Full Description
The opioid crisis arose in part due to the attempt to relieve chronic pain. Meeting a huge need, this is the authoritative presentation of Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) for chronic pain and opioid use. MORE is one of the few evidence-based treatments shown to simultaneously reduce opioid use and/or addiction, pain, and co-occurring emotional distress. MORE integrates mindfulness training with principles of cognitive-behavioral therapy and positive psychology. In a convenient large-size format, the book provides everything needed to set up and run MORE groups. Treatment developer Eric L. Garland supplies session-by-session guidelines, sample scripts, clinical pointers, guided practices, and psychoeducational resources, including 16 reproducible handouts that can be photocopied or downloaded.
Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
2. The Downward Spiral from Chronic Pain to Addiction
3. What Is MORE and How Can It Help?
4. Anatomy of Mindfulness Meditation
5. Processing Mindfulness in a PURER Way
6. Notes on Delivering the Sessions
The MORE Sessions
- Session 1. Mindfulness of Physical and Emotional Pain
- Session 2. Mindfulness and Automatic Pilot
- Session 3. Reappraising Adversity as a Source of Growth
- Session 4. Savoring Healthy Pleasure, Joy, and Meaning in Life
- Session 5. Mindfulness as Freedom from Craving
- Session 6. Breaking the Chain between Emotional Pain and Craving
- Session 7. Mindfulness to Meaning through Interdependence
- Session 8. Maintaining Mindful Recovery
7. Supplemental Session on Self-Transcendence in Recovery
Appendix. Resources for Learning MORE
References
Index
