(NLP) "Feasibility study for a community based intervention for individuals with severe CFS/ME" (UK)

[CantThink]

http://www.emotionalprocessing.org/Physical health/EP & Physical Health/chronic fatigue syndrome.html
here is Ms McDermott discussing her recovery by emotional processing

On that page, at the top i noted - colorectal cancer, IBS, chronic back pain... All apparently are eligible for the emotional processing treatment.

 

[CantThink]

From the page Min linked:

It took Dr Fleming six years to recover back to full health. She became an active member of the National Task Force on CFS/ME. Her original article was titled ‘The Glass Cage’, referring to the frustration of being trapped by an illness which was invisible to others. In 2000, she published a sequel entitled ‘Beyond the Glass Cage’ in which she described her recovery. Dr Fleming’s conclusion expresses the power of accepting and understanding feelings within chronic illness. She writes:

‘One of the most powerful things ME taught me is that I can choose to change. I needn’t fear my weaknesses or my feelings: they are windows onto a garden of opportunity, beckoning me toward a wholeness that goes beyond my physical recovery’

My bolding.

 

[CantThink]

Can anyone see the references for that?

No I can see what appears to be end note reference numbers within the text but there are no end notes or bibliography.

 

[Valentijn]

On that page, at the top i noted - colorectal cancer, IBS, chronic back pain... All apparently are eligible for the emotional processing treatment.

 

[Leopardtail]

Give them no food and tell them hunger is only a matter of perspective and attitude. And when they react, tell them their reaction is proof of poor attitude.

AHEM - I think you meant to say "proof of defective illness beliefs" ;-)

 

[Leopardtail]

Another complete waste of UK taxpayers' money. We have had 30 years of this complete bollards instead of biomedical research.

Garbage in, garbage out

It's time to take out the trash Min...

 

[Leopardtail]

On that page, at the top i noted - colorectal cancer, IBS, chronic back pain... All apparently are eligible for the emotional processing treatment.

Maybe finally people will start taking notice of these nuts and deal with them, cancer is the 'holy disease' in Britain that can't be shown this disrespect.

 

[MEMum]

Was anything ever published on this?
All the links to emotional processing now show "page not found"

 

[ukxmrv]

I got the impression at the AFME conference that this was a particular pet project of Prof George Lewith. He passed away recently (there was a thread on PR I think)

www.southampton.ac.uk/blog/sussed-news/2017/03/23/obituary-for-professor-george-lewith/

 

[trishrhymes]

I wrote an e-mail yesterday to Clare McDermott asking for the raw data from this study. I assume it's the same one, but it might not be. It doesn't mention NLP, as far as I can see, but it's the same people involved.

http://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/3074/1/Cox_FeasibilityStudy.pdf

See this thread.

http://forums.phoenixrising.me/inde...rvention-for-adults-with-severe-cfs-me.53099/

Edit to add. I was visited a few times back in 2011 by Michelle Selby one of the organisers of this trial, who runs the Dorset ME service . At that stage she was doing pretty standard pacing and relaxation advice. We even discussed the PACE trial and she was critical, as was I, though I didn't know the half of it back then.

Then she got drawn into the Lightning process and I gave up on her. Note LP uses NLP I think. Not for me thank you!

 

[TiredSam]

Whenever I hear of NLP these days I can't help thinking of its co-founder:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bandler

He seems like a bit of a character, tried for murder after a woman was shot in the face with his gun etc. Can happen to anyone I suppose.