CBT Module for Pelvic Pain
Mypelvicplan.com, developed by Drs. Georgine Lamvu of Orlando VA Health Care System, and Sara Till, ob/gyn at the University of Michigan, was created to help women with pelvic pain conditions. One of the site’s main features, titled Managing Symptoms, provides advice and techniques for managing pain and improving quality of life. It includes a cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) module, that NVA funded, because research has shown that CBT improves quality of life for people living with chronic pain. It has also shown that people experience less pain after they learn to use CBT techniques.
For those who are unfamiliar, CBT capitalizes on the mind-body connection that scientists have been studying for 30-plus years. CBT is more specific than simply ‘think positive.’ First you need to assess which thoughts intensify pain and trigger anxiety/depression, and then you have to replace them with thoughts that are calming and pain-relieving. In laypersons’ terms, what you say to yourself can actually modify brain connections, reducing anxiety, depression and pain.
To view the online CBT module, please go to the following link:
https://www.mypelvicplan.com/managing-symptoms/cognitive-behavioral-strategies/.