based in Harley st "Psymplicity is London’s top boutique therapy, psychology and psychiatry clinic" part way thro they then switch to ME https://psymplicity.com/living-with-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-tips-from-top-therapists/
The author of this clearly doesn't have a clue. And it's not NICE guideline compliant. All the old CBT to remove fear avoidance of exercise, structured exercise program nonsense. The structured exercise plan seems to think it's pacing, but to my mind it's not, even though it adds the proviso that you stay within your limits. I hope someone here has the energy to write to them and point out their misinformation. Edit to add: They keep talking about exercise plan rather than activity plan, which implies that everyone can add scheduled exercise on top of necessary daily activities. For most people with real lives and responsiblities, that's ridiculous, but perhaps for those who can afford to pay to attend a Harley Street clinic they can also afford servants!
Why do they even pretend this stuff is real when it's not even a thing? Even the old McDonald's men had more personalisation to it, the whole paradigm is fully generic. All it does is create the illusion of expertise when for all intents and purposes it's just as random as Feng-Shui.
Reading the snippets above, I felt (through my fuggled mind) it starts off ok and I'm thinking, oh, that's suggesting some empathy with the illness and then it just hangs a right and careers straight off a cliff, crashing into a messy conflagration of NICE-opposing, ME and CFS, exercise and CBT mess, demonstrating how little they actually understand or cared to try to understand. I sincerely hope no-one pays them a penny for their offering, but I fear, having been that desperate person seeking answers, some will and will be made worse before they realise what a crock that all is. Grrr.
It's written by their in-house psychologist Mavish Sikander, who "is a BABCP Accredited CBT and EMDR Therapist and CBT Clinical Lead at Psymplicity". Highly paid too I imagine. Someone should put Mavish and her employer straight. Psympletons!
Interestingly her 'other' job is with the NHS where she would be bound by the NICE guideline: https://psymplicity.com/specialist/mavish-sikander/ Qualifications BSc Psychology PG Cert Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Interventions PG Dip Cognitive Behavioural Therapy EMDR part 1-4 Clinical Experience CBT/EMDR Therapist and Clinical Lead at Psymplicity Ltd CBT/EMDR Therapist at Barnet NHS Mental Health Foundation Trust Low Intensity CBT Clinical and Case supervisor at Barnet NHS Mental Health Foundation Trust Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner at Birmingham NHS Mental Health Foundation Trist PSYMPLICITY LTD is a single director, Brass Plate company, acting as secretarial and booking operation for its sole director plus whatever medics sign up to it https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07618606/officers https://psymplicity.com/specialist/dr-jeremy-beider/ Beider is also busy in the testing business: https://www.myogenes.com/medical-panel/dr-jeremy-beider/ Whether there's any latitude in trying to get them to change their CFS advertorial seems a bit doubtful, I guess if anyone has the energy it might be worth a try - anyone yet passed this on to MEA ?
