A Case Study of Mindfulness-based Approach for Chronic Pain

—With a Perspective of Interoception—

Abstract

This presents a case where mindfulness approach utilizing a body aiming at a patient with chronic pain. Mindfulness-based meditation enables him to develop psychological posture to observe with acceptive attention to sensation of pain, resulting in alleviating fixation of attention to sensation of pain and catastrophic cognition, so that the patient developed a sense of self-efficacy and explored how he has dealt with pain. The processes leading to improved life styles and awareness to the patient's own personality/tendencies as well as to the background of onset of symptoms have been reviewed. A perspective of interoception is also factored into for discussion.