Managing Children’s Pain with Empathy Ft. Dr. Christine Chambers Purposeful Empathy Hosted by Anita Nowak

Watch this episode to hear a child psychologist discuss strategies for parents to manage children’s pain. Dr. Christine Chambers is a Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience and Paediatrics at Dalhousie University, whose work focuses on pain management in children. In this episode, she offers parents specific strategies to reduce pain when children are afraid of needles or getting immunized. 00:00 Introduction 00:23 About Dr. Christine Chambers 01:43 Why newborn surgeries did not include anaesthesia until relatively recently 04:08 Christine's describes the "It Doesn’t Have to Hurt” social media campaign 06:04 How to decrease children’s pain during vaccinations 08:58 Strategies for parents when children are in pain 11:14 How to manage family risk without adding anxiety to our children 13:30 Advice to address the psychological pain that often results from social media 15:35 The importance of listening and learning from our kids 16:45 Empathy’s role in pain management 19:45 Dr. Christine Chambers’ Purposeful Empathy story CONNECT WITH DR. CHRISTINE CHAMBERS ✩ TED Talk; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge6RY7L2vVo ✩ Website; https://www.drcchambers.ca/ CONNECT WITH ANITA ✩ Email [email protected] ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/ ✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram ✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21 ✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook ✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity ✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast This episode was brought to you by Grand Heron International REACH THEM AT ✩ Website www.grandheroninternational.ca; www.ghi.coach ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/grand-heron-international/ ✩ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/grandheroninternational/ ✩ Instagram @Grand_Heron_International ✩ Twitter @GrandHeronIntl ✩ https://twitter.com/GrandHeronIntl Video edited by David Tsvariani