Topic: Communicating Needs with Confidence » Click here to register Description: These support groups are tailored for individuals living with ME/CFS, FM, Long COVID, and co-existing conditions. Supporters and loved ones are also welcome to join. Led by a licensed professional with personal experience managing complex chronic illness, each session includes a specific topic and […]
The Coffee with a Clinician sessions are dedicated to sharing key principles and practical tips from the BHC Clinical Care Guide. Topic: Sections 4.1 and 4.2 - Key characteristics and pathophysiology of post-exertional malaise (PEM) (Future sessions will cover screening questions for PEM, explaining PEM, objective testing for PEM, and management of PEM.) Date: Wed, Mar. 11th […]
Topic: Life Stages and Aging with ME/CFS or Long COVID » Click here to register Description: These support groups are tailored for individuals living with ME/CFS, FM, Long COVID, and co-existing conditions. Supporters and loved ones are also welcome to join. Led by a licensed professional with personal experience managing complex chronic illness, each session […]
Topic: Managing Symptoms on a Daily Basis: Hacks and Strategies » Click here to register Description: These support groups are tailored for individuals living with ME/CFS, FM, Long COVID, and co-existing conditions. Supporters and loved ones are also welcome to join. Led by a licensed professional with personal experience managing complex chronic illness, each session […]
The Coffee with a Clinician sessions are dedicated to sharing key principles and practical tips from the BHC Clinical Care Guide. The goals of this session are to share: How patients and caregivers can communicate PEM (post-exertional malaise) to healthcare providers and others in a way that differentiates it from other conditions Screening tools that can help […]
Topic: Who am I Now? Identity and Chronic Illness » Click here to register Description: These support groups are tailored for individuals living with ME/CFS, FM, Long COVID, and co-existing conditions. Supporters and loved ones are also welcome to join. Led by a licensed professional with personal experience managing complex chronic illness, each session includes […]
Topic: What's the Meaning of All of This? Creating Purpose Out of the Illness Experience » Click here to register Description: These support groups are tailored for individuals living with ME/CFS, FM, Long COVID, and co-existing conditions. Supporters and loved ones are also welcome to join. Led by a licensed professional with personal experience managing […]
The goals of this session are to share: What the 2-day CPET shows and why it can help document post-exertional malaise (PEM). The risks and benefits of CPET, including when it may not be the right choice. The basic ways to prepare for and recover from CPET to reduce the chance of severe PEM. Topic: Chapter […]
Topic: Dealing with Big and Difficult Emotions: Inappropriate Guilt and Shame » Click here to register Description: These support groups are tailored for individuals living with ME/CFS, FM, Long COVID, and co-existing conditions. Supporters and loved ones are also welcome to join. Led by a licensed professional with personal experience managing complex chronic illness, each […]
Topic: Coping with Anxiety Amidst Chronic Disease » Click here to register Description: These support groups are tailored for individuals living with ME/CFS, FM, Long COVID, and co-existing conditions. Supporters and loved ones are also welcome to join. Led by a licensed professional with personal experience managing complex chronic illness, each session includes a specific […]
The "Coffee" with a Clinician sessions are dedicated to sharing key principles and practical tips from the BHC Clinical Care Guide. The goals of this session are to share: Principles of pacing and energy conservation, including how to recognize early signs of overexertion and apply practical strategies to stay within an individual’s energy envelope Tools and supportive interventions […]
Topic: My Illness is Real and So Am I: Successfully Facing Invalidation, Prejudice and Discrimination » Click here to register Description: These support groups are tailored for individuals living with ME/CFS, FM, Long COVID, and co-existing conditions. Supporters and loved ones are also welcome to join. Led by a licensed professional with personal experience managing […]
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.