and opioid use research

11:05 Mindfulness and sleep, anxiety and depression research
 
11:20 Mindfulness and special topics research: fibromyalgia, pelvic floor pain, LBP, headache, TBI, cancer

11:45 Kindness meditation and pain research

11:55 Experiential practice: Kindness meditation

12:15 Q & A

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Mindful communication: Lecture

1:40 Experiential practice: Mindful communication

2:10 Self-management barriers and facilitators

2:20 Putting it all together: Treatment protocol, documentation, billing

2:45 Break
 
3:00 Case Studies
 
3:30 Questions and Answers
 
3:45 Evaluations and wrap-up

4:00 Adjourn



Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA

Carolyn McManus is a highly skilled clinician, researcher and professional trainer. She is an international leader in the integration of mindfulness into healthcare and the practice of mindfulness to promote provider well-being. Carolyn is President of the American Physical Therapy Orthopaedic Section Pain Management Special Interest Group. She holds Master’s degrees in physical therapy from Duke University and in psychology from Antioch University.
Since 1985 she has integrated mindfulness principles and practices into the care of patients with chronic conditions. In 1998, she joined the Outpatient Rehabilitation Department at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, where she established their popular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for people with persistent pain and stress-related illness. She has over 30 years of experience in the practice of mindfulness meditation and has completed an advanced MBSR Teacher Training Program offered at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness.
In 2009, Carolyn was invited by David Kearney, MD to develop and conduct a pilot study examining the role of a 12-week course in Kindness Meditation for veterans with PTSD at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Seattle. She continues to serve on Dr. Kearney’s research team, providing MBSR and Kindness Meditation courses in research exploring the effects of these practices in veterans with a wide range of health concerns, including chronic pain.
Carolyn is a regular presenter at state and national conferences, including APTA’s NEXT and Combined Sections Conferences. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the International Association for the Study of Pain and the Academy of Integrative Pain Management. Learn more about Carolyn at her website: carolynmcmanus.com.
Carolyn's website is carolynmcmanus.com


 
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Street Address (Links to Map)

Course Location

Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge

291 Campus Drive
 Stanford, CA 943053


Recommended Lodging

Sheraton Palo Alto Hotel
(650) 328-2800

625 El Camino Real
 Palo Alto, CA 94301


Nearest Airport

San Francisco International Airport
Airport Code: SFO

San Francisco, CA 94128



 
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Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

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This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


Group Discount
This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
This 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. Students are welcome to attend satellite and remote courses with H&W once they have reached their third year and/or completed a hands-on clinical in their second year. You may register while in your 2nd year for a course that is taking place by the time you have become a third-year student. However, students are not allowed to register or attend a self-hosted course.

 
To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


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Any therapist who has already taken a Herman & Wallace course will earn a $50.00 "referral credit" if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Herman & Wallace course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Herman & Wallace.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 "referral credit" may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a "referral discount".


Guest Blogger Credit/Discount
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Herman & Wallace blog will earn a $50.00 "guest blogger credit". This credit may be applied toward any course.





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A growing body of medical literature suggests mindfulness training is a treatment strategy that can help address the complexities of pain. Mindfulness training has been shown to reduce pain intensity and unpleasantness, decrease depression and anxiety and improve function and quality of life in patients with persistent pain. These improvements may occur through such means as improved body awareness, stress and emotional regulation, attention control and changes in perspective. In addition, mindfulness training contributes to neuroplastic brain changes including increases in prefrontal cortex and hippocampal activity and decreases in amygdala activity. Such changes can potentially help mitigate neurotoxic effects of stress in these chronic pain-associated brain regions.
 
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Audience:
This course addresses the topic of mindfulness and pain for all specialties (and the generalist!) dealing with pain and is not limited to the pelvic rehab therapist.
 
