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Break the Chronic Pain Management...

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

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18 Sep, 2013

The Inner Saboteur and Chronic Pain...

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

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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...

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18 Sep, 2013

Move from Surviving to Thriving...

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

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18 Sep, 2013

Developing an Attitude of Gratitude...

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...

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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...

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18 Sep, 2013

Denial Management Counseling for...

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

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18 Sep, 2013

Looking at Chronic Pain Management...

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

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18 Sep, 2013

Holidays and Relapse Prevention for...

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

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18 Sep, 2013

Chronic Pain and Prescription Drug...

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

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18 Sep, 2013

Some Helpful Tips for Chronic Pain...

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

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18 Sep, 2013

Role of Antidepressants in Chronic...

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

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18 Sep, 2013

Information for Effective Migraine...

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

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18 Sep, 2013

Knowledge is Power in Chronic Pain...

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

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18 Sep, 2013

Anticipatory Pain and Chronic Pain...

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

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18 Sep, 2013

A Guide for Managing Pain...

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

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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...

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18 Sep, 2013

Mismanaged Pain Medication can...

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

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18 Sep, 2013

The Role of Neuroplasticity and its...

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

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18 Sep, 2013

The Important Role of Psychotherapy...

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

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18 Sep, 2013

The Role of Eating Addiction in...

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

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18 Sep, 2013

Obstacles for Effective Chronic...

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

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18 Sep, 2013

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