| Q: There are very
few approaches for ME/CFS and I'm finding it hard to know
which one is right for me. What are the important things
I need to consider in order to choose the right approach
for me?
A:
That's an intelligent question and because you need
an unbiased answer, I won't answer it myself. However,
you may find the following exercise helpful to your
decision making process:
Imagine if you will, that you are lost deep in woodlands
somewhere. It's dark and scary, the shadows and noises
are playing tricks on your mind and you feel scared
and stuck. If you could only make one phone call for
help, how would you know who to ring?
When I ask people this question they say, "that's
easy". You would know intuitively on a gut
level who you would call. I get answers like, "I'd
call someone who knows the woods like the back of their
hand. I could describe my surroundings and they would
know exactly where I am because they've been there and
can direct me step by step to safety."
Questions you may want to ask yourself when choosing
the right approach for you are:
- Whether you prefer a person-centred independent
consultant or someone working for a larger impersonal
therapy business franchise.
- Does the therapist have only a clinical map/understanding
of the illness, or have they actually experienced
ME/CFS themselves.
- Is the therapist experienced - some advertise that
the 'process' they use has helped thousands
of people, however that doesn't actually mean that
they have personally helped thousands of
people, so ask them about 'their' experience and success
rate.
I often ask course participants what the deciding factor
was that helped them choose the Energy Excellence Course.
Here's the most common answer I get:
"I did extensive Internet research and spoke
to a number of therapists who offer courses for ME/CFS,
most of them seem to operate under some kind of restrictive
franchise and had not actually had the illness themselves.
I chose you because you're an independent consultant,
your track record and the amount of people you've helped
to overcome this illness and the key factor that made
the difference for me was that you had had ME/CFS yourself.
I knew from the first time I spoke with you that you
understood exactly where I was coming from."
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