ReviewCurrent rheumatology reports2019
Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy for Chronic Pain: Rationale, Principles and Techniques, Evidence, and Critical Review.
Review in Current rheumatology reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 79 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Internet-based Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy for Somatic Symptom Disorder - A Randomized Controlled Trial
Pilot Study of Concussion Recovery and Support Program (CRISP)
A Group-Based, Virtual Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy Intervention - Hebrew (EAET-H) for Chronic Pain Patients Treated With Medical Cannabis in Israel - A Feasibility Study
Who cites it
79 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 132 citations in OpenAlex.
- Therapeutic Writing Interventions for Adults With Chronic Pain: Experiences and Health Effects-A Systematic Review With a Narrative Synthesis.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026Pooled it
- Psychological intervention in patients with central sensitization syndromes and comorbid psychosocial trauma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- The effectiveness of a combined exercise and psychological treatment programme on measures of nervous system sensitisation in adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain - a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Pooled it
- Co-Occurring Trauma and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Among People With Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review.Current pain and headache reports · 2021Pooled it
- The Efficacy of Experiential Dynamic Therapies: A 10-Year Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Update.Clinical psychology & psychotherapyPooled it
- Effectiveness of a Transdiagnostic Emotion-Focused Treatment in Clinical Care: A Sequential Single-Case Experimental Design.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026Trial
- Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy vs Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain in Older Veterans: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
- Wearable Respiratory Monitoring and Feedback for Chronic Pain in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.JCO clinical cancer informatics · 2020Trial
- How alexithymia impacts the association between interpersonal trauma and somatization.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Associations between PTSD symptom clusters and multi-region pain in young adults with chronic pain.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Temporal pathways between alexithymia, psychological distress, and pain: An autoregressive mediation analysis.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2026Article
- The Role of Behavioral and Psychological Interventions in Chronic Ocular Pain.Current pain and headache reports · 2026Review
- The Unique and Joint Associations of Childhood and Recent Life Stressors on Chronic Pain Symptoms.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- The Mediating Role of Negative Affect in the Relationship Between Anger Rumination and Somatic Symptoms.Actas espanolas de psiquiatria · 2026Article
- When emotions hurt: negative interpretations of bodily signals and interoceptive difficulties in fibromyalgia.Psychological research · 2026Article
- The Mediation Effect of Eudaimonic Well-Being in the Relationship Between Self-Determination and Somatic Symptoms.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- An alternative "Port"? Rationale and development process for POts Reprocessing Therapy (PORT), a brain-body therapy for postural tachycardic syndrome (POTS).Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2026Article
- Guided versus unguided internet-administered emotional awareness and expression therapy (I-EAET) for patients with persistent physical symptoms: A randomized trial.Internet interventions · 2026Article
- Patient Perspectives on the Process and Outcome of Group Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy for Chronic Pain.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2026Article
- Single Session Behavioral Interventions for Chronic Pain A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.The journal of pain · 2026Review
19 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purpose of reviewPatients with chronic pain, especially primary or centralized pain, have elevated rates of psychosocial trauma and intrapersonal or intrapsychic conflict. To address these risk factors and potentially reduce pain, the authors developed emotional awareness and expression therapy (EAET). This article presents the rationale for EAET, describes its principles and techniques, reviews its development and early testing as well as recent clinical trials, and critically analyzes the evidence base. RECENT
findingsFour initial trials (between 2006 and 2011) demonstrated the efficacy of earlier versions of EAET. Four recent randomized, controlled trials of different EAET durations (1 to 8 sessions) and formats (individual or group) in patients with fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, pelvic pain, or medically unexplained symptoms support the earlier findings. EAET reliably reduces pain and interference, although improvements in anxiety and depression are less reliably achieved and may be delayed. The largest and best conducted trial found superiority of EAET over cognitive-behavioral therapy for fibromyalgia. Patient retention in EAET is high, and adverse events are rare. EAET merits inclusion as a treatment option for primary pain conditions, and it may be the preferred treatment for some patients. Research is needed on EAET with other pain conditions and samples, using better controls and comparison conditions, and on additional ways to motivate and help patients engage in successful emotional processing.
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