Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome

    • Invalidation: A Pervasive Problem

    • Invalidation on a Personal Level

    • Types of Invalidation

    • "I Haven't Found the Right Therapist"

    • A Story of Chronic Pain and Invalidation

    • Projecting Our Responses on Another
  • 2

    The Effect

    • Validation and Back Pain Study

    • Validation vs Reassurance

    • chart

    • Validation and Stress

    • Validation and Pain Science: A Cautionary Tale

  • 3

    Validation, Pain, and Relationships

    • The Effect on Partner Relationships

    • Pain That Cannot be Seen

    • Fibromyalgia and Invalidation

    • Partner Invalidation in Back Pain
  • 4

    Validation Strategies

    • First: Validate the Emotion

    • Validation is Without Judgement

    • Not Looking for an Answer

    • Empathy vs. Sympathy

    • Don't Be Annoying

    • Body Language and Validation
  • 5

    Touch as Validation

    • The Power of Touch to Validate
  • 6

    Final Thoughts

    • The Importance of Connection

    • Thank you!

    • Final Quiz