Coping with Emotional & Physical Pain

Pain is an inevitable part of everyone s life, and the effective management of pain is critical in people s life satisfaction and general well-being. Physical pain is any pain experienced in the body signaling something wrong in the body and needing to be fixed. Emotional pain is the feelings associated with an emotional trauma either from the past or present. Both physical pain and emotional pain have potential to cause considerable problems in a person s life. Both types of pain must be explored and managed in order for people to live satisfying and healthy lives. Sometimes emotional issues manifest as physical discomfort; often physical pain leads to emotional suffering. The Coping with Emotional & Physical Pain Workbook contains assessments and guided self-exploration activities that can be used with a variety of populations to help participants cope more effectively with the various types of pain in their lives. Each chapter of this workbook begins with an annotated Table of Contents with notes and examples for the facilitator. Each chapter contains two primary elements: 1) A set of assessments to help participants gather information about themselves in a focused situation, and 2) a set of guided self-exploration activities to help participants process information and learn ways of coping with emotional and physical pain. Use the assessments and activities in this workbook to help your clients cope more effectively with the physical and emotional pain in their lives. All of the guided activities are fully reproducible. Activities are divided into four chapters to help you identify and select assessments easily and quickly.