The MBCPM™ program offers a mindful tour through many vital aspects of pain management that participants can incorporate into their personalized pain management “basket” or “tool belt”. Especially where multidisciplinary pain clinics are hard to reach, this offers an alternative that can be accessed from home via video platforms with skilled facilitators guiding the process.
Learning about, and looking through, the mindfulness lens is at the core of this group program, allowing exploration and deeper understanding of what can be most impactful for each participant in managing their pain. Mindfulness opens up greater awareness of what is underlying chronic pain. The brain changes in response to these interventions, and so do immune systems.
With Mindfulness-Based Chronic Pain Management (MBCPM™), you’ll learn the principles of mindfulness and meditation and how they support those suffering chronic pain and illness.
8 WEEK ONLINE (MIGRAINE) PROGRAM
Dr. Jackie Gardner-Nix (GP – focused practice psychotherapy) and Natanya Mandel
**Cost of digital program materials approximately $75 CAD
- Wednesdays 4 – 6:30 pm ET
- September 20th – November 8th, 2023
- OHIP covered* or $700 private pay outside of Ontario (materials extra**)
- Contact Dr. Gardner-Nix at [email protected]
- Downloadable referral form
- *Initial patient consultation may be required
ADDITIONAL ONLINE PROGRAM SCHEDULES
**Cost of digital program materials approximately $75 CAD
Dr. Michael Zitney (GP – focused practice pain medicine)
- Thursdays from 6 – 8:30 pm ET
- September 21st – December 7th, 2023
- OHIP covered (materials extra**)
- Contact Dr. Zitney at [email protected] for consultation and enrolment details
- Self-Referral or MD referral
Dr. Paulette Licorish (Neurologist)
- Mondays 1 – 3:45 pm ET
- Fall 2023 dates to be announced
- OHIP covered (materials extra**)
- Contact Bita at [email protected]
- Phone: 647-385-3363 and Fax: 647-427-2900
- Referral forms required emailed or faxed by the participant’s health care professional
Annie Hebert (RN)
- Mondays from 1 – 3:15 pm ET
- Fall 2023 dates to be announced
- Phone: 705-898-2594 or Fax: 705-898-3106
- materials extra**
Dr. Allen Steverman (GP – focused practice pain medicine) Montréal, Quebec
- Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM)
- Programs in French for patients of CHUM
- Winter 2023 dates to be announced
- Phone: 514-890-8455 and Fax: 514-412-7132
- Cost covered by Quebec Provincial Health Plan
IN-PERSON PROGRAM SCHEDULES
**Cost of digital program materials approximately $75 CAD
Barb Fraser (MSW) Halliburton, Ontario
- Thursdays from 10 am – 12:30 pm ET
- November 2nd, 2023 – February 1st, 2024 (no class December 21/28th, 2023)
- Phone: 705-455-0220 ext. 312
- Contact Barb at [email protected]
- materials extra**