CPD Event title: Pain & Long Term Health conditions
Brief Description Of Event:
The aim of this CPD is to provide practitioners with a sound understanding of how to work with clients suffering with long-term, chronic and complex health conditions using the SF approach.
This is a full-day CPD being split over 2 half days in order for Kim to manage her own pain & health conditions.
The aim of this CPD is to provide practitioners with a sound understanding of how to work with clients suffering with long-term, chronic and complex health conditions using the Solution Focused approach. It includes additions to the initial consultation and what to say in revision during sessions.
According to the DoH Over 15 million people in the UK struggle with long-term, chronic and complex health conditions, noting that one of the most important factors in successful management of these conditions is the patient themselves. Solution Focused Hypnotherapy can empower clients to manage their conditions and re-create a life of meaning and enjoyment.
Course Content
This CPD will cover:
- Understanding common complex health conditions, including hyper-mobility conditions and long covid
- Not your normal ‘chronic pain’ clients and why
- Understanding client symptomatology
- Pain revision and the three Ps for chronic and complex condition clients
- Basic pacing for you and your clients
- distraction techniques for the brain and the body
- What you can add into your I/C and revision sessions
- What we can teach clients about their brains
- Positive activities/interactions with complex health conditions
- Marketing/Gaining new clients
You can read more about Supporting Long-Term Health Conditions and Pain Management in this fascinating interview of Kim Clayden by Ali Hollands on the subject
Date of event: Oct 04, 2026
Duration of Event: 1 day, 10.00am – 1.00pm
Venue for event: Online
Name of trainer: Kim Clayden
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Website: https://www.cpht.co.uk/events/28-pain-long-term-health-conditions/
Maximum number of participants: 15
Cost of Course: £105
Cost for NCH members: £94.50
How to claim discount: Members should email coordinator@hypnotherapists.org.uk for discount code
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About your tutor
Kim is a CPHT graduate specialising in Pain Management. she guest lecturers Pain Management on the HPD course and has used the solution focused approach to manage her own and her clients long term, chronic and pain conditions. She is hEDS & PoTs expert patient.
You’ll find her working online from her beautiful floating therapy room as well as speaking to support groups and professionals about how the solution focused approach can help give back control and enjoyment to chronic, long term and pain clients.
Additional Information
Counts as 6 hours CPD.
This CPD is for Solution Focused Hypnotherapists, graduates of CPHT.