Therapy of acceptance and responsibility in chronic pain

A new approach to assistance to customers suffering from chronic pain!
Specialists who work with customers suffering from chronic pain will be useful to the behavior change in the behavior of the pain of pain presented in this book. The authors consider the formulations of cases and clinical methods of working with clients experiencing pain, combined with practical instructions and a description of the ACT intervention scenario in relation to a particular patient. The possibilities of adapting the AST approach for therapists and staff are also shown. This book is an invaluable resource for rehabilitation specialists, psychologists, doctors, nurses, graduate students and students.

The collection presents a new conceptualization of this complex problem and practical recommendations for its treatment from the perspective of the treatment and responsibility (ACT) The ACT model helps to change the paradigm in behavioral and cognitive therapy, behavioral medicine and behavioral health disciplines as a whole by shifting an accent from form and content to context and function. The book tells the story of a patient with a chronic pain named Elizabeth, as well as scientific and clinical grounds for a new approach to her problem. The formulation of the case and the clinical technique in the practical manner "from hand to hand" with frequent therapeutic dialogues as examples are considered.

Rehabilitologists, psychologists, doctors, nurses, ergotherapists, physiotherapists and social workers will find a lot of useful things in the book.

About the author
Joan Dahl, Dr. Philosophy, Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor of the Department of Logic of the University in UPSAL, Sweden.
She is a clinical logist and a psychotherapist with thirty years of experience in clinical work in the field of medical rehabilitation and the use of cognitive behavior methods