Cancer Relevance: Uncontrolled cancer pain remains prevalent. An estimated 90% of patients with cancer experience at least moderate pain at some point in their illness, and 42% of patients do not receive adequate palliation. Aside from impairing quality of life, uncontrolled pain can contribute to depression, increase the likelihood of suicide, and decrease patient acceptance of potentially beneficial therapy. The proposed project is valuable in that it will confirm the benefit of patient coaching, elucidate its mechanisms, and test Social Cognitive Theory. The proposed model will enlarge existing research on pain management in that it is: a (1) pilot tested, easily implementable intervention that is (2) applicable in the outpatient setting, (3) based on strong theory that makes predictions about mechanisms of benefit, and (4) focused on patient activation as well as education.