Why therapists need a philosophy of pain
A very special guest post from three very high calibre thinkers, philosophers and clinicians. My sincere thanks to Julian Kiverstein, Laura Rathbone and Mick Thacker…
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There are nearly two billion people in the world with an ongoing pain state – we can’t take questions from individual sufferers nor can we provide individual treatment advice but we do have a find a clinician service where you can locate clinicians around the world with Explain Pain education. You may also find reading the clinically orientated stories within noijam helpful.
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