“Retraining the miswired mind: calming the pain brain with trance”

The Clinical Hypnosis Society of New Jersey is pleased to welcome Jennifer Swaim, Ph.D., BCB, MBA.

Please join us on Sunday June, 23, 2024 as Jennifer Swaim, Ph.D., BCB, MBA, presents: “Retraining the miswired mind: calming the pain brain with trance”

This program will be held virtually on Zoom from 11AM to 1PM EDT.

The Clinical Conversations are free to members of ASCH, its component sections, and SCEH.  There is a $15 fee for nonmembers.  All proceeds go to fund the Stephen R. Lankton Scholarship Award.

Description:  There is increasing evidence that properly facilitated “imagined” experience can play a central role in supporting the recalibration of the brain’s response to pain perception. Join us as we explore recent findings in pain science which can be utilized in combination with hypnotic techniques to support chronic pain recovery. Information on pain neuroscience education for patients, opportunities to integrate hypnotic techniques for pain recovery in clinical practice, as well as an experiential exercise will be offered.

Biography: Jennifer Swaim, Ph.D, BCB, MBA is a licensed psychologist and practice consultant who specializes in supporting individuals pursuing the best possible functioning in their professional and personal lives.

Dr. Swaim is a member of the American Psychological Association, Is an Approved Consultant and educator for The American Society for Clinical Hypnosis since 2013, and is Board Certified in General Biofeedback by the Biofeedback Certification Institute of America. In addition to her expertise in applied human factors, she holds an MBA in Health Care.

Her Medical Psychology private practice currently focuses on work with individuals with chronic pain, biomedical ethics and peak performance/positive psychology. She is the current acting director of the Kansas City VAMC Integrated Pain Clinic, and notes that none of her opinions represent those of the Federal government. Previous areas of specialization have included psycho-oncology, rehabilitation psychology, consultation/liaison psychology, presurgical psychological evaluations, and psychogenic disorders.

In her off duty hours, she is a harpist and violist with local musical performance groups including the Kansas City Social Symphony, of which she is a Directive Board Member. She brings her working companion therapy-assist certified canine Luna along on many life adventures, and strives toward creative written expression in all its forms.