Table of Contents Acknowledgments xi Foreword by Hugo Twaddle, M.D. 1 Preface 3 Introduction 7 Part I: Theoretical Aspects of Chronic Pain and Stress 15 1. The Dimensions of Chronic Pain Syndrome: A Brief Review of the Literature 15 2. Stress and Pain 32 3. Methods of Stress Management 46 Part II: History and Principles of Autogenic Training 61 4. History and Basic Principles 61 5. Medical and Psychological Screening 68 6.

Requirements for Achieving the Autogenic State 72 Part III: The Standard and Advanced Exercises and Clinical Applications of Autogenic Training 87 7. The Preliminary Exercises 87 8. The First Standard Exercise: Heaviness 95 9. The Second Standard Exercise: Warmth 105 10. The Third Standard Exercise: Heart 112 11. The Fourth Standard Exercise: Respiration 118 12. The Fifth Standard Exercise: Abdominal Warmth 125 13. The Sixth Standard Exercise: Forehead Cooling 134 14.

Advanced Autogenic Training 141 15. Autogenic Training and Biofeedback (Psychophysiological Feedback) 159 16. Sleep, Insomnia, and Pain 165 17. Autogenic Training for Sleep Enhancement 186 18. Autogenic Neutralization as Psychophysiological Psychotherapy 193 19. Autogenic Training and Autogenic Abreaction as Treatments for Post-Traumatic Nightmares 206 20. Autogenic Training as Palliative Care 216 21. Questions and Answers 227 Appendix A: The Autogenic Pain and Tension Checklists (Forms A and B) 235 Appendix B: The Autogenic Training Progress Index 240 Appendix C: Fibromyalgia and Psychobiological Disregulation--A Theoretical Formulation 241 References 255 Index 269.