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Break the Chronic Pain Management Trance and Wake...

So how do you wake up from your trance? The first step is to realize you’re sleeping. You can learn to recognize and...

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18 Sep, 2013

The Inner Saboteur and Chronic Pain Management

If you don’t know whether or not you have a problem, it can be extremely difficult to find a solution. Have you ever had a...

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18 Sep, 2013

Stress and Chronic Pain Management

I’ve had reinforced again this week the importance of stress management for people experiencing any type of medical...

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18 Sep, 2013

Move from Surviving to Thriving with Your Chronic...

Sometimes people living with chronic pain drop into a deep dark trance. Pain, especially chronic pain, is an emotional...

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18 Sep, 2013

Developing an Attitude of Gratitude for Better...

As we begin a new year I always look back at the past year to remind myself of all that I’m grateful for.  This is a...

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18 Sep, 2013

Living with Chronic Pain

As the year is ending I am looking back and noticing that this past year I have experienced more pain flare ups than...

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18 Sep, 2013

Denial Management Counseling for Effective...

Back in the mid 1990s I was fortunate to work with Terence T. Gorski on a project on ways to help people with addictive...

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18 Sep, 2013

Looking at Chronic Pain Management Roadblocks

Living with chronic is a major challenge for most people—I know it is for me.  One of the reasons so many people struggle...

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18 Sep, 2013

Holidays and Relapse Prevention for Eating...

For most people the upcoming Holiday Season is a time of hope and celebration.  For others it is a dreaded time of year...

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18 Sep, 2013

Chronic Pain and Prescription Drug Problems

When someone finally starts to realize they have a problem with their pain medication their initial decision to seek help is...

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18 Sep, 2013

Some Helpful Tips for Chronic Pain Management

Understanding that irrational thinking and the self-defeating behaviors that result can sabotage effective chronic pain...

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18 Sep, 2013

Role of Antidepressants in Chronic Pain Management

Many people with chronic pain disorders become clinically depressed and a medication intervention may be necessary depending...

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18 Sep, 2013

Information for Effective Migraine Pain Management

As anyone who ever experienced a migraine headache knows it can be extremely debilitating—I know this first hand as...

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18 Sep, 2013

Knowledge is Power in Chronic Pain Management

As someone who lives with chronic pain and periodic pain flare ups I know how important it is for me to know as much about...

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18 Sep, 2013

Anticipatory Pain and Chronic Pain Management

I believe it is important for people living with chronic pain to understand that sometimes what you most fear your actually...

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18 Sep, 2013

A Guide for Managing Pain Medication in Recovery

I’m excited to announce that my latest publication is now out—Addiction-Free Pain Management (APM) Module Four: A Guide...

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18 Sep, 2013

addiction

I first saw the need to develop a relapse prevention protocol for compulsive overeaters, food addicts and binge eaters in...

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18 Sep, 2013

Mismanaged Pain Medication can Sabotage a Chronic...

There is quite a bit of confusion and mislabeling of people on long-term use of pain medication.  Many patients are...

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18 Sep, 2013

The Role of Neuroplasticity and its Effects on...

I believe that people living with chronic pain need to know about the role of Neuroplaticity (I call this the hijacked brain...

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18 Sep, 2013

The Important Role of Psychotherapy to Obtain...

I’m on my way today to present at the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapist (CAMFT) at their annual...

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18 Sep, 2013

The Role of Eating Addiction in Chronic Pain...

I recently received the published copy of my latest book “The Eating Addiction Relapse Prevention Workbook” that I...

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18 Sep, 2013

Obstacles for Effective Chronic Pain Management

People living with chronic pain often receive negative messages from their healthcare providers.  They have been told...

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18 Sep, 2013

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