In Conversation With Chronic Pain: An Integrative Framework for Understanding and Treating Chronic Pain
Chronic pain as an entity presents a challenge across many domains of life. It fails to serve adaptive or physiological functions. Beyond the exorbitant economic burden and strain on our healthcare system, chronic pain takes a heavy toll on the psychosocial and emotional wellbeing of sufferers and t...
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Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia
2023-06-01
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| description | Chronic pain as an entity presents a challenge across many domains of life. It fails to serve adaptive or physiological functions. Beyond the exorbitant economic burden and strain on our healthcare system, chronic pain takes a heavy toll on the psychosocial and emotional wellbeing of sufferers and their relationships. As a complex biopsychosocial condition, routine treatments can ignore important variables, rendering them insufficient in relieving patient suffering. Research examining psychological management strategies for chronic pain is largely dominated by cognitive-behavioural models of therapy. Psychodynamic psychotherapeutic models have been substantially less explored. Through a relational lens, this theoretical essay explores aetiological influences of chronic pain. Consideration of the intersection of trauma, attachment, and pain then grounds an argument for a psychodynamic approach to chronic pain management. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-de19f5acb4834d659a9406775cd43f4f2025-08-20T02:38:25ZengPsychotherapy and Counselling Federation of AustraliaPsychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia2201-70892023-06-0111110.59158/001c.77932In Conversation With Chronic Pain: An Integrative Framework for Understanding and Treating Chronic PainGina KezelmanChronic pain as an entity presents a challenge across many domains of life. It fails to serve adaptive or physiological functions. Beyond the exorbitant economic burden and strain on our healthcare system, chronic pain takes a heavy toll on the psychosocial and emotional wellbeing of sufferers and their relationships. As a complex biopsychosocial condition, routine treatments can ignore important variables, rendering them insufficient in relieving patient suffering. Research examining psychological management strategies for chronic pain is largely dominated by cognitive-behavioural models of therapy. Psychodynamic psychotherapeutic models have been substantially less explored. Through a relational lens, this theoretical essay explores aetiological influences of chronic pain. Consideration of the intersection of trauma, attachment, and pain then grounds an argument for a psychodynamic approach to chronic pain management.https://doi.org/10.59158/001c.77932 |
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| title | In Conversation With Chronic Pain: An Integrative Framework for Understanding and Treating Chronic Pain |
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| title_short | In Conversation With Chronic Pain: An Integrative Framework for Understanding and Treating Chronic Pain |
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