Empowered Relief® is an evidence-based, skills-based class that requires only ONE VISIT
Empowered Relief® is a two-hour pain class that was developed by a pain psychologist and researcher at Stanford University. It is delivered by certified clinicians world-wide. Researchers who developed Empowered Relief found that participation in the class reduced pain-related distress, pain intensity, pain interference with daily life, sleep problems, and many other symptoms. These results were found to last 6 months after taking the class! Empowered Relief® is currently delivered as part of standard care at major medical systems like Cleveland Clinic, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and many others.
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Research Support for Empowered Relief®
Comparison of a Single-Session Pain Management Skills Intervention With a Single-Session Health Education Intervention and 8 Sessions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain
A Randomized Clinical Trial
"In this 3-arm randomized clinical trial that included 263 adults with chronic low back pain, a single-session pain management skills class was noninferior to 8 weeks of CBT and superior to a health education class for pain catastrophizing and multiple secondary outcomes at 3 months after treatment."
Empowered Relief, cognitive behavioral therapy, and health education for people with chronic pain: a comparison of outcomes at 6-month Follow-up for a randomized controlled trial
"Outcome improvements within Empowered Relief did not decrease significantly from 3-month to 6-month, and indeed ER showed additional 3- to 6-month improvements on pain catastrophizing, pain bothersomeness, and anxiety. Effects of Empowered Relief at 6 months post-treatment (moderate term outcomes) kept pace with effects reported by participants who underwent 8-session CBT."
Efficacy of a Single-Session "Empowered Relief" Zoom-Delivered Group Intervention for Chronic Pain: Randomized Controlled Trial Conducted During the COVID-19 Pandemic
"Zoom-delivered ER had high participant satisfaction and very high engagement. Among adults with chronic pain, this single-session, Zoom-delivered, skills-based pain class resulted in clinically significant improvement across a range of pain-related outcomes that was sustained at 3 months."
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Disclaimers
Empowered Relief® should not replace a medical evaluation
Empowered Relief® is an educational class and attendance does not establish a therapist-client (or treating) relationship with the instructor
Empowered Relief® is interactive and includes participant Q&A. (if you wish to protect your privacy, you will be able to leave your camera off and refrain from interacting with the group)