Promising Treatments for Chronic Pain

Group Hypnotherapy for Chronic Pain

Butler, L. D., Koopman, C., Neri, E., Giese-Davis, J., Palesh, O., Thorne-Yocam, K. A., Dimiceli, S., Chen, X.-H., Fobair, P., Kraemer, H. C., & Spiegel, D. (2009). Effects of supportive-expressive group therapy on pain in women with metastatic breast cancer. Health Psychology, 28(5), 579-587. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0016124

Castel, A., Cascón, R., Padrol, A., Sala, J., & Rull, M. (2012). Multicomponent cognitive-behavioral group therapy with hypnosis for the treatment of fibromyalgia: Long-term outcome. The Journal of Pain, 13(3), 255-265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2011.11.005

Adachi, T., Fujino, H., Nakae, A., Mashimo, T., & Sasaki, J. (2014). A meta-analysis of hypnosis for chronic pain problems: A comparison between hypnosis, standard care, and other psychological interventions. The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis62(1), 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2013.841471

Supportive-Expressive Group Therapy for Chronic Pain

Butler, L. D., Koopman, C., Neri, E., Giese-Davis, J., Palesh, O., Thorne-Yocam, K. A., Dimiceli, S., Chen, X.-H., Fobair, P., Kraemer, H. C., & Spiegel, D. (2009). Effects of supportive-expressive group therapy on pain in women with metastatic breast cancer. Health Psychology, 28(5), 579-587. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0016124

Goodwin, P. J., Leszcz, M., Ennis, M., Koopmans, J., Vincent, L., Guther, H., Drysdale, E., Hundleby, M., Chochinov, H. M., Navarro, M., Speca, M., & Hunter, J. (2001). The effect of group psychosocial support on survival in metastatic breast cancer. The New England Journal of Medicine, 345(24), 1719-1726. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa011871

Group Music and Imagery Intervention for Chronic Pain (Fibromyalgia)

Torres, E., Pedersen, I. N., & Pérez-Fernández, J. I. (2018). Randomized trial of a Group Music and Imagery Method (GrpMI) for women with fibromyalgia. Journal of Music Therapy, 55(2), 186-220. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmt/thy005