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Podcast: Pain Science Podcast
Episode: Episode 152 | JoAnne Dahl, PhD: The Art And Science Of Values In Pain Care Using Acceptance And Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Description: We are discussing the importance of values in pain care and how values are approached through the lens of acceptance and commitment therapy. In acceptance and commitment therapy, the term values refers to activities that give your life meaning. Values can be looked upon as the people, the causes and the activities that are deeply important to you. When you connect to your values, you're able to move your life forward in meaningful directions even in the face of very difficult and very painful experiences. This is why values are so important because in clinical trials, values are associated...