Group therapy is effective for chronic pain by providing a space for sharing difficulties and challenges of living with chronic pain, reducing the sense of isolation among members, providing strategies that help reduce chronic pain as well as change the perception regarding it, and providing a space where group members can learn different methods of coping with and perceiving chronic pain from each other.
Group therapy can be beneficial in reducing the patient’s sense of isolation, allowing them an opportunity to help other members which could be empowering rather than the only one being helped, allowing them to expand their support network and problem-solve with others ways to cope with the pain and deal with its consequences.
The number of sessions required depends on the amount of support that the person with chronic pain requires and can differ from person-to-person.
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