Media and research
DuLong, J. (2022). Startling new science reveals the truth about chronic pain. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/27/health/haider-warraich-chronic-pain-qa-wellness/index.html/
Hsu, M. C., Schubiner, H., Lumley, M. A., Stracks, J. S., Clauw, D. J., and Williams, D. A. (2010). Sustained Pain Reduction Through Affective Self-awareness in Fibromyalgia: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 25(10), 1064–1070. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2955480/
Schubiner, H. (2018). Chronic Pain Reconsidered: A New Role for Therapists. Psychotherapy Networker. https://www.psychotherapynetworker.org/magazine/article/2313/chronic-pain-reconsidered
Various authors. (2021, November 9). The Pain Brain. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/well/chronic-pain.html?searchResultPosition=1
Various authors. (2022, November 19). Special report: Pain. New Scientist, 256, 38-45.
Whitcomb, I. (2021). My Doctor Told Me My Pain Was All In My Head. It Ended Up Saving Me. Slate. https://slate.com/technology/2021/02/chronic-pain-neuroscience-education-running-joy.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab/
Zedner, J. F. (2021). The Psychosomatic Experience of Pain. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-new-normal/202103/the-psychosomatic-experience-pain/
For a listing of academic papers, please see the Bibliography under the Practitioners link on the Psychophysiologic Disorders Association website
Evidence for Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) in the recovery from chronic pain (also known as the Boulder Back Pain Study):
Ashar, Y.K., Gordon, A., Schubiner, H., Uipi, C., Knight, K., Anderson, Z., Carlisle, J., Polisky, L., Geuter, S., Flood, T.F., Kragel, P.A., Dimidjian, S., Lumley, M.A., Wager, T.D. (2022) Effect of Pain Reprocessing Therapy vs Placebo and Usual Care for Patients With Chronic Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry, 79(1): 13-23. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2784694
Evidence for Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy in the recovery of chronic pain:
Lumley, M.A., Schubiner, H., Lockhart, N.A., Kidwell, K.M., Harted, S.E., Clauwd, D.J., and Williams, D.A. (2017) Emotional awareness and expression therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and education for fibromyalgia: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. PAIN, 158, 2354-2363. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28796118/
Thakur, E.R., Holmes, H.J., Lockhart, N.A., Carty, J.N., Ziadni, M.S., Doherty, H.K., Lackner, J.M., Schubiner, H., & Lumley, M.A. (2017). Emotional awareness and expression training improves irritable bowel syndrome: A randomized controlled trial. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 29:e13143. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28643436/
Yarns, B.C., Lumley, M.A., Cassidy, J.T., Steers, W.N., Osato, S., Schubiner, H., and Sultzer, D.L. (2020). Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy Achieves Greater Pain Reduction than Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Older Adults with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Preliminary Randomized Comparison Trial. Pain Medicine, 21(11):2811-2822. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32451528/
Evidence for Internal Family Systems Therapy in the recovery from chronic pain:
Shadick, N. A., Sowell, N. F., Frits, M. L., Hoffman, S. M., Hartz, S. A., Booth, F. D., Sweezy, M., Rogers, P. R., Dubin, R. L., Atkinson, J. C., Friedman, A. L., Augusto, F., Iannaccone, C. K., Fossel, A. H., Quinn, G., Cui, J., Losina, E., Schwartz, R. C. (2013). A randomized controlled trial of an internal family systems-based psychotherapeutic intervention on outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis: a proof-of-concept study. The Journal of Rheumatology, 40(11):1831-41. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23950186/