2024 Massachusetts ME/CFS & FM Annual Event

A Powerful Paradigm for Living with Chronic Illness 

Guest speaker: Patricia Fennell, MSW, LCSW-R, clinician, researcher, educator, and author

Recorded: October 26, 2024, 1:00 pm ET

Living with what was then commonly referred to as Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (or its popular pseudonym, “Yuppie Flu”), Patricia had experienced the disbelief, dismissal, fear, and isolation familiar to many of us. Drawing from her professional experience, she developed strategies and solutions for “taking back her life,” and then shared them.

In her work as research scientist, clinician, and educator, Patricia describes a powerful paradigm for understanding how ME/CFS challenges one’s very sense of self and role in society and, more importantly, how to go about accepting and managing those challenges.

We spoke with Patricia about her experience applying her methods to her clients, her experience teaching other health professionals in a variety of disciplines to use these methods, and how things have changed in the last three decades for those living with ME/CFS.

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