Prerequisites:
None
 
What to bring:
Yoga mat, beach towel, or blanket
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
Describe current pain science concepts
Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
Engage on-the-spot mindful practices to support your well-being and inner calm during a busy workday




Day One:
8:00 Introductions, course overview
8:15Experiential Exercise Introduction to Mindfulness
8:30 Introduction to mindfulness
9:00 Experiential Practice: Sitting breath awareness
9:30 Proposed mechanisms for how mindfulness works
10:00 Break
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 10:35 Pain science concepts
 11:20 Stress and pain
 11:40 Trauma, PTSD and pain
 12:10 Cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
 12:30 Lunch
 1:30 Mindfulness and pain research
 2:00 Mindful movement research
 2:15 Experiential Practice: Mindful Movement
 3:00 Break
 3:15 Mindfulness and the Self-regulation of Reactions to Pain Movement and Stress
 3:30 Experiential Practice: Integrate mindfulness into breath, body awareness and exercise instruction
 4:00 Walking Meditation
 4:30 Case studies
 5:00 Experiential practice: Practice reflection exercise
 5:15 Q&A
 5:30 Adjourn


Day Two:
 
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8:15 Experiential practice: Mindful movement, body scan, sitting meditation

9:00 The mindful healthcare provider lecture/experiential exercise

10:00 Break 

10:15 Applying mindfulness to pleasant and unpleasant situations
 
10:40 Pain and positive emotional states research

10:50 Mindfulness and opioid use research

11:05 Mindfulness and sleep, anxiety and depression research
 
11:20 Mindfulness and special topics research: fibromyalgia, pelvic floor pain, LBP, headache, TBI, cancer

11:45 Kindness meditation and pain research

11:55 Experiential practice: Kindness meditation

12:15 Q & A

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Mindful communication: Lecture

1:40 Experiential practice: Mindful communication

2:10 Self-management barriers and facilitators

2:20 Putting it all together: Treatment protocol, documentation, billing

2:45 Break
 
3:00 Case Studies
 
3:30 Questions and Answers
 
3:45 Evaluations and wrap-up

4:00 Adjourn



Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA

Carolyn McManus is a highly skilled clinician, researcher and professional trainer. She is an international leader in the integration of mindfulness into healthcare and the practice of mindfulness to promote provider well-being. Carolyn is President of the American Physical Therapy Orthopaedic Section Pain Management Special Interest Group. She holds Master’s degrees in physical therapy from Duke University and in psychology from Antioch University.
Since 1985 she has integrated mindfulness principles and practices into the care of patients with chronic conditions. In 1998, she joined the Outpatient Rehabilitation Department at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, where she established their popular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for people with persistent pain and stress-related illness. She has over 30 years of experience in the practice of mindfulness meditation and has completed an advanced MBSR Teacher Training Program offered at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness.
In 2009, Carolyn was invited by David Kearney, MD to develop and conduct a pilot study examining the role of a 12-week course in Kindness Meditation for veterans with PTSD at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Seattle. She continues to serve on Dr. Kearney’s research team, providing MBSR and Kindness Meditation courses in research exploring the effects of these practices in veterans with a wide range of health concerns, including chronic pain.
Carolyn is a regular presenter at state and national conferences, including APTA’s NEXT and Combined Sections Conferences. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the International Association for the Study of Pain and the Academy of Integrative Pain Management. Learn more about Carolyn at her website: carolynmcmanus.com.
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Street Address (Links to Map)

Course Location

Pacific Medical Center

1200 12th Ave South 
Seattle, WA 98144


Recommended Lodging

Best Western Executive Inn 
(206) 448-9444

200 Taylor Ave N 
Seattle, WA 98109


Nearest Airport

Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
Airport Code: SEA

17801 International Blvd
Seattle, WA 98158



 
Directions from Recommended Lodging to Course Location: (click here if no map appears below)
Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

Multi-Course Discount
This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


Group Discount
This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
This 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. Students are welcome to attend satellite and remote courses with H&W once they have reached their third year and/or completed a hands-on clinical in their second year. You may register while in your 2nd year for a course that is taking place by the time you have become a third-year student. However, students are not allowed to register or attend a self-hosted course.

