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Tom Nevola
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Workshop Schedule

Welcome
7:30
Yoga
Nidhi Jain, MD, MPH
(optional, ends at 8:15)
8:00
Registration (Page Commons)
8:30
Welcome and introductions - Frederic C. Craigie, PhD

Invocation - The Rev. Dr. Rachel Taber-Hamilton
8:45
Keynote Presentation
Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for “dug-in” chronic pain: A new direction - Joanne Dahl, PhD
9:45
Break (Diamond Atrium)
10:00
Session I of Concurrent Workshops

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Analysis and treatment of “dug-in” chronic pain problems (part 1) Joanne Dahl, PhD

The sacred honoring of pain: The role and impact of ritual in comfort care practice The Rev. Dr. Rachel Taber-Hamilton

Emotion, meaning and the transition from acute to chronic headaches
Jonathan Borkum, PhD and Stacy Whitcomb-Smith, PhD

Coming back to the rhythms of the earth: Releasing pain through Native American drumming Tammy SingingStone and Cheryl Autumn Wind

Intractable suffering at the end of life
Jim Schneid, MD, Jackie Fournier, NP and Julianne Bousquet, MDiv
11:00
Break (Diamond Atrium)
11:15
Session 2 of Concurrent Workshops

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (part 2) Joanne Dahl, PhD

Creating a healing environment to renew the sacred space of work.
Becky Bell, RN, MSN, HN-BC

Waking up in pain Gretchen Breyller Hegeman, PhD

The traditional Chinese medicine approach to pain and suffering Rick Hobbs, MD, FAAFP, DABMA

A shamanic approach to pain Marc Felix, PhD and Celia McLay, DO
12:15
Lunch (Dana Dining Hall)
1:15
Potpourri of after-lunch activities

Create Your Own Network! Come together in open space Jenifer Van Deusen, MEd

A Chakra Balancing Meditation Brenda Colfer, CH, RMT

Coming back to the rhythms of the earth: A celebration in Native American
drumming
Tammy SingingStone and Cheryl Autumn Wind

Meditative walk around the lovely campus
2:00
Session 3 of Concurrent Workshops
See Session 1
3:00
Break (Diamond Atrium)
3:15
Session 4 of Concurrent Workshops
See Session 2
4:15
Closing and benediction
4:30
Adjourn