SEPI (Society for the Exploration of Psychtherapy Integration) International Conference Istanbul - An experiential workshop with Mags Clark-Smith and Jennifer Franklin
This September, I am thrilled to be speaking at the ATNS Conference in Boulder, CO. This event brings together experts and learners passionate about understanding and treating neuroplastic conditions. My presentation with Jennifer Franklin PhD is experiential, inviting practitioners to experience internal and external safety. and it’s connection to healing.
Research consultant for Kinesiology pilot study on gut health. Teaching day for participating practitioners, beginning with a movement session to initiate a common understanding of empathy and the therapeutic relationship.
Mags will be attending the first in person PPDA conference, meeting up with many PPD colleagues.
Retreat for Health Care Providers. Presentation on Resolving Chronic Pain using Authentic Movement. Mags will be introducing the concept of internal and external safety using Authentic Movement in an hour long movement workshop.
Kinesiology Conference April 12th -14th 2024 at Athlone Springs Hotel. Presentation on Resolving Chronic Pain and Somatic Support. See the blog on Mags’ presentation here.
PPD Presentation Chronic Pain – Resolution & Stress Resilience
Whole Health Medicine Research meeting, PPD presentation.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
May 11-13, 2023
SEPI is an international, interdisciplinary organization. Our aim is to promote the development of psychotherapies that integrate theoretical orientations, clinical practices, and diverse methods of inquiry. SEPI brings practitioners and researchers together to learn from each other to an unprecedented degree. Effective psychotherapies must be rooted in both clinical and empirical exploration and therefore we facilitate collaboration between practitioner and researcher.
Mags and colleague Dr Jennifer Franklin will be presenting a workshop on Resolving Chronic Pain
Pelvic Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy Conference 2022
Resolving Chronic Pain Poster submission with colleagues Alex Frankam and Sinéad Dufour.
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PAIN SCIENCE, CHRONIC PAIN AND MOVEMENT
Chronic pain can be interpreted as the brain’s fallible perception of danger, generated by the brain to protect us from a perceived threat or fear. Therefore, changing our perceptions, acquiring knowledge, adjusting beliefs, thinking or feeling differently can dramatically reduce pain. Almost everyone who has recovered from stress illness finds understanding the misconceptions of the brain illuminating. It is a physiological process, which can be enhanced by movement, developing body awareness and learning to trust the body again. The role of beliefs and emotions in affecting that ANA regulation is a fascinating and illuminating area of research. After the talk there were lots of questions and positive feedback, and it strengthened my belief that most people experiencing chronic pain are eager to learn about the regulation of the autonomic nervous system. I want to thank Chronic Pain Ireland for having me, and all the attendees for their attention and questions. You can watch a recording of the talk, it’s forty minutes, on the Chronic Pain Ireland website here it has just been uploaded on their home page, and in their online library.Tuesday 29th March 2022 CPI published my article 'Pain Science, Chronic Pain and Movement', to complement the above talk, click here to read the full screen version.
Mags will be interviewed in June by Maya Novak, host of the Mindful Injury Recovery World Summit. Other interviewees include Lissa Rankin, Whole Health Medicine Institute founder. For more information and to book a place click here.
Presentation of combined results from the two pilot studies undertaken at National Maternity Hospital and Cork University Maternity Hospital in 2017.
Presentation of combined data from the two pilot studies undertaken at National Maternity Hospital and Cork University Maternity Hospital in 2017.
Short oral presentation of pilot study results at Irish Pain Society 17th Annual Scientific Meeting, held in Bailey Allen Hall, NUI Galway.
Presentation of Poster on results of pilot study at UCD centre for Translational Pain Research 2nd Annual Scientific Meeting, held at the Health Science Centre, UCD, Dublin.
Three-week course on Moving Forward with Confidence, in association with My Second Spring. A course of three two-hour sessions aimed at women wishing to leap into the second act of their lives with energy and joy.
A speech at the AGM of Chronic Pain, entitled ‘Engaging Patients in Resolving Chronic Pain.’
The talk will cover the neuroscience of chronic pain, the importance of the therapeutic relationship, and why research on the placebo effect matters.
Presentation at the centre for Neuroinflammatory Disorders and Behavioral Medicine academic staff meeting.
Two speeches during this two-day conference held at the Hilton Hotel in Malahide. On Thursday 12th November Mags spoke about Return to Caring, and on Friday 13th November Mags spoke about Management of Chronic Pain and Re-balancing the Autonomic Nervous System.
Speech at the 2015 SIRPA conference at the Royal Society of Medicine in London, on the subject of: Chronic Pain - to suppress, manage or cure?