Here is an approach to living with chronic pain unlike any you ve seen before, one that breaks through pain to help you live the rich and full life you deserve. Based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), one of the most promising and fastest growing psychotherapies in use today, this book breaks with conventional notions of pain management, the traditional feel good approaches including the use of pain-killing medication that work to prevent painful sensations.

But the ACT approach to living with pain is different. It helps you recognize pain as an event in your life that...