COGNITIVEeBEHAVIORAL THERAPYCognitiveebehavioral therapy integrates princi- plesofcognitiveandbehavioraltherapy.CBT1)helps usappreciateandbecomemindfuloftheinterrelation ofthoughts,feelings, andbehaviors;and2)teaches us how to become aware of our automatic thoughts and to be prepared to appreciate when they are nonadap- tive or inaccurate. CBT is instruction and training in the behaviors (approach rather than avoid activities); thoughts (e.g., change negative thinking to adaptive); and feelings (work with rather than escape uncom- fortable feelings and sensations) that optimize health and well-being.7 Cognitiveebehavioral therapy is one of the most efficacious psychological treatments; approximately 80% of the treatments for specific disorders (for both adults and children), characterized as having re- search support, fall within the CBT class.8 Within the field of pain, CBT has proved efficacious either alone or in combination with medical treatments. A review of 205 studies9—most of them randomized controlled trials—showed that psychological inter- ventions, such as CBT, relaxation, and biofeedback, were, on average, more effective than standard bio- medical treatments, including surgery for decreasing pain intensity, pain-related disability, health-related quality of life, and depression in patients with low- back pain. Research also indicates that CBT, as part of a multidisciplinary treatment approach, is effica- cious for migraines and daily headaches,10 musculo- skeletal pain,11 pain in the elderly,12 cancer pain,13 arthritis pain,14 fibromyalgia,15 chronic low-back pain,16 wrist pain,17 chronic pelvic pain,18 and non- specific pain.19