counselling

Dan Wyke - a therapist's perspective Dan Wyke (a person-centred counsellor from the South of England) reflects on his experiences as a therapist and person with MECFS. He shares ideas and suggestions for both people with #MECFS and also therapists who work with them. Amongst other things, I...

Counselling: more harm than good? | Daily Mail Online

Wessely was the senior author of the article & Chalder was a trial investigator. Background: Fatigue is a common symptom for which patients consult their doctors in primary care. With usual medical management the majority of patients report that their symptoms persist and become chronic. There...

Long Covid: what teachers and pupils need to know https://www.tes.com/news/long-covid-what-teachers-and-pupils-need-know (Split thread: Jo Daniels is quoted, defending CBT for ME/CFS and for Longcovid. Her quotes come towards the end of the article.)

If you have used private or NHS counselling to help with emotional, mental health or relationship problems linked to ME/CFS did you find it helpful? Yes - very helpful overall Yes - very helpful for some aspects Yes - quite helpful overall Yes - quite helpful for some aspects Neutral - neither...

Open access at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/capr.12141 Posting this as it has been highlighted in the comments of Spoonseeker's latest blog that the concept expressed in this review is to be used to 'lower the bar' that NICE uses to assess treatments by, and therefore "to...