Daniel O’Connell, Ph.D
Daniel O’Connell, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist who lives in Seattle, Washington. Over the last 35 years, Dr. O'Connell has worked as an educator, consultant, clinician, department chair, and executive director in medical, behavioural health, and educational settings. He is a consultant to The Institute for Healthcare Communication and serves on the faculty of the Foundation for Medical Excellence. He teaches in the Residency Programs at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and maintains a coaching and consulting practice working primarily with health care organizations and individual providers on all aspects of the psychology of medicine, leadership in health care settings, and professional interactions.
Dr. O’Connell develops educational programs for health care providers, groups, and institutions and has led more than 500 workshops on various topics in the psychology of relationships and communication in health care.
He created a program for the disclosure and resolution of adverse medical outcomes that is widely taught in the United States and Canada.
Topic: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as Approaches to Managing Chronic Pain
The learning objectives are:
- Describe applicable frameworks of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and how to borrow shamelessly
- Describe key techniques and ideas in each, as applied to chronic non-cancer pain to reduce resistance and disability and increase value driven behaviour despite discomfort
- Demonstrate strategies that can fit into exam room conversations