I am unsure where to post this, but perhaps volunteers Rachel and Jennifer have some feedback about the following list of books recommended to me by Kaiser Regional Chronic Pain programs:

• Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love,
and Wisdom by Rick Hanson, PhD, and Richard Mendius, MD
(available for purchase in the KP Health Education Department)

• They Can’t Find Anything Wrong! 7 Keys to Understanding,
Treating, and Healing Stress Illness by David D. Clarke, PhD

• Writing to Heal: A Guided Journal for Recovering from Trauma
and Emotional Upheaval by J. W. Pennebaker

• The Little ACT Workbook by Michael Sinclair, PhD

• The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook: A Proven Way to Accept
Yourself, Build Inner Strength, and Thrive by Kristin Neff, PhD, and
Managing Your Pain Participant Workbook 130
Christopher Germer, PhD

• The Brain’s Way of Healing by Norman Doidge, MD

• Living Beyond Your Pain: Using Acceptance and Commitment
Therapy to Ease Chronic Pain by JoAnne Dahl, PhD, Tobias
Lundgren, MS, and Steven C. Hayes, PhD

• Managing Pain before It Manages You by Margaret Caudill, MD,
PhD