243: Chronic Illness & Trauma

<p><span data-contrast="auto">Welcome back to Therapy Chat! In today's podcast host Laura Reagan revisits her conversation with Dr. Veronique Mead on chronic illness and trauma. </span></p> <p class="p1">Dr. Veronique Mead integrates the research on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), attachment trauma and additional types of adversity as risk factors for autoimmune disease and other chronic illnesses.</p> <p class="p1">She shares this emerging new paradigm of disease on her blog Chronic Illness Trauma Studies to inform people living with chronic physical conditions and educate medical and health care professionals.</p> <p class="p1">Veronique draws from her background as a family physician and assistant professor, a Master's degree in body-oriented psychotherapy, specialty training in somatically based trauma and perinatal therapies, and applying and exploring these principles on a personal journey of recovery from chronic illness. She lives in Boulder, CO.</p> <p class="p1"><span data-contrast="auto">Thank you to this episode's sponsor, </span><span data-contrast= "auto">TherapyNotes</span><span data-contrast="auto">. Get a 2</span><span data-contrast="auto">-</span><span data-contrast= "auto">month free trial of </span><span data-contrast= "auto">TherapyNotes</span><span data-contrast="auto"> by going to </span><a href="http://www.therapynotes.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-contrast= "none">www.TherapyNotes.com</span></a><span data-contrast= "auto"> and using the promo code </span><span data-contrast= "auto">TherapyChat</span><span data-contrast= "auto">.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <div> <p><strong><span data-contrast= "auto">Resources</span></strong><span data-ccp-props= "{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Veronique's website: <a href= "https://chronicillnesstraumastudies.com/?fbclid=IwAR2SQeyI4m9uF0gTYX55nb9SbyocB8W1CnVlHeffGW8WHLhASSoSNnoYQ7M" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" data-lynx-mode="hover" data-lynx-uri= "htt