This manual, now updated and significantly expanded with more than 50% new material, has helped thousands of clinicians effectively treat patients with chronic pain. At a time when the opioid crisis is in full swing, pain self-management techniques are more essential than ever. The volume presents how to implement 10 therapeutic modules based on proven cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) strategies. In a convenient large format, it includes 58 reproducible client materials and assessment tools that purchasers can photocopy from the book or download and print from the book's website. The website also offers access to relaxation audio recordings narrated by the author, as well as supplementary resources for treating patients with lower literacy levels.

New additions to this edition:

• Incorporates over a decade of significant advances in pain research and clinical practice.
• Therapeutic modules that allow clients to enter a group at any point after an introductory session.
• Expanded with motivational enhancement, relaxation, and mindfulness techniques.
• Many new materials, assessment tools, and therapist scripts, as well as recordings.
• Orients and engages clients using the latest research on how the brain processes pain.

Pages: 355