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Published USA, 2006
Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), this workbook breaks with conventional notions of pain management, those traditional feel good approaches - including the use of pain-killing medication. The ACT approach helps you recognize pain as an event in your life that doesn`t need to interfere with the way you live. By accepting and learning to live with pain, you can limit the control it exerts over your life. Mindfulness exercises, in particular, can help you transform pain from a life-defining preoccupation to a simple experience. From this strong position you can make choices that will lead you to the life you`ve always wanted.

CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS
Discover Why Painkillers Are Not the Answer
Clarify What You Value and How You Want to Live Your Life
Stop Your Thoughts From Holding You Back
Develop Mindfulness Skills to Keep Pain i Perspective
Commit to Meaningful Actions That Lead to Richer, More Fulfilling Experiences

Joanne Dahl is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Uppsala in Sweden.
Large-format paperback. 169 pages