Join Beverly Thorn discussing the One Thing she wants people challenged by pain to know about. Explore the current state of pain science research and clinical practice in this straight-to-the-point interview with Beverly.
About Beverly Thorn
Beverly Thorn, PhD, is Professor Emerita of Psychology at the University of Alabama. Since retiring in 2016, she has continued to plan an active role in the dissemination and implementation of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for chronic pain in low-income and disadvantaged populations. Find out more about Beverly here.
Transcript
Beverly, what’s the one thing you want people suffering from persistent pain to know about?
I’m going to say more than one thing: The first is: you’re not alone.
Our patients feel tremendously alone. And this is one of the reasons I love to do group therapy and one of the first things they say right out of the shoot is, oh, I’m not the only one. Oh, I’m not alone.
You’re not alone.
And if you change one thing, one thing, and it could be a very small thing, something changeable in your life and in your quality of life, it has a ripple effect. And you have more power to collaborate on your treatment by changing just one thing.
Your pain is real and you’re not alone empowers them. And I think it’s all about empowerment.
Yeah that’s great, thank you so much Bev.