The Horizontal Power Dynamic: The Pressure to Accept the Mind-Body Nature of Pain

When we as providers think about speaking to patients about the brain generated pieces of their pain experience, there's a lot of pressure on the patient to accept or buy into these elements. Lily: Can we at the same time open up space for curiosity and irreverence in terms of what we think we know or take as a given? Richard: Why not spend some time co-creating a shared understanding of possibilities instead of trying to insert and put pressure on accepting a single narrative?"