 
To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


Referral Credit/Discount
Any therapist who has already taken a Herman & Wallace course will earn a $50.00 "referral credit" if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Herman & Wallace course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Herman & Wallace.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 "referral credit" may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a "referral discount".


Guest Blogger Credit/Discount
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Herman & Wallace blog will earn a $50.00 "guest blogger credit". This credit may be applied toward any course.




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Contact Hours: 15




Pain is a perception engaging sensory, cognitive and emotional processes. Beliefs, expectations, fear, catastrophizing, childhood stress and trauma, and learning and memory can all modulate a patient’s pain experience. In addition, structural and functional brain changes have been identified in patients with persistent pain that may play a significant role in driving pain chronicity. This multifaceted nature of pain perception requires an equally multifaceted skill set to effectively address the therapeutic needs of patients experiencing pain.
 
A growing body of medical literature suggests mindfulness training is a treatment strategy that can help address the complexities of pain. Mindfulness training has been shown to reduce pain intensity and unpleasantness, decrease depression and anxiety and improve function and quality of life in patients with persistent pain. These improvements may occur through such means as improved body awareness, stress and emotional regulation, attention control and changes in perspective. In addition, mindfulness training contributes to neuroplastic brain changes including increases in prefrontal cortex and hippocampal activity and decreases in amygdala activity. Such changes can potentially help mitigate neurotoxic effects of stress in these chronic pain-associated brain regions.
 
This 2-day course provides you with practical, evidence-based treatment strategies to promote your patients’ abilities to self-regulate the stress reaction and self-manage pain. You will learn the science of mindfulness and pain and gain insight into how cognition, emotion and stress impact pain perception. You will practice mindful meditation, body scan and movement and learn skills to apply mindful awareness to teaching patients breathing, body awareness, exercise and the self-regulation of reactions to stress and pain. Experiential exercises help you personally experience the transformative power of mindful awareness. You will return to your clinic with the ability to explain the benefits of mindful awareness to your patients and teach mindfulness-based skills for pain relief that can help both prevent and treat chronic pain conditions. You will be able to draw on mindful listening skills to enhance your therapeutic alliance with your patients. In addition, you will learn mindful self-care practices to avoid burn-out and promote your own well-being.
 
Audience:
This course addresses the topic of mindfulness and pain for all specialties (and the generalist!) dealing with pain and is not limited to the pelvic rehab therapist.
 
Prerequisites:
None
 
What to bring:
Yoga mat, beach towel, or blanket
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
Describe current pain science concepts
Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
Engage on-the-spot mindful practices to support your well-being and inner calm during a busy workday




Day One:
8:00 Introductions, course overview
8:15Experiential Exercise Introduction to Mindfulness
8:30 Introduction to mindfulness
9:00 Experiential Practice: Sitting breath awareness
9:30 Proposed mechanisms for how mindfulness works
10:00 Break
 10:15 Mindful body scan
 10:35 Pain science concepts
 11:20 Stress and pain
 11:40 Trauma, PTSD and pain
 12:10 Cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
 12:30 Lunch
 1:30 Mindfulness and pain research
 2:00 Mindful movement research
 2:15 Experiential Practice: Mindful Movement
 3:00 Break
 3:15 Mindfulness and the Self-regulation of Reactions to Pain Movement and Stress
 3:30 Experiential Practice: Integrate mindfulness into breath, body awareness and exercise instruction
 4:00 Walking Meditation
 4:30 Case studies
 5:00 Experiential practice: Practice reflection exercise
 5:15 Q&A
 5:30 Adjourn


Day Two:
 
8:00 Questions, answers, discussion from yesterday
 
8:15 Experiential practice: Mindful movement, body scan, sitting meditation

9:00 The mindful healthcare provider lecture/experiential exercise

10:00 Break 

10:15 Applying mindfulness to pleasant and unpleasant situations
 
10:40 Pain and positive emotional states research

10:50 Mindfulness and opioid use research

11:05 Mindfulness and sleep, anxiety and depression research
 
11:20 Mindfulness and special topics research: fibromyalgia, pelvic floor pain, LBP, headache, TBI, cancer

