This course helps therapists and the public gain a better understanding of our relationship to pain. Why do we try to avoid pain when, time and again, it has been shown to be a beneficial and protective experience designed to keep us from harm?

This "4-letter word" has the potential to derail daily life — but by gaining a clearer understanding of the mechanisms and behaviours around pain, we can modify our experience of it and begin to reduce it.

Can also stand alone or be taught as part of the Creating Empathetic Touch series.