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Speaker: Dr Sue Peacock


We’re delighted to continue our < /span>OUPS Webinar Series with an engaging session ex ploring the psychology of pain and how psychological approaches can help transform the way people experience it. This talk is ideal for anyone int erested in health psychology\, neuroscience\, mental wellbeing\, or the c omplex relationship between mind and body.


Pain is never just a physical sensation\; it is a deepl y personal experience shaped by emotion\, attention\, memory\, and the me anings people attach to their symptoms. Contemporary psychological and ne uroscientific research consistently shows that these factors do not simpl y colour the pain experience - they actively influence its intensity\, pe rsistence\, and impact on daily life.


In this talk\, Dr Sue Peacock wil l bring the science of pain to life by exploring how the brain interprets threat\, how expectations and past experiences shape perception\, and ho w unhelpful beliefs can quietly amplify distress. By focusing on the whol e person rather than the symptom alone\, we begin to understand why pain varies so widely between individuals.


Sue will also discuss practical psychological strategies tha t can help ease suffering and restore a sense of agency. Approaches such as cognitive reframing\, focused attention techniques\, hypnosis\, and be haviour change interventions will be explored\, alongside clinical exampl es demonstrating how small shifts in thinking and emotion can lead to mea ningful improvements in pain.


Rather than viewing pain solely as a physi cal problem to be endured\, psychology offers ways of understanding and i nfluencing the experience itself. By the end of the session\, participant s will have a clearer understanding of how evidence-informed psychologica l interventions can help people move from feeling overwhelmed by their pa in to feeling more in control of it.
2nd Dec 19.00 - 20.20

Microsoft Webinar Series: Pain\, Percep tion\, and Possibility | OUPS

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