"The book is a moving and compelling invitation to bring a radically new way of working with the fact of our pain. It is a book of enormous tenderness and honesty, offering wise guidance on how we can live with greater ease by turning towards what we most fear about our pain and suffering."
Mark Williams, Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford

• Available from the Breathworks office

Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Piatkus 1996
Based on Dr Kabat-Zinn’s extensive experience running the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Centres in the USA. They run courses helping people with chronic pain and stress to manage their lives.

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A New Approach to Preventing Relapse by Zindel V Segel, Mark G Williams, John D Teasdale. Guilford 2002
Integrating cognitive therapy principles and practice into a mindfulness framework

The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness by J. Mark G. Williams, John D. Teasdale, Zindel V. Segal, Jon Kabat-Zinn. Guilford 2007
Includes a guided meditation CD

The Breathing Book by Donna Fahri. Holt 1996
Many of our health problems stem from, and are exacerbated by, poor breathing. This book offers a thorough look at how we breathe, problems we may have and their remedies. Includes exercises with instructions.

Heal Thy Self - Lessons on Mindfulness in Medicine by Saki Santorelli. Bell Tower, 2000
Saki Santorelli and Jon Kabat-Zinn founded a very successful stress reduction clinic in Massachusetts USA.

Pain Relief without Drugs - A Self-Help Guide for Chronic Pain and Trauma by Jan Sadler. Healing Arts Press, 2007. Previously published as Natural Pain Relief. Includes a 55 minute CD

Pain - The Science of Suffering by Patrick Wall. Phoenix 2000
This is an interesting book from a scientific point of view. Before his recent death, Patrick Wall was one of the major researchers in the area of pain for over forty years and a leading authority on the subject.

Chronic Pain: The Complete Guide to Relief by Arthur C Klein. Constable 2001

An excellent book based on a survey of a thousand people who had devised methods to deal with chronic pain syndrome. It includes lots of good practical advice including some very simple physical exercises.

Coping Successfully with Pain by Neville Shone. Sheldon Press 2002
A helpful guide written by Neville Shone who has lived with chronic pain for many years

Backcare, the Charity for Healthier Backs

An excellent magazine, help lines and so on are available for a small membership fee

16 Elmtree Rd
Teddington
Middlesex
TW11 8ST

Tel: 020 8977 5474
Fax: 020 8943 5318
info@backcare.org.uk
www.backcare.org.uk