11:45 Kindness meditation and pain research

11:55 Experiential practice: Kindness meditation

12:15 Q & A

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Mindful communication: Lecture

1:40 Experiential practice: Mindful communication

2:10 Self-management barriers and facilitators

2:20 Putting it all together: Treatment protocol, documentation, billing

2:45 Break
 
3:00 Case Studies
 
3:30 Questions and Answers
 
3:45 Evaluations and wrap-up

4:00 Adjourn



Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA

Carolyn McManus is a highly skilled clinician, researcher and professional trainer. She is an international leader in the integration of mindfulness into healthcare and the practice of mindfulness to promote provider well-being. Carolyn is President of the American Physical Therapy Orthopaedic Section Pain Management Special Interest Group. She holds Master’s degrees in physical therapy from Duke University and in psychology from Antioch University.
Since 1985 she has integrated mindfulness principles and practices into the care of patients with chronic conditions. In 1998, she joined the Outpatient Rehabilitation Department at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, where she established their popular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for people with persistent pain and stress-related illness. She has over 30 years of experience in the practice of mindfulness meditation and has completed an advanced MBSR Teacher Training Program offered at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness.
In 2009, Carolyn was invited by David Kearney, MD to develop and conduct a pilot study examining the role of a 12-week course in Kindness Meditation for veterans with PTSD at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Seattle. She continues to serve on Dr. Kearney’s research team, providing MBSR and Kindness Meditation courses in research exploring the effects of these practices in veterans with a wide range of health concerns, including chronic pain.
Carolyn is a regular presenter at state and national conferences, including APTA’s NEXT and Combined Sections Conferences. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the International Association for the Study of Pain and the Academy of Integrative Pain Management. Learn more about Carolyn at her website: carolynmcmanus.com.
Carolyn's website is carolynmcmanus.com


 
Name
Street Address (Links to Map)

Course Location

Harrison Medical Center

1780 NW Myhre Rd
Silverdale, WA 98383


Recommended Lodging

Oxford Suites Silverdale 
(360)698-9550

9550 Silverdale Way NW
Silverdale, WA 98383


Nearest Airport

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
Airport Code: SEA

17801 International Blvd
Seattle, WA 98158



 
Directions from Recommended Lodging to Course Location: (click here if no map appears below)
Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

Multi-Course Discount
This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


Group Discount
This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
This 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. Students are welcome to attend satellite and remote courses with H&W once they have reached their third year and/or completed a hands-on clinical in their second year. You may register while in your 2nd year for a course that is taking place by the time you have become a third-year student. However, students are not allowed to register or attend a self-hosted course.

 
To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


Referral Credit/Discount
Any therapist who has already taken a Herman & Wallace course will earn a $50.00 "referral credit" if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Herman & Wallace course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Herman & Wallace.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 "referral credit" may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a "referral discount".


Guest Blogger Credit/Discount
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Herman & Wallace blog will earn a $50.00 "guest blogger credit". This credit may be applied toward any course.



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Location/Lodging
Instructor
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Price: $475 (Early Registrant Price $450)
Experience Level: Beginner
Contact Hours: 15




Pain is a perception engaging sensory, cognitive and emotional processes. Beliefs, expectations, fear, catastrophizing, childhood stress and trauma, and learning and memory can all modulate a patient’s pain experience. In addition, structural and functional brain changes have been identified in patients with persistent pain that may play a significant role in driving pain chronicity. This multifaceted nature of pain perception requires an equally multifaceted skill set to effectively address the therapeutic needs of patients experiencing pain.
 
A growing body of medical literature suggests mindfulness training is a treatment strategy that can help address the complexities of pain. Mindfulness training has been shown to reduce pain intensity and unpleasantness, decrease depression and anxiety and improve function and quality of life in patients with persistent pain. These improvements may occur through such means as improved body awareness, stress and emotional regulation, attention control and changes in perspective. In addition, mindfulness training contributes to neuroplastic brain changes including increases in prefrontal cortex and hippocampal activity and decreases in amygdala activity. Such changes can potentially help mitigate neurotoxic effects of stress in these chronic pain-associated brain regions.
 
