TPC Pain College
Welcome to TPC Pain College!
TPC Pain College is an information rich, web-based learning resource.
![](https://paincommunity.org/wp-content/uploads/healing-art2.jpg)
Healing Art Program
The first Pain College module subject is an eight-session Healing Art experience with creative art facilitator Christine Davis Zouaoui, LPC, RPT-S. The use of creative or expressive art is not new – it’s been used for hundreds of years. Making art is therapeutic. The more formal art therapy is a specific form of psychotherapy that uses free expression and making art as a form of communication and self-expression. The goal of this creative art project is to provide a web-based creative art project for distraction, self-management of chronic pain, self-awareness and self-esteem, empowerment, and ultimately improved health outcomes in those with chronic pain. You do not need to have an art background or artistic skills to participate.
![](https://paincommunity.org/wp-content/uploads/music-as-medicine.jpg)
MUSIC AS MEDICINE PROGRAM
The second Pain College module subject is a six-session Music experience with music facilitator Laura Pawuk, MM, MT-BC. Those who live with chronic pain may have a difficult time finding the right words to describe a life of chronic pain. Music can provide you with an alternative way to express ever-changing emotions and be a potential form of help. Please participate in our experimental research study to examine the use of music to minimize pain. Learn how music might help you. Check out this six-session webinar series that will help you develop expressive music skills to help with your pain management. You do not need to have a music background or musical skills to participate.