[Psychological concepts in pain therapy practice. 2: Behavior therapy, self-management and overview of cognitive...

In this part, the contribution of cognitive behavior therapy and the self management approach in psychological pain therapy is presented. A five-step-model of cognitive behavior is explained. The different steps are diagnostics, development of a new cognitive model of the disorder, acquisition of coping strategies, applications, transfer and relapse prevention. Focus of this paper are the coping strategies, thus, the interventions in confrontation with a pain stimulus. The self management approach has the goal to enable the patient to use coping strategies as quickly as possible by himself and to support the self-regulation of the patient. At the end, a survey about cognitive self-control strategies is given.