Cognitive Therapy for Chronic Pain ─ A Step-by-Step Guide

This go-to manual--now revised and significantly expanded with more than 50% new material--has guided thousands of clinicians to help clients with chronic pain manage their symptoms and restore function. The volume provides everything needed to implement 10 treatment modules that draw on proven cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) strategies. It includes 56 reproducible client handouts and assessment tools that purchasers can photocopy from the book or download and print from the companion website. The website also offers access to downloadable audio recordings of relaxation exercises narrated by the author, plus supplemental resources for treating clients with lower levels of literacy.

New to This Edition
*Incorporates over a decade of important advances in pain research and clinical practice.
*Treatment modules now designed to be less dependent on each other, so clients can enter a group at any point after an introductory session.
*Expanded with motivational enhancement, relaxation, and mindfulness techniques.
*Many new handouts, assessment tools, and therapist scripts, as well as audio downloads.
*Increases patient buy-in with an accessible treatment rationale grounded in state-of-the-art brain research.

Beverly E. Thorn, PhD, ABPP, is Professor Emerita of Psychology at the University of Alabama, where she was on the faculty for 30 years, including serving as Director of the Clinical Psychology PhD program for 15 years. She is a Fellow of the Society for Health Psychology (Division 38 of the American Psychological Association (APA)), the Society of Clinical Psychology (Division 12 of the APA), and the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Dr. Thorn is on the editorial boards of several scientific journals, including Health Psychology, Pain, Journal of Pain, and European Journal of Pain. Her research has focused on investigating the important components of CBT for chronic painful conditions. Since retiring in 2016, she has remained active in research and clinical efforts on dissemination and implementation of CBT for chronic pain in low-income, multiply disadvantaged populations. She also consults in health care settings to help train behavioral health providers to implement CBT for pain management.?
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