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For People With Chronic Pain
Reviews, Theoretical Models & Observational Studies
- Van den Bergh O, Witthöft M, Petersen S, Brown RJ. Symptoms and the body: Taking the inferential leap. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2017;74(Pt A):185-203.
- Lane RD, Anderson FS, Smith R. Biased Competition Favoring Physical Over Emotional Pain: A Possible Explanation for the Link Between Early Adversity and Chronic Pain. Psychosom Med. 2018;80(9):880-890.
- Ezra Y, Hammerman O, Shahar G. The Four-Cluster Spectrum of Mind-Body Interrelationships: An Integrative Model. Front Psychiatry. 2019;10:39.
- Kube T, Rozenkrantz L, Rief W, Barsky A. Understanding persistent physical symptoms: Conceptual integration of psychological expectation models and predictive processing accounts. Clin Psychol Rev. 2020;76:101829.
- Fitzcharles MA, Cohen SP, Clauw DJ, et al. Nociplastic pain: towards an understanding of prevalent pain conditions. Lancet. 2021;397(10289):2098-2110.
- Lumley MA, Krohner S, Marshall LM, Kitts TC, Schubiner H, Yarns BC. Emotional awareness and other emotional processes: implications for the assessment and treatment of chronic pain. Pain Manag. 2021;11(3):325-332.
- Franke LK, Miedl SF, Danbäck SK, et al. Neuroscientific evidence for pain being a classically conditioned response to trauma- and pain-related cues in humans. Pain. 2022;163(11):2118-2137.
- Lumley MA, Yamin JB, Pester BD, Krohner S, Urbanik CP. Trauma matters: psychological interventions for comorbid psychosocial trauma and chronic pain. Pain. 2022;163(4):599-603.
- Yarns BC, Cassidy JT, Jimenez AM. At the intersection of anger, chronic pain, and the brain: A mini-review. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2022;135:104558.
- Schubiner H, Jackson B, Molina KM, et al. Racism as a Source of Pain. J Gen Intern Med. 2023;38(7):1729-1734.
- Schubiner H, Lowry WJ, Heule M, et al. Application of a Clinical Approach to Diagnosing Primary Pain: Prevalence and Correlates of Primary Back and Neck Pain in a Community Physiatry Clinic. J Pain. 2024;25(3):672-681.
- Thérond A, Yuan C, Aiyer R, et al. Brain-Centered Interventions for Nociplastic Pain: From Symptom Management to Pain Resolution. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2026;30(1):46.
- Frisch S, Tesarz J. Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in chronic pain: What for whom?. J Psychosom Res. 2026;207:112862.
Pain Reprocessing Therapy
- RCTDonnino MW, Thompson GS, Mehta S, et al. Psychophysiologic symptom relief therapy for chronic back pain: a pilot randomized controlled trial. Pain Rep. 2021;6(3):e959.
- Donnino M, Howard P, Mehta S, et al. Psychophysiologic Symptom Relief Therapy (PSRT) for Post-acute Sequelae of COVID-19. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2023;7(4), 337348.
- RCTAshar YK, Gordon A, Schubiner H, et al. Effect of Pain Reprocessing Therapy vs Placebo and Usual Care for Patients With Chronic Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry. 2022;79(1):1323.
- RCTAshar YK, Low EL, Knight K, et al. Pain Reprocessing Therapy vs Placebo and Usual Care for Patients With Chronic Back Pain: 5-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry. 2025;82(10):10491051.
- Fishbein JN, Schuster NM, Anders A, Portera AM, Herbert MS. Pain Reprocessing Therapy for migraine: A case series. Headache. 2025;65(9):1660-1665.
- Sturgeon J, Trost Z, Ashar YK, et al. Brief pain reprocessing therapy for fibromyalgia: a feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy pilot. Reg Anesth Pain Med. Published online September 18, 2025.
- Pester BD, Yamin JB, Cabrera MJ, et al. Change in Pain-Related Anxiety Mediates the Effects of Psychophysiologic Symptom Relief Therapy (PSRT) on Pain Disability for Chronic Back Pain: Secondary Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial. J Pain Res. 2023;16:3871-3880.
- Panzel AEC, Büchel C, Leroux A, et al. Auditory Hyperresponsivity in Chronic Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Pain Reprocessing Therapy. Ann Neurol. 2026;99(6):1555-1567.
