News from Maggie Phillips, Ph.D.
December 2007


In This Issue:
  • Gratitude
  • What's New?
  • News From the Pain Front
  • Gifts
  • Dear Colleague,

    In this issue of my email newsletter, along with my gratitude, I offer you more research results on the most effective ways to address chronic pain, and include an invitation for you to join me on the phone for live teleseminars on the subjects covered in my book, Reversing Chronic Pain.

    I wish for all of you a peaceful, restful and joyous holiday season. Thanks for continuing to include me in your new year.

    Warmest Wishes,

    Maggie Phillips
  • Gratitude
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    At this time of year, when it's easy to get lost in the hectic consumerism that appears to be glued to the holiday season, focusing on gratitude is an important antidote. There is a wonderful website on gratitude that will send you free daily emails on the subject and provide other services as well. To visit, go to www.gratefulness.org.

    I continue to be grateful for feedback and helpful comments on the Reversing Chronic Pain book. Here is one of the most recent ones:

    "Congratulations on writing a straight-forward book that draws on the best of information from the field of Chronic Pain Treatment, Somatic Experiencing and Energy Psychology. It is no easy task to extract the relevant elements and show how they can be applied to this specific population. You have done an excellent job. This book will be an on-going resource for myself as well as my patients. Again, thanks for making this information available in such a succinct way - your expertise is clearly evident in this book."
    -- Dr. Phyllis Mabbett, RN, Ph.D.

  • What's New?
  • Live Teleseminars:

    December 12
    January 23

    There is another Reversing Chronic Pain teleseminar fast approaching on December 12 at 9 am Pacific time, 12 pm East Coast time, and 6 pm European time. The last teleseminar on November 28 was very stimulating. This is the time of year where it's hard to think about signing up for one more thing, but please spend 30 seconds considering this possibility. In the November call we discussed:

    • Are there reliable ways to interrupt pain cycles?
    • Why do I always seem to develop pain that prevents me from doing the things I really want to do?
    • How do I come to believe I deserve to live without pain?
    • What is the best place to start with pain treatment?
    • How can I help my loved one or friend with their pain problem?
    • How do I help people believe that they are already having moments without pain?
    We also included 2 practice exercises designed to begin to shift pain directly.

    What about YOU? What would you need to convince yourself or someone you care about to enroll in the December 12 seminar? If you submit questions or issues that are important to you before the call, I guarantee that you will hear the answers on the call. And if there is a skill you want to learn, I guarantee that I will teach it on the call. How can I make these guarantees? This is how strongly I believe in interactive learning that helps you engage fully in a change program. Because you "buy in" when you decide the questions that are most important to you right now in terms of treating and resolving pain, you will receive maximum benefits from the call.

    To find out more about the power of interactive learning and to submit your questions, click here. To help design the call as a professional treating pain, click here.

    Each of the next 2 Reversing Chronic Pain teleseminars on December 12 and January 23rd are $40 each, or 2 for $70. For the next 10 people that enroll in both seminars, you will also be given free access to a live video presentation on one of the most important secrets in resolving pain which involves treating past trauma. To enroll now, click here. To send this announcement to someone you care about, use the froward email option at the bottom of this email.

    You may enroll in the December 12 seminar up until 6 pm Pacific time on December 11. Paypal is available to make a credit card payment (for help in using PayPal, click here or email [email protected]).

  • News From the Pain Front
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    There continues to be a lot of controversy around reliance on pain medication.

    One recent study noted that making medications reliably available at the same time every month reduced pain patient anxiety levels by more than 20%. Once patients perceived that their pain would be managed, they were more open to receiving help improving quality of life as well as pain symptoms.

    Most effective pain treatment programs are multi-dimensional. A typical plan might be: Address relevant lifestyle issues such as weight loss, addictions, and family conflicts; discuss job satisfaction and work ergonomics; review patient's functional status in terms of quality of life; prescribe supplements and alternate treatment including massage therapy, acupuncture, or use of a TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) unit; probe psychosocial issues, such as fear of change, motivation for change, spiritual beliefs, and discuss styles of change.

    What seems to be missing, in my opinion, is an evaluation of what changes a patient is ready and willing to make and why. There are numerous multi-pronged programs designed to resolve chronic pain. Unless the patient is invested as a FULL partner in change, however, these approaches will not be effective. Practitioners who treat pain MUST be willing to support any positive change, no matter how small, tin order to create an effective treatment partnership, which in turn can help the person in pain develop a strong mind-body partnership.

  • Gifts
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    This time of year we tend to be obsessed with finding the perfect gifts for friends and loved ones to show our appreciation for them. If you are close to someone in pain, why not order Reversing Chronic Pain? (For the online Amazon price of $12.21, click here.)

    If you order between now and December 26 and email us the contact information for the person you gifted along with a copy of your receipt, we will add the gift of a free learning module in our new Reversing Chronic Pain online program (www.reversingchronicpain.com coming soon). This double gift will help your loved one or client get off to a running start to permanent pain relief.

       
    Maggie Phillips, Ph.D.
    2768 Darnby Dr.
    Oakland, CA 94611
    USA
    510-655-3843

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