This 2-day course provides you with practical, evidence-based treatment strategies to promote your patients’ abilities to self-regulate the stress reaction and self-manage pain. You will learn the science of mindfulness and pain and gain insight into how cognition, emotion and stress impact pain perception. You will practice mindful meditation, body scan and movement and learn skills to apply mindful awareness to teaching patients breathing, body awareness, exercise and the self-regulation of reactions to stress and pain. Experiential exercises help you personally experience the transformative power of mindful awareness. You will return to your clinic with the ability to explain the benefits of mindful awareness to your patients and teach mindfulness-based skills for pain relief that can help both prevent and treat chronic pain conditions. You will be able to draw on mindful listening skills to enhance your therapeutic alliance with your patients. In addition, you will learn mindful self-care practices to avoid burn-out and promote your own well-being.
 
Audience:
This course addresses the topic of mindfulness and pain for all specialties (and the generalist!) dealing with pain and is not limited to the pelvic rehab therapist.
 
Prerequisites:
None
 
What to bring:
Yoga mat, beach towel, or blanket
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

Define mindful awareness and describe 4 mindful awareness training activities
Discuss research examining mindful awareness training in pain treatment
Describe current pain science concepts
Discuss the contributing role of stress and trauma to persistent pain
Discuss the evidence for the cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
Explain the role of mindfulness training in pain treatment to patients
Instruct a patient in the basic qualities of mindful attention
Integrate qualities of mindful attention when instructing patients in body awareness, breathing, exercise and walking
Identify barriers and facilitators to pain self-management
Employ mindfulness listening principles to promote your therapeutic alliance with your patients.
Engage on-the-spot mindful practices to support your well-being and inner calm during a busy workday




Day One:
8:00 Introductions, course overview
8:15Experiential Exercise Introduction to Mindfulness
8:30 Introduction to mindfulness
9:00 Experiential Practice: Sitting breath awareness
9:30 Proposed mechanisms for how mindfulness works
10:00 Break
 10:15 Mindful body scan
 10:35 Pain science concepts
 11:20 Stress and pain
 11:40 Trauma, PTSD and pain
 12:10 Cognitive and emotional modulation of pain
 12:30 Lunch
 1:30 Mindfulness and pain research
 2:00 Mindful movement research
 2:15 Experiential Practice: Mindful Movement
 3:00 Break
 3:15 Mindfulness and the Self-regulation of Reactions to Pain Movement and Stress
 3:30 Experiential Practice: Integrate mindfulness into breath, body awareness and exercise instruction
 4:00 Walking Meditation
 4:30 Case studies
 5:00 Experiential practice: Practice reflection exercise
 5:15 Q&A
 5:30 Adjourn


Day Two:
 
8:00 Questions, answers, discussion from yesterday
 
8:15 Experiential practice: Mindful movement, body scan, sitting meditation

9:00 The mindful healthcare provider lecture/experiential exercise

10:00 Break 

10:15 Applying mindfulness to pleasant and unpleasant situations
 
10:40 Pain and positive emotional states research

10:50 Mindfulness and opioid use research

11:05 Mindfulness and sleep, anxiety and depression research
 
11:20 Mindfulness and special topics research: fibromyalgia, pelvic floor pain, LBP, headache, TBI, cancer

11:45 Kindness meditation and pain research

11:55 Experiential practice: Kindness meditation

12:15 Q & A

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Mindful communication: Lecture

1:40 Experiential practice: Mindful communication

2:10 Self-management barriers and facilitators

2:20 Putting it all together: Treatment protocol, documentation, billing

2:45 Break
 
3:00 Case Studies
 
3:30 Questions and Answers
 
3:45 Evaluations and wrap-up

4:00 Adjourn






 
Name
Street Address (Links to Map)


