Medical A book about overcoming pain by increasing pain

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A user is seeking assistance in identifying a book, likely authored by a Ph.D. or MD, published between 1998 and 2006. The book discusses a controversial thesis on training the brain to manage pain by increasing it, and it received negative feedback from peers. The author, a male, actively promoted his ideas through lectures. The user has personal experience with the book's concepts, noting its effectiveness for some individuals suffering from chronic pain, despite its poor reception. They recall that a review or interview with the author appeared in The Houston Chronicle, but they cannot remember the title or the author's name. The user has shared the book with a cancer patient who benefited from it.
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Hello all. I'm looking for a book possibly written by an MD but most likely written by a Ph.D. I believe published sometime between 1998-2006. The author's thesis was/is training the brain to overcome pain (by increasing the pain). Sometime in the time period given above there was either a book review or an interview with the author in The Houston Chronicle Newspaper, not their web news.

The only other thing I can remember is this book was poorly received by the author's peers. The author, a man, went on a [wide?] lecture circuit promoting his thesis.

I had an opportunity to practice what I read within the pages, plus meet and work with him, the author, after an injury and the interesting resuscitation after 22 minutes of a hell of a blast roller-coaster of that "tunnel thing;" however, it left me with so much memory loss. Blah. Blah. Pain is the issue and whether that book is laughed about or not, it works with some people living with a constant 10 on the fun smiley-to-crying 1-10 pain scale. I gave my copy to a cancer patient who after reading this book, flourished!

But, I've no memory of the title, nor memory of the author's name. Can anyone help?

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