What This Workshop Offers

Over four weeks, you’ll be guided through a structured, supportive process that integrates:

 Pain Neuroscience & Psychoeducation

• Understanding pain as a protective nervous system response
• Why pain can persist even after tissue healing
• How threat, stress, and memory amplify pain signals
• What helps the brain feel safe enough to de-sensitise

 Somatic Body-Based Practices

• Nervous system regulation and resourcing
• Pendulation (moving gently between comfort and sensation)
• Titration (small, manageable doses of sensation and awareness)
• Learning how to “dial pain up and down” rather than fight it

 Hypnotherapy for Pain Relief

• Guided hypnotherapy to calm threat responses
• Re-educating the brain’s pain pathways
• Imagery and suggestion to reduce reactivity and intensity
• Learning to separate sensation from fear

 Body Psychotherapy Principles

• Listening to the body’s language
• Tracking sensation without overwhelm
• Restoring a sense of agency and choice
• Working with pain rather than against it

 Home Practice (Essential)

Participants are asked to:

• Listen to short guided audios between sessions
• Practice 10–30 minutes on most days
• Experiment with new ways of responding to pain signals

This is where the real change happens.

The workshop  will be initially offered 3 times a year.  Please join the wait list if you are interested in being notified.

Participant Readiness & Safety Requirements

This workshop is designed for persistent or chronic pain that has been medically investigated and is no longer explained by active injury or disease.

To ensure safety and suitability, participants must meet the following criteria.

Medical Clearance Requirement

Before joining this program, participants must confirm that:

• Their pain has been investigated by a GP or relevant medical professional
• Any necessary scans, tests, or assessments have been completed
• There is no current medical condition requiring urgent or ongoing medical intervention
• They have been advised that movement, gentle activity, or pain reduction will not place them at risk

This program works alongside medical care, not instead of it.

Type of Pain This Program Is Suitable For

This workshop is appropriate for pain that is:

• Persistent or chronic (often present for months or years)
• Disproportionate to findings on scans or tests
• Present long after tissue healing should have occurred
• Variable, migratory, or inconsistent
• Worsened by stress, fatigue, or emotional load
• No longer responding well to medication, or where medications cause unwanted side effects

Examples include (but are not limited to):

• Fibromyalgia
• Chronic fatigue–related pain
• Chronic widespread pain
• Long-term pain following injury where healing has occurred
• Pain with no clear structural cause
• Pain associated with nervous system sensitisation
• Tension-based or stress-amplified pain
• Pain described as “nothing shows up on scans, but it’s still there”

Pain This Program Is NOT Suitable For

This workshop is not appropriate for:

• Acute injury or recent trauma
• Pain caused by active disease or inflammation requiring medical treatment
• Unstable spinal conditions
• Undiagnosed pain
• Pain where reducing sensation could place you at risk of further injury
• Situations where pain serves a necessary protective function

If unsure, please consult your GP before registering.

Important Consideration: Secondary Consequences of Pain Reduction

Pain can sometimes act as a protective signal.

Participants must consider whether reducing pain could lead to behaviours that may cause harm, such as:

• Overexertion
• Pushing past physical limits
• Returning too quickly to activities that may cause reinjury

This workshop includes education on safe pacing and listening to the body, but participants are asked to take personal responsibility for their choices.

Participant Self-Assessment Checklist

To ensure their safety and wellbeing, participants will be required to complete a checklist with the following questions before registration

Participants must be able to tick all boxes to participate.

Medical & Safety

• My pain has been assessed by a GP or relevant medical professional
• I have been advised that there is no active medical condition requiring urgent treatment
• Any injuries related to my pain have healed, as confirmed by time, scans, or medical advice
• Reducing my pain would not place me at risk of harm or further injury

Pain Profile

• My pain has been present for several months or longer
•  Scans or tests have shown no clear cause, or the cause no longer exists
• My pain fluctuates or worsens with stress, fatigue, or emotional load
• My pain feels “out of proportion” to any current physical findings

Medication & Treatment History

• I have tried pain medications with limited relief
•  Medications are becoming less effective or causing unwanted side effects
• I am seeking non-pharmacological approaches to pain management

Readiness & Responsibility

• I understand this is not a medical or diagnostic program
• I am willing to listen to guided audio/hypnotherapy exercises between sessions (10–30 minutes most days)
• I agree to pace myself and listen to my body
• I take responsibility for my participation and wellbeing

Important Information

This workshop is a therapeutic, educational group program focused on nervous system regulation and pain management through body-based practices, psychoeducation, and hypnotherapy.

It is not a medical service, does not provide diagnosis, and does not replace advice or treatment from a registered medical practitioner.

Participation is limited to individuals whose pain has been appropriately investigated and who have been advised that pain reduction will not place them at risk.

Participants are encouraged to continue working with their GP or healthcare provider and to seek medical advice if symptoms change or worsen.

All practices are voluntary and self-paced. Participants are responsible for listening to their body and engaging only to the level that feels safe.

If past trauma (PTSD) is identified as potentially contributing to the pain experience then individual private hypnotherapy in addition to this workshop may be recommended to help reduce the impact of this (This will be in addition and not included in this workshop).