Hope is Realistic: A Physician's Guide to Helping Patients Take Suffering Out of Pain

Hope is Realistic!Treating patients with chronic pain just got easier with this guide for physicians. Created by two experienced medical hypnotists who use evidence-based models in their own practices, this book contains practical mind-body approaches to enhance conventional pain management. Educating patients about the relationship between the sensations they feel and how they feel about them can help doctors help chronic pain patients gain a sense of control and some relief. Mindfully helping chronic pain patients shift from feeling like helpless victims to hopeful, active participants in managing their pain reduces suffering, increases effectiveness of medical treatments and promotes health, healing and well being.