Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Chronic Pain. a Clinical Manual and Guide (Softcover)

Description

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 individualsmanage 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

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  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

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  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

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  Features links to guided meditations, client and therapist handouts and other powerful tools

Contents

Foreword ix

Acknowledgments xi

About the Companion Website xiii

Introduction 1

Part I Chronic Pain 5

1 Defining Chronic Pain and its Territory 7

2 Psychosocial Chronic Pain Management: Current State of the Theory and Evidence 39

3 The Development of MBCT for Chronic Pain 63

Part II MBCT for Chronic Pain 87

4 Overview of the Eight-Session Treatment 89

5 Session 1: Stepping Out of Automatic Pain Habits 115

6 Session 2: Facing the Challenge 135

7 Session 3: The Breath as an Anchor 153

8 Session 4: Learning to Stay Present 163

9 Session 5: Active Acceptance 179

10 Session 6: Seeing Thoughts as Just Thoughts 191

11 Session 7: Taking Care of Myself 203

12 Session 8: Harnessing the Power of the Mind for Chronic Pain Management 215

13 Integrating MBCT for Chronic Pain with Existing Treatments 225

Conclusion 239

Index 000

Author Information

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 onoptimising mindfulness-based and cognitive-behavioural interventions for chronic pain. 

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