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Bronwyn T. Occupational Therapist

About me: I trained as an occupational therapist, and graduated in 1984. Since then I’ve... Full Bio
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Pain management in groups using a CBT approach – Why do it? by Bronwyn T. Occupational Therapist Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain I’m spending a few days looking at practical ways for working with group CBT for chronic pain. It’s the most researched form of CBT-based pain management, and off ... Read on »
`Pain management in groups using a CBT approach – Why do it? by Bronwyn T. Occupational Therapist Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain `Yesterday I started to look at why pain management using a CBT approach can work well in groups. As I mentioned, it’s the most researched form of CBT-based pain manage ... Read on »
Pain management in groups using a CBT approach – Why do it? by Bronwyn T. Occupational Therapist Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain This week I’m looking a working effectively with groups for pain management using a CBT approach. Someone said recently ‘why should six clinicians be tied up for ... Read on »
Friday Funnies! by Bronwyn T. Occupational Therapist Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Yes, I’ve been good this week, and I have given myself TWO WHOLE DAYS off work! To reward yourself, take the following with a glass of water, and lie down. Can you tell ... Read on »
A model of executive functioning and stress regulation by Bronwyn T. Occupational Therapist Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain I’m a visual kind of girl, I need to see a diagram to help me conceptualise how the things I’ve been writing about recently all fit together. I’ve been look ... Read on »
Stress: The final frontier (executive functions) by Bronwyn T. Occupational Therapist Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain It’s visceral. Stress – hits you in the guts. Some of us cope well, some of us don’t – some of our stress lingers, sometimes it’s just the littl ... Read on »
Theories of emotion, self-regulation and pain by Bronwyn T. Occupational Therapist Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Can chronic pain be a force that shapes how we go about responding to challenges within our environments?Does chronic pain influence how we feel emotionally about daily activi ... Read on »
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Friday funnies! by Bronwyn T. Occupational Therapist Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain It’s Canterbury Anniversary Day today, so the neighbourhood is all quiet, and it’s a beautiful day outside. Forgive the dreadful funnies today – groan-induc ... Read on »
Emotions and self-regulation in chronic pain by Bronwyn T. Occupational Therapist Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain I posted about the reciprocal effect of emotions on goal content and today I want to look a little further into this.A profound statement in the paper by Hamilton, Karoly & ... Read on »
Chronic pain management is NOT just like ‘any other chronic disease’ by Bronwyn T. Occupational Therapist Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain The other day someone said to me that managing chronic pain was just the same as managing something like diabetes, hypertension, asthma or any other chronic disease. It irked ... Read on »
‘What do I do when I’ve had enough’: The Effect of Emotions on Self-regulation & Chronic Pain by Bronwyn T. Occupational Therapist Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain As soon as read the first paragraph of the paper I’ve used as the basis for this post, I knew I was onto something that resonated with my original occupational therapy ... Read on »
Self regulation – what it is and what to do by Bronwyn T. Occupational Therapist Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain So, if self regulation is about exerting control over thoughts, feelings, actions and physiology, how does it work? When I skipped through some Google references last night ( ... Read on »
I’m so tired of coping: Self regulation, executive functions and chronic pain by Bronwyn T. Occupational Therapist Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Changes take energy – that’s nothing new, I know, but perhaps something as clinicians we might forget when we work with people who have chronic pain. I was thinki ... Read on »
…Someone doesn’t work on his birthday by Bronwyn T. Occupational Therapist Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain I don’t blame anyone for making a policy to never work on your birthday, I think it would be a lovely gesture from an employer to give you one working day off for your b ... Read on »
LOLs ‘cos i need ‘em by Bronwyn T. Occupational Therapist Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain see more dog and puppy pictures see more dog and puppy pictures Read on »
Needing to take a brief break! by Bronwyn T. Occupational Therapist Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Just for a couple of days while I finish a paper I’m writing on functional capacity evaluations. Apologies to all. Read on »
Despondex – the cure for Christmas cheer by Bronwyn T. Occupational Therapist Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain FDA Approves Depressant Drug For The Annoyingly Cheerful Read on »
Friday funnies – and a trip around the web by Bronwyn T. Occupational Therapist Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Another week has flown by, and yet it doesn’t seem any closer to summer although Christmas is most definitely on its way, if the shops have anything to do with it!! The ... Read on »