Pain Psychology Service Resources

A collection of useful links and resources for healthcare professionals and people living with long-term pain

Please note that for legal purposes The Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust is not responsible for the content or reliability of linked websites. The information below is not a substitute for proper diagnosis, treatment or the provision of advice by an appropriate health professional.

Explain Pain Resources

Resources about mechanisms of long-term pain

  • Manage your pain: Practical and Positive Ways of Adapting to Chronic Pain by Michael Nicholas, Allan Molloy, Lee Beestom & Lois Tonkin
  • Pain Is Really Strange by Steve Haines, Sophie Standing (artist) – a short booklet explaining pain in pictures
  • Living Well with Pain & Illness by Vidyamala Burch
  • Mindfulness for Health: A practical guide to relieving pain, reducing stress and restoring wellbeing by Vidyamala Burch and Danny Penman
  • Recovery strategies: your pain guidebook, a free online book about long-term pain by a physiotherapist Dr. Aroline Greg Lehman. You can also find several translations of this book, including Spanish, German, French, Italian, Hebrew, Dutch, and Swedish on the Greglehman website.
  • Living Beyond Your Pain, a book based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), by Joanne Dahl

Therapeutic Resources

Varied resources related to living a valued life

  • ‘Manage Your Pain’ by Michael Nicolas, Allan Molloy, Lois Tonkin and Lee Beeston
  • ‘The Reality Slap’ by Russ Harris 
  • ‘Living Well with Pain & Illness’ by Vidyamala Burch
  • ‘Mindfulness for Health’ by Vidyamala Burch and Danny Penman
  • ‘Living Beyond Your Pain’ by Joanne Dahl

Pain and Medication Resources

Information about treating pain with medication

Activity, Pacing and Goal-setting Resources

Resources about finding the right level of activity for you, and setting good goals to help you achieve it

  • Pain Health is an Australian website about persistent pain, pacing and goal setting.

Sleep Hygiene Resources

Information about strategies designed to help you sleep better

  • The Sleep Book: How to Sleep Well Every Night by Guy Meadows
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