Living Well with Persistent Pain

Living Well with Persistent Pain is a straightforward guide to understanding the challenges facing those who live with persistent pain.This book offers valuable, easy-to-navigate guidance, answering key questions for everyone whose life is touched by persistent pain. Questions include: ‘What is it like to live with persistent pain?’; ‘Why is it so hard to explain persistent pain to someone else?’; ‘What has psychology got to do with persistent pain?’; and ‘Is it true that laughter and swearing can help with pain?’. This book shows how hard it is for the individual to self-manage in isolation, shares the evidence base for core psychological interventions, and highlights the role we all have to play in supporting those living with persistent pain.Written by an academic expert health psychologist who also has NHS experience of working with people living with persistent pain, this book shares the evidence base in an accessible way. The accessibility makes it indispensable for anyone who wants to understand more about the role they can play in reducing the challenges faced by those living with persistent pain, whether they be the person with pain, their friends, family, employer, or health professionals.