Chronic Pain for Clinicians
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Assessing Readiness to Change in Patients with Chronic Pain
The stages of change model is a useful tool to consider when conceptualizing the treatment of a patient with chronic pain. The stages of change model identifies five distinct stages that an individual moves through when trying to adapt a new healthy behavior or overcome a problematic one. It is often used when treating drug Read more
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What can we do for our Chronic Pain Patients as Mental Health Clinicians in Limited Time?
Sound familiar? If you’ve felt that moment of being at a bit of a loss to help someone with chronic pain, you’re not alone. Working with individuals that have chronic pain is certainly not the easiest clinical work you can find but it can be highly rewarding. When people slowly begin to realize they can Read more
Dr. Benjamin Sandler - Licensed Clinical Psychologist 