Dr. Goodman is a licensed Clinical Psychologist, certified Hypnotherapist, certified Biofeedback Technician and certified Disaster Mental Health Response Specialist. He is a graduate of the Chicago School of Psychology formally the California Graduate Institute as well as the Hypnosis Motivation Institute. He is on faculty at UCLA as a lecturer, clinical instructor and clinician working as Chief Clinical Pain Psychologist in the Orofacial Pain Department of the UCLA Dental School in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Goodman specializes in the following: ï Depression, anxiety, sleep disorders and pain management ï Bruxing, TMD, PTSD and habit reversal ï Individual, couples, marriage and family counseling Dr. Goodman utilizes the following treatment modalities: ï Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), psycho-dynamic therapy, hypnotherapy and biofeedback. Dr. Goodman has used hypnosis and hypno-neurology as well as biofeedback in conjunction with clinical psychology for a number of years and has experienced wonderful success with regard to a wide range of challenges. Dr. Goodman also holds a Doctorate in Music from the University of Southern California, is trained as a concert pianist and specializes in the treatment of performance anxiety.

Objectives:
• Define chronic pain, depression and anxiety
• Contrast medical and biopsychosocial models of pain
• Discuss and review different assessment instruments and therapeutic techniques utilized to evaluate and treat depression, anxiety and chronic pain.
• Understanding the Theory of the Mind-Body Connection
• Understanding the role of emotions that underly chronic pain, i.e., anxiety, depression, etc.
• Understanding the different assessments used to assess the psychological aspects of the patient’s suffering.
• Understanding the application and advantages to the different modalities: mindfulness, Act, CBT, psychodynamic, biofeedback, etc., in relieving the patient of said chronic pain.