This week I talk with Meghan McGrath about working with people in chronic pain or with chronic conditions. As a person with experience with both issues and from both sides of the table (as a client and practitioner) she has a well-rounded perspective on the topic.
“I help my clients differentiate sensations other than pain, and I help them feel into other parts of their body that are not in pain.” Click To TweetWe also dive into how to stay neutral as a therapist. We talk about why it is important aspect of the therapeutic process, and where many practitioners make mistakes in that arena.
“When I was in my chronic pain cycles, the only sensations that my mind registered was pain because I had been in chronic pain for so long. If I was hungry, I didn’t register hunger, I registered pain.” Click To TweetIn this episode:
[1:58] Her journey into bodywork
[3:34] How to help your client investigate their body
[8:10] Intellectual clients
[10:10] Being neutral
[15:05] How we fail being neutral
[21:02] Difference between assessment and judgement
[24:45] Invalidation
[30:10] Meghan’s failure