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Summary:

In this unique guide, Dr. Melissa Day seamlessly integrates recent advances in the biopsychosocial understanding of chronic pain with state-of-the-art cognitive therapy and mindfulness techniques to offer a fresh and highly effective Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) approach to helping patients manage chronic pain. While much available information in this area can be theoretical or speculative in nature, this manual provides everything a therapist needs to integrate MBCT into a practice and optimize its delivery. Readers get detailed, step-by-step guidance on how to teach patients MBCT skills, a complete, eight-session MBCT program structure, illustrated patient and therapist handouts, guided meditation audios, and other powerful tools. --
There is high interest in mindfulness worldwide, and the demand for effective approaches to managing chronic health conditions has never been greater --
Teaches practitioners how to deliver MBCT for chronic pain management in practice; includes real-world examples to help avoid common pitfalls and optimize delivery --
Provides a complete, manualized session structure, combining established mindfulness theory and practices with traditional cognitive-behavioural therapy approaches --
Features links to guided meditation audios, downloadable client and therapist handouts, and other powerful clinical tools --Book Jacket.

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Defining Chronic Pain and its Territory
• 2. Psychosocial Chronic Pain Management: Current State of the Theory and Evidence
• 3. Development of MBCT for Chronic Pain
• 4. Overview of the Eight-Session Treatment
• 5. Session 1: Stepping Out of Automatic Pain Habits
• 6. Session 2: Facing the Challenge
• 7. Session 3:The Breath as an Anchor
• 8. Session 4: Learning to Stay Present
• 9. Session 5: Active Acceptance
• 10. Session 6: Seeing Thoughts as Just Thoughts
• 11. Session 7: Taking Care of Myself
• 12. Session 8: Harnessing the Power of the Mind for Chronic Pain Management
• 13. Integrating MBCT for Chronic Pain with Existing Treatments.

Author/Creator:

Day, Melissa A., 1984- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for chronic pain: a clinical manual and guide [by Day, M.A.]

Subjects:

Chronic pain — Alternative treatment

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

RB127 .D3934 2017eb

ISBNs:

9781119257653 (electronic bk.)
1119257654 (electronic bk.)
9781119257615 [Invalid]
1119257611 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

978248791

Other Control Numbers:

EBC4826402 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp13779093