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This book fills a major gap in the practice literature for healthcare professionals engaged in providing psychosocial care for their patients suffering from chronic pain or illness. Ranjan Roy’s introductory chapters explain how effectiveness is measured in psychosocial practice, and these concepts are clearly applied in compelling case examples, including: - Family and couple therapy for longstanding pain issues. - Psychodynamic psychotherapy in a case of abuse and chronic pain. - Interpersonal psychotherapy for identity issues following a hysterectomy. - Cognitive-behavioral therapy for "immobilizing" pain. - Grief therapy following catastrophic loss. - Multidisciplinary approaches to complex chronic pain.