Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chronic Pain in Cancer Survivors

Intervention group participants will attend eight weekly, 90-minute, in person, group-based ACT sessions. Groups will be initiated with no more than 10 participants and no fewer than 6 participants. Sessions will include key theoretical ACT constructs and strategies as they relate to chronic pain. A licensed clinical psychologist or licensed clinical social worker trained in ACT will facilitate all sessions. Participants in the ACT intervention group will also continue to receive medication management and other behavioral management interventions that they would get as usual treatment.

Treatment as usual will include ongoing provision of usual treatment options for pain management. This includes continued medication management for cancer related chronic pain by prescribing providers, and access to supportive oncology services. It may also include other behavioral pain management such as physical therapy, acupuncture, or massage.