Dr Karen Li
Free resources for persistent pain

Free resources for persistent pain

“If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.”
John Irving

Here are pain-specific mental health resources intended for clients of Couragepsyc.

Publicly available pain information

 

Useful publicly available websites/apps other clients have said are useful (please note that I don’t monitor the content of these sites).

Websites

  • Headspace UK (introduction to mindfuness with meditations).
  • MoodGYM (for self-help of mild/moderate mental health conditions using CBT).
  • Pain Australia
  • APMA – Australian Pain Management Association for consumers.

 

“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”
Vincent van Gogh
“Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.”
George S. Patton

Apps. (Note. There are many new apps that are release everyday marketed as mental health apps. However, there is now emerging evidence to suggest that not all of these apps are effective and very few actually have research evidence (e.g.)

  • Mindful colouring app available for iTunes and android.
  • Smiling mind app is a great Australian app for mindfulness with meditations for children, youth and adults.
  • Headspace UK is another great app for mindfulness meditations.
  • There are various apps available to track pain symptoms including My Pain Diary (Costs apply).