Introduction
Scientific Overview
Stress and Stress Tolerance
HPA Axis
ANS/HRV
Circadian Rhythms
Immune System
Placebo Effect
Burnout
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic Pain
Psychiatric vs Organic Debate
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Chronic Lyme Disease
Recovery from ME/CFS
Resources
Contact

Therapists

Pathways Online Course — An online course from Dr Eleanor Stein.

Vitality360 — Specialist pain and fatigue rehabilitation provider in the UK.

Jan Rothney — has recovered from ME/CFS and has written a book and developed a training programme to help patients recover.

Pain Therapy Centre — a GP in South Wales who takes private appointments for chronic pain, medically unexplained symptoms, stress illness and psychophysiological disorders.

Well aHead — providing online psychology services to chronic fatigue and chronic pain patients.

ME/CFS Self-Help Guru — offers holistic coaching and support for patients with ME/CFS, fibromyalgia and other chronic illness.

Private Therapy Clinic — Harley Street clinic offering online therapy for CFS.

Sarah Beifuss — a therapist and recovered CFS patient who treats burnout and CFS.

Pat Gurnick — Psychotherapist and recovered CFS/FM patient.

Samantha Keen — a therapist and recovered CFS patient in California who treats CFS and burnout.

Victoria Pawlowski — a therapist in BC, Canada who treats stress, burnout, anxiety and depression.

The Optimum Health Clinic — A UK based clinic that offers treatment for CFS.

General Resources

Fred Friedberg's Seven-Step Protocol for Treating CFS & FM. Also see an interview with Fred Friedberg.

Recovery from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome — One Person's Story by Bruce Campbell, PhD.

Healing with Liz Real stories and recovery insights from people who have healed from ME/CFS.

The Ultimate Guide to Heart Rate Variability.

/r/cfsme on reddit — a group for discussion about research, treatment and recovery from ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome), with a focus on recovery.

The British Association for CFS/ME guidance — very useful resources for managing post-viral fatigue and CFS/ME.

Curable Health Blog — information and resources on the science of chronic pain, and techniques to deal with pain.

Body Reprogramming Patient Guide — a very useful patient rehabilitation guide developed by a professor who recovered from CFS.

The Tips I've Learned From Goldilocks That I Apply to My Chronic Pain

Can you reshape your brain's response to pain?

HealingCFSME.com — Useful site by person who has significantly improved from being bedbound with severe ME.

The Median of Infinity — insightful blog from a recovered patient.

RelaxLikeABoss.com — Useful site with information on stress, relaxation and mindfulness.

Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises — exercises for releasing muscle tension due to stress.

Explaining the Unexplainable: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome — Brain research sheds light on how fatigue becomes chronic.

CFS Unravelled: recovery stories.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: learn how the mind-body method works.

"It was like being buried alive": battle to recover from chronic fatigue syndrome — Guardian article on a patient's recovery from severe CFS/ME.

Central sensitization — information on the causes of chronic pain.

Mood Gym — free online CBT for depression/anxiety.

Woebot — a chatbot which helps to monitor mood and relieve symptoms of anxiety and depression.

CFIDS and Fibromyalgia Self-Help — a very useful site with free/low priced online courses for recovering from CFS and fibromyalgia (see their success stories).

Depression and pain: is there a common pathway?

NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) Guidelines for CFS/ME.

IBS Tales — Information on the treatments for IBS, from drugs to alternative therapies, as well as over 600 personal stories.

Demystifying Depression — a very useful and informative guide to the causes of depression, with treatment advice.

me-cfs-treatment.com — A very informative site giving information about the causes and treatment of CFS/ME, by Dr. D.G. Smith, a former medical advisor to the ME Association.

Quackwatch — A site giving information about dubious remedies.

Lists of Symptoms of CFIDS

CFS by other names... — The different names that CFS is known by.

US CDC Information about CFS



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DISCLAIMER: Mind-Body-Health.net is an educational resource for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), burnout and related disorders, and is not giving medical advice. Seek advice from a medical practitioner before making any changes to your life, or if you experience worsening symptoms. CFS is a diagnosis of exclusion, so it is important to rule out other causes for illness.