The New Change Your Brain, Change Your Pain (eBook)

Based on EMDR

Mark Grant (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
228 Seiten
Trauma and Pain Management Services Pty Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-925457-26-1 (ISBN)

Inhalt

Audio downloadsxi
Introduction1
How to get the most out of this book4
Part One: Know Your Brain Know Your Pain
Your Brain in Pain9
First principles9
Introducing your brain10
Bottom up and top down processing:11
Bottom-up and top-down processing of pain12
Left and right hemisphere processing of pain17
Two key brain functions that maintain pain19
Summary20
How Pain Gets into Your Brain21
Stress, pain, and your brain22
How severe stress leads to pain25
Biochemical effects of severe stress25
Summary32
7 'Brain-Smart' Steps to Change Pain33
7 'Brain-Smart' Steps to Overcoming Pain37
Summary43
Part Two: Bottom-up Strategies for Changing Pain
Tame Your Pain (touch)47
Why we need touch48
Why we are afraid to touch49
What is Healing Touch?50
How to use Healing Touch to feel better53
Four 'Healing Touch' strategies for taming your pain54
Summary63
Tame Your Pain (Bls)65
What is the Orienting Response and why does it matter?65
What is bilateral stimulation?67
How can bls help you feel better?68
Bls at work: June's story69
How to use bls to tame your pain72
How to use the bilateral stimulation audio resources74
Overcoming attention problems74
Other sensory strategies75
Summary78
Understanding Feelings79
What are feelings and why do they matter?81
Emotions and Your Brain83
Normal emotional reactions to chronic pain84
Summary91
Regulating emotions93
Accepting feelings94
Interpreting feelings98
Bilateral stimulation101
Touch102
Enjoyable activities102
Sharing feelings103
Acting on Feelings104
Mindfulness strategies107
Summary110
Trauma processing111
What is EMDR and how is it different from other therapies?111
How EMDR changes your brain113
Trauma and pain114
Dissociation: the key to pain memories114
The eight stages of EMDR115
The positive cognition116
What happens in an EMDR session?117
Esther's story: healing accident-related pain and trauma119
How you can benefit from EMDR124
Summary124
Self-Care (emotional)127
Emotional Self-Care and Your Brain129
Attachment problems and pain131
How to tell if you do not have enough social support132
How to increase your emotional support134
Safety136
Spiritual practices139
Summary141
Self-Care (physical)143
What is sleep and why do you need it?144
Pain and sleep146
Five ways to sleep better147
Exercise and Pain152
The Benefits of Exercise152
How to exercise154
Diet and Pain155
Summary157
Part Three: Top-down Strategies for Overcoming Pain
Uncovering the Meaning of Your Pain161
The PFC - where 'you' come from161
Core negative self-beliefs162
How to uncover the meaning of your pain164
How to develop a positive post-pain identity166
Developing healthy self-beliefs168
Summary169
Dealing with other stressors171
Life is stressful171
Effects of chronic pain on relationships173
'3 is a crowd': the problem of third-party involvement175
The blame game175
The lack of a medical diagnosis177
Managing expectations regarding medical treatment177
Dealing with 'other stressors'179
Other cognitive strategies179
Summary185
Reintegration187
Normal brain, normal you187
How I lost my hand and found my life: The Michael Weisskopf Story188
Looking forward190
You can go your own way191
Summary193
Appendices195
Appendix A195
Appendix B 196
Appendix C198
Appendix D200
Appendix E201
References204
Index214

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.9.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Alternative Heilverfahren
• Schlagworte: Change your pain • EMDR • heal your pain • overcoming anxiety • overcoming pain
• ISBN-10: 1-925457-26-5 / 1925457265
• ISBN-13: 978-1-925457-26-1 / 9781925457261