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‘People Think I’m a Project:’ The Unique Challenges of Dating With Chronic Illness
“At the beginning of anything, you’re trying to figure out: What is the right amount of honesty and what is the right amount of boundary?” said Quincee Gideon, a psychologist in Los Angeles who specializes in treating patients with chronic illness.
I’ve spent a lifetime trying to get doctors to believe my pain. It’s all too common for women.
“The key, Gideon says, is to work on reintegration: to tell myself that my body has always been fighting for me, not against me; that I know what is happening inside my body better than anyone else does; that my pain is real.”
Why So Many Young People Are Cutting Off Their Parents
“Some people have a lot of hope that their family can change,” Gideon says. “But by the time folks get to estrangement, they’ve spent years trying to set appropriate boundaries, live with disappointment, accept their family’s flaws, and negotiate in so many different ways that estrangement is a relief.”
7 Teletherapy Tips for Anyone Who Wants to Continue Virtual Sessions by Fortesa Latifi
“We’re over a year into the pandemic and many people have found their groove. “We got creative,” Gideon explains. Sometimes that meant they would do phone calls instead of video calls. Other times, patients would sit in their cars while they talked to Gideon.”
A Tattoo Won't Fix My Anxiety Disorder, But It's Helped Me Through It
Quincee Gideon, a licensed psychologist who lives in Los Angeles, has seen people cope with anxiety and chronic illness through their tattoos. “It’s usually centered on having some external representation of an inner pain, control of our bodies, or an intersection of the two,” she says."
Inspiring Conversations with Quincee Gideon of Woven Together Trauma Therapy
“I was absolutely moved by the resilience I saw in the community members, as well as the stark reality of what 30 years of rebel warfare had done to an entire region of the world. “ Says Quincee.
