Books! there is a limited number of chronic pain books available in libraries now.. i think if you’re in Auckland you can ask for books from different libraries through yours so its worth jumping on the computers and searching chronic pain and/or specific book titles you’re looking for. I’ve found some fantastic books over the years, but i own relatively few. once i get some spare money however i intend to get every book on this list, and more if they dont work for me i can give them to the library, they may work for someone else.
Each book is linked to somewhere you can buy it, if you feel like it. a lot of them are through amazon so through that website you can look through some of the books and see whether they’ll work for you. Some of these were recommended by doctors or practitioners i’ve dealt with, some are ones i found and some are from the TARPS reading list.
TARPS has a small library of books which are available to those goin g through the Pain Clinic course. Theres is also a library at Burwood Hospital in Canterbury which you can join remotely and will deliver books to you. i’m not sure what they have in their library, but you can always ask 
Dealing with Chronic Pain
M. Nicholas and A. Molloy (ABC books,Sydney, 2001)
D.S. Butlerand G. L. Moseley (Noigroup,Adelaide, 2004)
Mastering Pain ….A Twelve Step Program for Coping with Chronic Pain,
R. A. Sternbach (Ballantine Books, New York 1988)
Painful Yarns: Metaphors and stories to help understand the biology of pain,
L. Moseley. (Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Products, 2007)
R. Melzak and P. Wall (Penguin Press, 1996)
Managing Pain before it Manages You,
M.Cauhill and H. Benson (Guilford Press, 3rd edition, 2008)
The Pain Survival Guide: How to Reclaim Your Life,
D. Turk and F. Winter (American Psychological Association, 2005)
Living Beyond Your pain: using acceptance and commitment therapy to ease Chronic Pain ,
J. Dahl and T. Lundgreen (New Harbinger,Oakland, 2006)
Chronic Pain Control Workbook,
E.M. Catalano and K. N Wardin, (New Harbinger Publications, 2nd edition, 1996)
Chronic Muscle Pain Syndrome: The 7 step plan to recognise and treat it and feel better all over,
P. Davidson, (BerkleyBooks, 2001)
O. Gillie, M. Daley and M. Roscoe, (Dunmore Press, 1997)
Healing Headaches: A New Zealand Guide,
J. Bartley (Random House, 2007)
Migraine: Understanding the Common Disorder,
O. Sacks (Pan 2nd edition 1985)
The Headache and Neck Pain Workbook: An integrate Mind and Body Program,
D.E DeGood (New Harbinger Publications, 2008)
The Wellness Workbook: How to achieve enduring health and vitality,
R.S Ryan and J.W.Travis (Celestial Arts, 2004)
this book also has a support website containing extra material and excerpts of the book which you can download and work on that way
Relaxation and Stress Management
Full Catastrophe Living: Using the wisdom of your body and mind to face stress, pain and illness,
J. Kabat-Zinn (Delta, 1990)
J. Kabat-Zinn (Sounds True Incorporated, 2009)
Breathing Matters: A NZ guide,
J.Bartley (Random House 2006)
Simple Relaxation: The Mitchell method of physiological relaxation for easing tension
L. Mitchell, M. Barlett, (John Murray Pub Ltd, 2nd edition, 1989)
Beyond the Relaxation Response,
H.Benson and W. Proctor (Berkley, 1985)
P.Wilson (Penguin Books 2004)
Instant Calm: Over 100 easy to use techniques for relaxing mind and body
P.Wilson (Plume, 1995)
Completely Calm:the complete book of calm techniques from the guru of calm
P.Wilson (Claremont, 1998)
Creative Visualisation:use the power of your imagination to create what you want in life,
S.Gawain (New WorldLibrary, 2002)
H.Selye (Signet, 1975)
The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook,
M. Davis, M. McKay and E. Eshelman(New Harbinger Publication, 6th edition, 2008)
Breathe To Succeed in all aspects of your life,
T. Smith (Penguin Global, 2003)
Thoughts and Feelings – The Art of Cognitive Stress Intervention
M. Davis, M. McKay and P. Fanning (New Harbinger Publications, 1981)
B. Eimer
Occupational therapy & Working
I’d rather be working: A step-by-step guide to financial self-support for people with chronic illness
Gayle Backstrom
Relationships
A husband, a wife, & an illness: Living beyond chronic Illness
Dr William July and Jamey Lacy July
Sleep
C.M.Morin (Main Street Books, 1996)
E.Phillips (Prentice Hall, 1983)
Neuroscience
The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of triumph from the frontiers of brain science,
N. Doidge (Penguin, 2007)