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When I had issues with my Crohns Disease several years ago the best thing I did was seeing a Psychologist who worked with people with chronic disease. I did some cognitive behaviour therapy and still use it to make my life more positive whilst the negetive goes on in my life. My visits were mostly covered under Medicare due to the chronic nature of the disease - have a chat with your GP about a plan and get a referral.
Also do a search of IBD - there are a few support websites around now.
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Hi Nannak thank you for your answer I was seeing a physcologist but she actually sacked me after 3 sessions she didin't think we were working out and actually I don't think she knew how to deal with someone that had all these chronic diseases. How do you know if the physcologist is able to treat chronic diseases?
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Hi Anne, I think I looked it up on the Australian Psychological website http://www.psychology.org.au/FindaPsychologist/
Also there is a new online psychological assessment and treatment program for IBD through Swinburne University, that might be worth a try.
http://www.ibdclinic.org/ibd/
Hope you are able to get some help - I have had Crohns for many years but thankfully not a lot of other problems on top of it - but alas I am getting older.
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thank you so much for the resources I really appreciste it.
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