Acute & Chronic Pain Worksheets

• Pain Catastrophizing Scale (Sullivan, Bishop, Pivik, 1995)  Download PCS from Dr Sullivan’s site
• Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire (McCracken, Vowles, Eccleston, 2004)  Download CPAQ (0.1MB)
• The Illness Perceptions Questionnaire (IPQ: Weinman et al, 1996) is a useful measure of how patients think about their illness  Download in EnglishVisit the IPQ website
• Phoda-SEV (Photograph Series of Daily Activities) is a tool to help patients determine a hierarchy for the threat value (i.e. fearfulness) of certain activities. It is useful in treating pain patients where there is a strong fear-of-movement component  unimaas.nl  archive.org

Treatment guides

• British Pain Society Guidelines for Pain Management Programmes for adults (2013) britishpainsociety.org

Information handouts

• The Pain Toolkit – a helpful toolkit for people who live with persistent pain paintoolkit.org archive.org

Exercises, Worksheets & Workbooks

Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT)

• Cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic pain – therapist manual va.gov archive.org
• Pain management diary livingcbt.com

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)

• Life with chronic pain – an acceptance based approach – therapist guide and patient workbook contextualscience.org archive.org
• Acceptance and commitment therapy in the treatment of chronic pain – Dahl & Lundgren div12.org archive.org
• McCracken, L. M., & Vowles, K. E. (2014). Acceptance and commitment therapy and mindfulness for chronic pain: model, process, and progress. American Psychologist, 69(2), 178 apa.org
• ACT for chronic pain – Lance McCracken div12.org

Pacing

Pacing is about finding the right balance between spending enough time on an activity so that you can gain enjoyment form it, without pushing yourself so hard that it significantly worsens your pain.

• Pacing information and instructions psychologytools.com
• Pacing instructions with worked examples Download from Cambridge University Hospital archive.org
• Pacing instructions umich.edu
• Pacing for back pain ouh.nhs.uk

• Pain management: application of cognitive behavioral methods – Michael Nicholas hkpainsociety.org archive.org
• Lecture on fear avoidance in chronic pain archive.org