Presenters: Dr. Peter Stilwell, Dr. Sabrina Coninx
Date: May 11, 2021

In this free webinar recording, Drs. Peter Stilwell and Sabrina Coninx provide a brief overview of historical pain theories and models leading up to the biopsychosocial model of pain, outline conceptual and therapeutic challenges associated with the biopsychosocial model and similar integrative models, and provide an introduction to a novel “enactive” approach to pain that focuses on the “field of affordances,” which are perceived possibilities for action. They also discuss the potential advantages and clinical implications of this new way of thinking about pain and the ways people experience themselves and their environment.