Episode 4

Living with Pain - Therapy for Chronic Illness Warriors

Do you experience pain daily? Maybe you were born with a chronic illness? Perhaps you have never found a therapist who understood what living with chronic pain was like. This episode is for you!

 

In today’s episode Melanie lets you in on what it is like for someone who manages a chronic illness or chronic pain to seek and engage in therapy. Where we discuss why lived experience is so powerful, Melanie shares who falls into this category and what misconceptions society has about those with chronic illness/pain.

 

Melanie Foulkes who is a counsellor with lived experience of Autism, ADHD, chronic illness, and chronic pain.

 

Her private practice offers trauma-informed online counselling that supports individuals living with chronic illness and disability, aiming to meet clients with compassion, acceptance, and accessibility.

 

More details about Melanie and her practice can be found at https://melaniefoulkes.com

 

You can find Melanie on Facebook - https://facebook.com/MelanieFoulkesCounselling/

 

Instagram – www.instagram.com/MelanieFoulkesCounselling

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Samantha Sellers

Sam is a registered therapist in Australia; she specialises in Religious Trauma, Deconstruction and the Queer Community. She works locally in Goulburn, NSW and online worldwide (except US & Canada)

She values the privilege that she gets to sit with people, hear their story and share in the highs and lows of the thing we call life. Sam loves nothing more than being a part of someone feeling seen and heard.

Sam is a proudly queer woman and married to the wonderful Chrissy and together they have a sweet Cavoodle named Naya who is a frequent guest in the therapy space.