Treating opioid use disorder with Mindful Awareness in Body-oriented Therapy

Research Study Results

Presented by:
Cynthia Price, PhD MA LMT
Founder, Center for Mindful Body Awareness

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Description

Formal Title -
"I can truly say I love myself now:" Study results on Mindful Awareness in Body-oriented Therapy for treating opioid use disorder.

This is not a top-down lecture; it is an invitation to come together and gently unpack and explore ingrained perspectives that cause harm to others and leave many behind; that thrive on exploitation and that force specific ways of being while denying the deeper truths of ourselves.

This presentation highlights the results from a five-year NIH-funded randomized controlled trial of Mindful Awareness in Body-oriented Therapy (MABT) as an adjunct to medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD). MABT is designed to sequentially teach interoceptive awareness skills to promote self-awareness, self-care and emotion regulation; this mind-body program involves psycho-education, touch, and mindfulness. The pre-post intervention results showed significant increases in interoceptive awareness, and significant reductions in post-traumatic stress symptoms, pain severity, pain interference, and physical symptom frequency for those that received MABT + MOUD compared to those that received MOUD only. Qualitative results highlight improved emotional awareness, emotion regulation and self-agency. Join us in hearing more about this project and the experiences of people who received MABT as part of their treatment.

Learning Objectives:

1. to describe key processes involved in teaching interoceptive awareness through the MABT approach
2. to identify common co-occurring health conditions among people with opioid use disorder
3. to identify key health outcomes in response to MABT among those in MOUD treatment
4. to describe the role of improved somato-emotional awareness for regulation and well-being in response to MABT for those in MOUD

General Agenda

Welcome
USABP Announcements
Facilitated exploration together
Q & A
Overtime discussion (after the event formally concludes)

Center for Mindful Body Awareness - Our Spotlight Event Partner

The Center for Mindful Body Awareness is a non-profit aimed at providing professional trainings in Mindful Awareness in Body-oriented Therapy (MABT), an evidence-based approach to teach body/interoceptive awareness skills for client self-care and emotion regulation. Interoception is the ability to access, attend and process inner body sensory experiences. MABT strategies are particularly helpful for clients with high experiential avoidance. Professional trainings for clinicians are designed as small classes to provide a supportive and individualized learning environment. The Center also works with organizations to train staff, develop programs, and evaluate MABT servicesg. Read more

Your Instructor

Cynthia Price, PhD MA LMT

Research Professor, University of Washington, Department of Biobehavioral Nursing; Director, Center for Mindful Body Awareness

Presenter Bio

Cynthia Price, PhD MA LMT is a Research Professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, USA. Her other professional roles include: Research Director of the UW Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, and Director of the Center for Mindful Body Awareness. Cynthia studies a mind-body therapy she developed called Mindful Awareness in Body-oriented Therapy (MABT). The MABT approach includes psychoeducation, mindfulness and touch to teach interoceptive awareness skills for self-care and emotion regulation. Her clinical and research expertise is primarily focused on community-based research to improve health and well-being among people who are typically disconnected from their bodies due to trauma, chemical dependency, chronic pain, or other life stressors. She trains clinicians in MABT through the Center for Mindful Body Awareness.

She is a Licensed Massage Therapist in WA State (expires 8-31-20)

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