This unique new guide integrates recent advances in the biopsychosocial understanding of chronic pain with state-of-the-art cognitive therapy and mindfulness techniques to offer a fresh, highly-effective MBCT approach to helping individuals manage chronic pain.
- There is intense interest from clinicians, researchers and patients alike in mindfulness-based therapeutic techniques, and the integration of mindfulness theory and practice with CBT
- Provides everything a therapist needs to integrate MBCT into their practice and optimize its delivery, including a manualized 8-session program and guidance on how to teach MBCT skills
- Features case studies and real-world examples that help practitioners to avoid common pitfalls and optimize the delivery of MBCT for chronic pain for their own individual clients
- Features links to guided meditations, client and therapist handouts and other powerful tools
| Foreword |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Introduction |
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| Part I: Chronic Pain |
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1 Defining Chronic Pain and its Territory |
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2 Psychosocial Chronic Pain Management: Current State of the Theory and Evidence |
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3 The Development of MBCT for Chronic Pain |
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| Part II: MBCT for Chronic Pain |
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4 Overview of the Eight-Session Treatment |
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5 Session 1: Stepping Out of Automatic Pain Habits |
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6 Session 2: Facing the Challenge |
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7 Session 3: The Breath as an Anchor |
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8 Session 4: Learning to Stay Present |
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9 Session 5: Active Acceptance |
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10 Session 6: Seeing Thoughts as Just Thoughts |
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11 Session 7: Taking Care of Myself |
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12 Session 8: Harnessing the Power of the Mind for Chronic Pain Management |
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13 Integrating MBCT for Chronic Pain with Existing Treatments |
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| Conclusion |
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| Index |
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Melissa A. Day, PhD, is a NHMRC Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Dr. Day completed her MA (Clin) and PhD in clinical health psychology, with a research focus on pain. Currently her research focuses on optimizing mindfulness-based and cognitive-behavioural interventions for chronic pain.
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