Long Covid and Acceptance Commitment Training

Send us Fan MailIn this episode I talk about Acceptance Commitment Training and how it can help sufferers of Long Covid. Patients with Long Covid who have undertaken this training are reporting benefits when combined with all the other strategies necessary to aid recovery from Long Covid. Acceptance Commitment Training helps patients come to terms with Long Covid, while they apply all the advice and guidance from the Post Covid Services – pacing, breath control, healthy diet, sleep hygiene and symptom control from the health professionals. Considering Acceptance Commitment Training does not mean that Long Covid is  attributed to an imaginary mental condition. I am certainly not ‘psychologising’ the condition; the vast body of research and evidence about Long Covid most convincingly demonstrates that Long Covid is certainly not ‘all in the head’.The purpose of this overview is to introduce you into the concept of Acceptance and Commitment. Hopefully you will find it interesting and maybe encouraged to consider it as part of your Long Covid recovery.I am Dr Tim Robinson, formerly a GP for 30 years, retired as planned at the start of the Covid pandemic. Since then I have become involved in the world of Long Covid. Currently I am GP clinical lead for Long Covid NHS in  South West England, as well as GP lead for three NHS Long Covid Services - Dorset, Bristol and South Devon. I am also Clinical Lead for Hope for the Community CIC. I have research involvement as co-investigator in a study on breathlessness in Long Covid, University of Bristol.Long Covid Doctor is an educational series for Long Covid sufferers; each talk covers the many aspects of Long Covid, the symptoms, causes, treatments, management and expected outcomes.Episodes are found on:Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle PodcastsYouTubeTranscripts of the individual episodes are available on:www.LongCovidDoctor.comEpisodes are accessed on:TwitterFacebookInstagramLinked inDisclaimer: Long Covid Doctor is an educational series. Any advice, diagnosis, treatments mentioned should only be considered after discussion with your own GP or qualified professional health provider.References, links, resources:NICE Covid-19 rapid guideline:https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng188 General resources for Long Covid recovery:Your Covid Recovery: NHS England website self-help patient resource for symptoms information and self-management. www.yourcovidrecovery.comRoyal College of Occupational Therapists: How to manage post viral fatigue after Covid-19. www.rcot.co.uk/how-manage-post-viral-fatigue-after-covid-19-0