Mindfulness som smertehåndteringsredskab for kvinder med endometriose: Et spirende koncept og en faktisk case.

Endometriosis is a chronic pelvic disease causing pain and derivative problems that may require more than medical intervention. This article advocates a mindfulness based approach focussing on pain management for this client group. In the context of Western psychotherapy, mindfulness can be characterised as: awareness, observation, and description of sensory experience without judging or reacting. Mindfulness training has proven efficient for management of stress and chronic pain in other domains, and the article provides a sketch for its application to endometriosis. A clinical case fleshes out the main themes by intertwining the voices of therapist and client. Main themes are: improvement of sleep, management of pain, resource-demand-balance, and relationship with the life partner. Limitations and potentials of the approach are discussed.