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Online Support Group

Topic: Childhood Trauma
Special session note. This support group session is to discuss:
– how childhood trauma can be connected to chronic illness
– therapy ideas that have worked for you pertaining to childhood trauma
– stress patterns related to childhood trauma
It is not a group to process individual childhood trauma or share specifics of your experience. We encourage sharing ideas of what has moved you forward in your chronic illness journey or helped you understand yourself better to help you experience more peace physically or emotionally.
Support Group Format
The first 30-minutes will focus on a predetermined topic followed by a general discussion for the last half of the hour. Both of the monthly support groups are designed to include people with ME/CFS, FM, Long COVID, and co-existing conditions. We also welcome supporters and loved ones.
These sessions are led by Meredith Mehner, LCSW, who has personal experience navigating life while living with a complex chronic illness.
Advance Registration Required. Click here to register.
Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email containing instructions on how to join the group event. We recommend attendees test the link, their cameras, and speakers/headphones prior to joining.
New to our online groups, or having problems connecting to Zoom? Review the teleconferencing tips section of our website.
Lucinda Bateman, MD, is a renowned clinician, researcher, and educator. Her Johns Hopkins University Medical School training instilled an approach to care that she has employed throughout her career – the patient comes first and the unknown or unexplained does not equate to a lack of proper and compassionate care. Since starting her own practice in 2000, she has served on six boards or committees, been the principal investigator for 45 studies, authored/coauthored 40 journal articles, served as adjunct instructor and adjunct assistant professor in the University of Utah Departments of Preventative Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Anesthesiology, and lectured around the world.