Dr. Joe Tatta | The Healing Pain Podcast

Thanks for joining me for another episode of the show. We are talking about mindfulness and cognitive-based treatments for chronic pain management. If you've been following along with the show, you know that we talk a lot about mindfulness-based treatments for pain, as well as the various types of cognitive-behavioral approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance And Commitment Therapy, mindfulness-based stress reduction and even pain neuroscience education. We have yet to explore the mechanisms as to why these approaches work or if there's one that works better for certain populations. Here to speak to us about the what, why and how of mindfulness-based chronic pain management techniques is Clinical Psychologist Dr. Melissa Day. Melissa completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Alabama. She works as an award-winning pain researcher in Australia. Her research focuses on randomized trials to evaluate the efficacy and mechanisms of mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral interve