Stratégies d’intervention pour aider efficacement les personnes souffrant de douleur chronique [Strategies to effectively help people suffering from chronic pain; available in French only]
Presentation at CRAN on January 28, 2016 by Frédérick Dionne, Ph.D., Psychologist and Professor at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR)
This practical booklet presents the main characteristics of cognitive and behavioural therapy (CBT) and, more specifically, acceptance and commitment therapy. The goal of the approach is to help the patient to accept pain in his life, enabling him to resume his daily activities. ACT does not relieve symptoms directly, but instead works on improving the patient’s quality of life.
The booklet, which is intended for both patients and care providers, contains slides from the presentation and spaces for notes. At the end, there are suggestions for guided meditations available online that can be accessed directly by clicking on the links. The themes are as follows:
- Five-minute focus on breathing
- Bring awareness to your breathing, encompassing the whole body
- Reconnect with your body by doing a body scan
- Learn from pain from the perspective of the wise observer
- Leaves on the river
- Take a break with “the breath space”