Therapy for acceptance and responsibility in chronic pain. Heis S., Dal J., Wilson K.

The collection presents a new conceptualization of this complex problem and practical recommendations for its treatment from the perspective of the treatment of acceptance 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.