Chronic Pain Ireland

CPI Members Network meeting
2027-09-14 11:00 - 12:00, 2027-08-10 11:00 - 12:00, 2027-07-13 11:00 - 12:00, 2027-06-08 11:00 - 12:00, 2027-05-11 11:00 - 12:00, 2027-04-13 11:00 - 12:00, 2027-03-09 11:00 - 12:00, 2027-02-09 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Dublin) and 3 more dates
Each month CPI holds our peer to peer network meetings which are facilitated by our current Chairperson. It’s a safe, inclusive space to meet others, to chat, share and support each other. Our membership feedback regularly mentions the importance of speaking with others where they can chat openly without judgement and connect with others.
This event is open to members of Chronic Pain Ireland and if you would like to join, membership is €22.00 per year. See here for more details.
Many of our members have formed life long friendships as a result of attending CPI events, workshops and taking part in research. Please, consider becoming part of our community.

HSE Living Well with Chronic Pain
2027-03-09 10:30 - 13:00, 2027-03-02 10:30 - 13:00, 2027-02-23 10:30 - 13:00, 2027-02-16 10:30 - 13:00, 2027-02-09 10:30 - 13:00, 2027-02-02 10:30 - 13:00, 2027-01-26 10:30 - 13:00, 2027-01-19 10:30 - 13:00 and 10 more dates | online, Ireland
HSE Living Well with Chronic Pain programme in partnership with Chronic Pain Ireland
The HSE Living Well with Chronic Pain programme is now open for registration. This free, 6 week programme can help you develop skills and confidence to manage your condition.
Workshop Topics
Techniques to deal with symptoms of chronic pain conditions, such as fatigue, sleeplessness, stress, and emotional problems such as depression, anger, fear, and frustration, with emphasis on cognitive behavioural therapy techniques for managing pain.
Topics include:
ï‚· Appropriate exercise for maintaining and improving strength and endurance
ï‚· Balancing activity with rest
ï‚· Tools for overcoming worst-case thinking
ï‚· How our minds affect pain and how we can use our minds to lessen pain
ï‚· Negative emotions
ï‚· Healthy eating
ï‚· Appropriate use of medication
ï‚· Working more effectively with health care providers
ï‚· Communicating with friends and family
ï‚· Communicating with the health care system
ï‚· Communicating with oneself
ï‚· Action-planning, problem-solving, decision-making
Why join the Living Well with pain programme?
People who are supported in this way increase their knowledge, skills and confidence to better manage their health in partnership with their health care provider(s).
Note: This is an online event.
To Register: For more information or to register, contact the Living Well Team via Email LivingWellDNCC@hse.ie

Guided Mindfulness & Meditation for Chronic Pain
2026-12-02 19:00 - 20:00 | online, Ireland
Guided Mindfulness & Meditation for chronic pain

How can mindfulness help chronic pain?
There is now a growing body of research to show that mindfulness programmes, often referred to as Mindfulness-Based Interventions or MBI’s, can have a positive effect in a range of situations, one example being that MBI’s have been found to reduce pain intensity (Paschali et al 2023)
During Brain Awareness Week in 2024 we were delighted to launch our newest online support service in collaboration with Alfie Golden (see bio below) who will facilitate a small group of CPI members through a mindfulness and meditation session with time at the end for reflection and questions. These events are safe, inclusive, open and engaging and we hope that you enjoy the experience. Alfie explains that ‘in the context of mindfulness, we might speak of two types of pain – primary and secondary. Primary pain is the physical sensation we experience with illness or injury. Secondary pain relates more to the thoughts and emotions that accompany primary pain. For example, we might label the physical feeling of a broken bone or a cut as primary pain and the accompanying worry (“How am I going to work with a broken arm?”, “What if this doesn’t heal properly?”) would be secondary pain.
Mindfulness can’t directly help get rid of the primary pain but can drastically reduce our secondary pain, which often has a longer lasting impact on us.
Mindfulness can help us to manage the mental/emotional side of long-term illness by changing our relationship to our symptoms, reducing the amount of worry, anxiety or stress that goes with them. This can then actually lower the amount of primary pain we perceive.
We may not have control over what is happening to our bodies but by developing a sense of kindness and compassion towards ourselves, along with the ability to clearly see our experience, we can change our experience of pain and learn to live well with it.
These stand alone sessions will run on the following Wednesday’s at 7pm however it is vital that you register in advance as places are limited. To register please log into your account via https://chronicpain.ie/my-account/

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Facilitated and guided by Alfie Golden a graduate member of the Psychological Society of Ireland and accredited by the Mindfulness Teachers Association of Ireland. Having graduated from UCC with both a degree in Applied Psychology and a master’s degree in Mindfulness-Based Wellbeing, he has been practicing mindfulness meditation for over 10 years and is passionate about helping others to discover the benefits for themselves of following evidence-based training in mindfulness.

Alfie offers courses in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness in the Workplace, talks and workshops along with one-to-one mindfulness training and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
