The Chronic Pain Care Workbook: A Self-Treatment Approach to
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lewandowski, Michael J. / Kroening, Richard J., PUBLISHER: New Harbinger Publications, A Powerful Step-by-Step Approach to Dealing with Chronic Pain Sixteen years ago, psychologist and author Michael Lewandowski devised a series of questions for patients suffering from chronic pain to identify specific factors that aggravate and perpetuate pain. Those questions became the Behavioral Assessment of Pain (BAP) questionnaire, which is now used throughout the world in the treatment of chronic pain. Now, for the first time, this book brings this powerful set of tools to people just like you who are looking for a way to live better with pain. The tools in this book will give you control over your own pain-management process by helping you monitor your responses to pain. Use the assessments to help gauge your levels of physical and emotional pain, sleep habits, and general ability to function throughout the day. Then put the book's practical advice to work to maintain a higher quality of life despite pain. Ultimately, you'll start to achieve higher activity levels and a greater degree of fulfillment. Use these techniques to: Reduce fatigue and boost energy levels Manage medication use wisely Change your thoughts about chronic pain Stop avoiding pleasurable activities Limit emotional pain and suffering Enjoy greater family, social, and intimate engagement "Lewandowski has created an easy-to-use manual people can use to help manage pain. By following the simple exercises included, they may better understand the perpetuating factors contributing to their pain so they may embrace effective strategies for managing fatigue, thoughts, behaviors, and suffering. The book's information about working with doctors will prove invaluable, and by using the recommendations included, people with pain will be able to get more out of every medical visit. This book will help those with chronic pain ultimately live more satisfying and productive lives." -B. Eliot Cole, MD, MPA, executive director of the American Society of Pain Educators "This is the best self help book on chronic pain that I have seen. It is clearly written, has many helpful suggestions, and is evidenced based. This is an outstanding source of helpful information written by an astute clinician and one of the nation's leaders in chronic pain management." -William O'Donohue, Ph.D., Nicholas Cummings Professor of Organized Behavioral Healthcare Delivery in the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno "Pain is the ubiquitous and often debilitating accompaniment to most chronic illnesses. Lewandowski has written an important, clinically sound, and remarkably user-friendly self-treatment approach that can be of much needed benefit to pain sufferers. It is strongly recommended." -Nicholas A. Cummings, Ph.D., Sc.D., past president of the American Psychological Association; distinguished professor emeritus of clinical psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno; and president, of the Cummings Foundation for Behavioral