- Crouch TB, Nguyen M, Wells M, et al. An alternative "Port"? Rationale and development process for POts Reprocessing Therapy (PORT), a brain-body therapy for postural tachycardic syndrome (POTS). Clin Auton Res. 2026;36(3):373-385.
- Thérond A, Starnino L, Robinson CL. Proposed Conditions for Pain Reprocessing Therapy Readiness: Beyond Phenotyping Neuroplastic Pain. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2026;30(1):82.
- Wynia Z, Gasienica J, Amondson R, et al. Group-format pain reprocessing therapy in veterans with chronic back/neck pain: A pilot study with mixed methods evaluation. J Pain. 2026;45:106322.
- Murillo C, Wager TD, Ashar YK. Are gray matter changes following pain reprocessing therapy associated with clinical improvement? A voxel-based morphometry mediation analysis. J Pain. 2026;40:105644.
- RCTSit RWS, Chan CYK, Fong HPY, et al. Pain reprocessing therapy in adults with chronic widespread pain: A pilot randomized clinical trial. J Psychosom Res. 2026;208:112688.
Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy
- Burger AJ, Lumley MA, Carty JN, et al. The effects of a novel psychological attribution and emotional awareness and expression therapy for chronic musculoskeletal pain: A preliminary, uncontrolled trial. J Psychosom Res. 2016;81:1-8.
- RCTLumley MA, Schubiner H, Lockhart NA, et al. Emotional awareness and expression therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and education for fibromyalgia: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Pain. 2017;158(12):2354-2363.
- RCTThakur ER, Holmes HJ, Lockhart NA, et al. Emotional awareness and expression training improves irritable bowel syndrome: A randomized controlled trial. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2017;29(12):10.1111/nmo.13143.
- RCTYarns BC, Lumley MA, Cassidy JT, et al. Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy Achieves Greater Pain Reduction than Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Older Adults with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Preliminary Randomized Comparison Trial. Pain Med. 2020;21(11):2811-2822.
- RCTMaroti D, Lumley MA, Schubiner H, et al. Internet-based emotional awareness and expression therapy for somatic symptom disorder: A randomized controlled trial. J Psychosom Res. 2022;163:111068.
- Ziadni MS, Sturgeon JA, Lumley MA. "Pain, Stress, and Emotions": Uncontrolled trial of a single-session, telehealth, emotional awareness and expression therapy class for patients with chronic pain. Front Pain Res (Lausanne). 2022;3:1028561.
- Yarns BC, Molaie AM, Lumley MA, et al. Video telehealth emotional awareness and expression therapy for older U.S. military veterans with chronic pain: A pilot study. Clin Gerontol. 2024;47(1):136-148.
- RCTYarns BC, Jackson NJ, Alas A, et al. Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy vs Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain in Older Veterans: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(6):e2415842.
- RCTAlinasab S, Hamid N, Mirhashemy M. Comparing the effectiveness of Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Anger and Pain Intensity among Women with Breast Cancer. Iranian Journal of Breast Diseases. 2025; 17 (4) :117-135. URL:
- RCTMaroti D, Ljungdahl M, Petersen H, et al. Guided versus unguided internet-administered emotional awareness and expression therapy (I-EAET) for patients with persistent physical symptoms: A randomized trial. Internet Interv. 2026;44:100942.
- Zamir O, Yarns BC, Vyas MV, et al. Feasibility of Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy Adapted for Headache Disorders at a Tertiary Headache Clinic. Can J Neurol Sci. Published online February 26, 2026.
- Lumley MA, Schubiner H. Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy for Chronic Pain: Rationale, Principles and Techniques, Evidence, and Critical Review. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2019;21(7):30.
- Abbass A, Town J, Holmes H, et al. Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Functional Somatic Disorders: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Psychother Psychosom. 2020;89(6):363-370.
- Abbass A, Lumley MA, Town J, et al. Short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy for functional somatic disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis of within-treatment effects. J Psychosom Res. 2021;145:110473.
Qualitative Studies on Recovery
- Tankha H, Lumley M, Gordon A, et al. I don't have chronic back pain anymore: Patient Experiences in Pain Reprocessing Therapy for Chronic Back Pain. The Journal of Pain. 2023;24(9): 1582-1593.
- Linnros H, Andreasson A, Norlin AK, Hydén LC. Narratives of recovery from persistent fatigue: a stepwise learning process. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2026;44(1):2637743.
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