Table of Contents

Introduction: The Medical Necessity of Psychotherapy for Pain Management. PAIN ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT PLANNING. Assessment through Structured Interviews, Checklists, and Pain Rating Scales. Assessing Disability, Pain Beliefs, Coping, and Maladjustment. Treatment Planning. COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL PAIN MANAGEMENT. A Cognitive-Behavioral Model of Pain and Suffering. Implementing Cognitive Therapy for Pain Management. Reprocessing Pain Beliefs and Stressful Experiences. Behavior Therapy for Pain Management. HYPNO-BEHAVIORAL PAIN MANAGEMENT. Hypno-Behavioral Pain Management Psychotherapy Strategies. Inducing Hypnosis and Assessing Hypnotic Ability and Responsiveness. Using the Hypnotic Ability and Response Profile (HARP) Strategically. Epilogue. Appendices. References. Indexes

About the Author

ARTHUR FREEMAN, EdD, ABPP, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and Past President of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy. He has published seventeen books and forty papers and chapters. He is coauthor of Cognitive Therapy of Suicidal Behavior and coeditor of the Comprehensive Casebook of Cognitive Therapy. Dr. Freeman holds diplomates in clinical and behavioral psychology of the American Board of Professional Psychology and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.