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Writing about life with chronic illness, pain, and trauma
Articles for people navigating long-term health conditions, persistent pain, medical trauma, and health anxiety. Written from clinical practice and the research that informs it.
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Bed-bound with chronic pain: the mental health work alongside the physical
When chronic pain keeps you in bed, the psychological work does not stop. On identity, grief, and what values-led living looks like when the room is the world.
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EMDR online in the UK: does it work over video, and how do you find someone?
Does EMDR work online? What the evidence says, how bilateral stimulation works over video, what you need at home, and how to find a properly accredited EMDR therapist in the…
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Grief and Chronic Illness: The Long Work of Living With a Changed Life
Chronic illness brings a grief no one sends a card for: the loss of the self you were. Here is why that loss is real, and how your values can…
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Your first EMDR session: what actually happens
Nervous about starting EMDR? A step-by-step walkthrough of the first sessions: the groundwork, the processing, and how you stay in control of the pace.
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EMDR for Medical Trauma: When Your Body Remembers What You’d Like to Forget
Medical trauma is real, and often builds up over time. How EMDR helps frightening medical memories settle, what a session involves, and who it suits.
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EMDR vs. trauma-focused CBT for medical trauma: how to choose
EMDR and trauma-focused CBT are both recommended for medical trauma. Here is how each works, what they share, and how to choose the one that fits you.
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EMDR for birth trauma: when the NHS experience itself becomes the injury
A difficult birth can leave a lasting mark. How EMDR for birth trauma helps loosen the grip of a traumatic birth, why standard advice falls short, and how to take…
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Feeling Like a Stranger in Your Own Life: Identity and Chronic Illness
Chronic illness can make you feel like a stranger in your own life. Guest therapist Sarah Cosway on grief, identity, and rediscovering what makes you you.
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What progress looks like in therapy for chronic illness
Progress in therapy for chronic illness rarely arrives as a moment. It looks like the same life feeling different, with the condition still in it. A therapist on what to…
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