Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Chronic Pain - by Melissa A Day (Paperback)
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Highlights
- 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.
- About the Author: Melissa A. Day, PhD, is a NHMRC Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
- 288 Pages
- Medical, Pain Medicine
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Book Synopsis
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
From the Back Cover
A proven approach to integrating mindfulness with CBT to manage chronic pain
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
About the Author
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.
