Health and pain
Fibromyalgia
Living with fibromyalgia: pacing, sleep, the cognitive style around symptom flare, and the relationship to a body that has changed.
How I see this presentation
Fibromyalgia is one of the specialist domains I trained in at Maudsley NHS, the leading European unit for fibromyalgia, complex pain, and chronic fatigue. People typically arrive having been through repeated investigations and a long path to diagnosis. By the time we meet, the day-to-day work is about energy, pacing, sleep, mood, and the relationship to a body that has stopped behaving the way it used to.
How I tend to work with it
The clinical lead is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy adapted to fibromyalgia: pacing, sleep work, the cognitive style around symptom flare, and the relationship to identity and roles. I draw on ACT where the work is about living alongside chronic illness rather than waiting for it to be gone.
What a course might look like
Sessions are 50 minutes, online, typically weekly. We agree an initial framework at the first session and review progress every four to six sessions. Fibromyalgia work is rarely brief; the duration is discussed openly and adjusted as the picture clarifies.
Next step
If what you have read here fits what you are experiencing, getting in touch is straightforward. I respond to all enquiries personally, typically within one working day.
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