An evidence-based, 1-session intervention that rapidly equips patients with pain relief skills. Clinician certification through Stanford University.

Stanford, CA
Joined May 2019
As a pain psychologist, Dr. @BethDarnall saw how difficult it was for people to access behavioral pain care in their communities. Traditional treatments often require multiple sessions, creating barriers for people who may already struggle to find time, resources, or specialized care. That challenge helped inspire Empowered Relief, a single-session program designed to make evidence-based pain management skills more accessible. Over more than a decade, feedback from patients and clinicians has helped shape the program and inform efforts to expand access to pain care, regardless of where people live. Hear Dr. Darnall discuss the story behind Empowered Relief on the Chronic Pain Reset Podcast: bit.ly/4yw5qpE
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Chris Almario MD at Cedars Sinai in LA receives grant to adapt Empowered Relief to the patients with gastrointestinal disorders. Congrats Dr Almario!!
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53 clinicians from 8 countries newly certified as Empowered Relief instructors!
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Dr. Junie Carriere presents her research at the 2026 Canadian Pain Society meeting 🎊
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Thanks to @DrJohnPereira for sending the poster photo!
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Conclusion: “ER-certified nurses can effectively deliver a single-session, psychology-based, online pain intervention that improves self-reported outcomes in adults with chronic pain.”
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75 clinicians from 6 countries newly certified in our December certification workshop! Our international reach now includes Ukraine
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72 newly certified instructors from 5 countries, and 22 certified instructors added to a growing cadre in the California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation 🙌🏼
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Today 70 interprofessional clinicians from Canada, Australia, Chile, Netherlands, New Zealand and 23 US states became Empowered Relief certified instructors 👏🥳
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Congratulations to the 144 newly certified instructors (Nov and Feb)! US, Canada, Australia, Costa Rica, Netherlands, Great Britain, Germany, and United Arab Emirates are represented Welcome to the Empowered Relief family ✨
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Drs. Leah Flaherty and @kh_oliver publish a novel brief report using ChatGPT for thematic analysis of patient appraisals after receiving Empowered Relief shorturl.at/o96yZ
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60 clinicians from the US, Canada, Australia, Costa Rica, the Netherlands, and the UK are newly certified instructors. Congratulations and welcome to team Empowered Relief! 🥳
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Huge congratulations to the 69 clinicians from Canada, US, Australia, Egypt and Mexico for receiving instructor certification on Friday Welcome to the Empowered Relief team!! 🎉
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Congratulations to Drs. Julie Fritz and Dan Rhon who won an NIH grant to study holistic pain care (including Empowered Relief) for military personnel with musculoskeletal pain 💫
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The August certification workshop is full and closed! Next clinician certification workshop is in November. Registration is open, visit our website for details ✨
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Congratulations to our 72 newly certified instructors !! 🎊 Empowered Relief is available in 29 countries, including Greece and South Africa
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May 13-14 clinician certification workshop is full and registration closed. Next workshop is in August and registration is likely to fill by June. We close registration when it fills
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