Course Location

Doctor’s Building 2

 20805 W 151st St
 Olathe KS 66061


Recommended Lodging

Hilton Garden Inn Olathe
(913)-815-2345

12080 South Strang Line Road
 Olathe, Kansas, 66062 


Nearest Airport

Kansas City International Airport
Airport Code: MCI

Kansas City International Airport
 Kansas City, MO 64153



 
Directions from Recommended Lodging to Course Location: (click here if no map appears below)
 
Carolyn McManus, PT, MS, MA

Carolyn McManus is a highly skilled clinician, researcher and professional trainer. She is an international leader in the integration of mindfulness into healthcare and the practice of mindfulness to promote provider well-being. Carolyn is President of the American Physical Therapy Orthopaedic Section Pain Management Special Interest Group. She holds Master’s degrees in physical therapy from Duke University and in psychology from Antioch University.
Since 1985 she has integrated mindfulness principles and practices into the care of patients with chronic conditions. In 1998, she joined the Outpatient Rehabilitation Department at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, where she established their popular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for people with persistent pain and stress-related illness. She has over 30 years of experience in the practice of mindfulness meditation and has completed an advanced MBSR Teacher Training Program offered at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness.
In 2009, Carolyn was invited by David Kearney, MD to develop and conduct a pilot study examining the role of a 12-week course in Kindness Meditation for veterans with PTSD at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Seattle. She continues to serve on Dr. Kearney’s research team, providing MBSR and Kindness Meditation courses in research exploring the effects of these practices in veterans with a wide range of health concerns, including chronic pain.
Carolyn is a regular presenter at state and national conferences, including APTA’s NEXT and Combined Sections Conferences. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the International Association for the Study of Pain and the Academy of Integrative Pain Management. Learn more about Carolyn at her website: carolynmcmanus.com.
Carolyn's website is carolynmcmanus.com
Attention: We are unable to offer "retro-active" discounts (i.e. applying a discount to a transaction after the transaction takes place), so if you are interested in exploring discount options and you are unsure if your transactions is eligible for a discount, please contact us to inquire.

Multi-Course Discount
This 10% discount is available for a single registrant who wishes to enroll in 3 or more courses, and pay in one transaction. Registrants wishing to enroll in 5 or more courses should contact us for a customized quote. We can also apply this discount if 2 therapists from a single clinic/hospital enroll in 3 or more courses (ie Registrant A enrolls in Course X and Course Y, Registrant B enrolls in Course X, and Registrants A and B both work at Clinic Z). This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. Registration and payment must be received at the same time in one credit card payment, one check or one envelop with multiple checks. This type of registration cannot be completed online, if you are wishing to receive the Multi-Course discount please call or email us directly for assistance.
Course discounts for the Pelvic Floor Series are capped at 10% no matter the group size or number of registrations


Group Discount
This discount is available for a group of three or more registrants, who all work at the same clinic/hospital, enroll in a single course, and pay in a single transaction or mail in multiple checks in a single envelope. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts.

 Groups of 3-5 receive a 10% discount off the combined price of their group's registrations.
Course discounts for the PF series are being capped at 10% no matter on group size or number of registrations - but will be staying the same for specialty courses.


Student Discount
This 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. Students are welcome to attend satellite and remote courses with H&W once they have reached their third year and/or completed a hands-on clinical in their second year. You may register while in your 2nd year for a course that is taking place by the time you have become a third-year student. However, students are not allowed to register or attend a self-hosted course.

 
To get this discount when checking out online, use the code STUDENT2023 for courses scheduled for 2023. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. The H&W admin team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).


Referral Credit/Discount
Any therapist who has already taken a Herman & Wallace course will earn a $50.00 "referral credit" if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Herman & Wallace course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Herman & Wallace.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 "referral credit" may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a "referral discount".


Guest Blogger Credit/Discount
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Herman & Wallace blog will earn a $50.00 "guest blogger credit". This credit may be applied toward any course.




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