Coping with Functional Neurological Disorder

Listening to your Body, Finding Balance and Moving towards Recovery
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-10765-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Coping With…

Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) is a common but often misunderstood condition, leaving many individuals experiencing FND feeling frightened and isolated without the proper knowledge to support their personal wellbeing. Coping with Functional Neurological Disorder responds directly to this problem, written from the unique perspective of a clinical psychologist with lived experience of FND, to provide accessible explanations of symptoms and practical guidance for supporting wellbeing.

Structured around four key areas relating to FND, chapters offer hope, opportunities for connection and tools to support recovery and resilience. Topics explored include, but are not limited to:

- Explaining FND, including its causes, neural underpinnings and symptoms

- Practical ideas to support readers in making their condition more predictable and manageable

- Bringing together knowledge of FND and wellbeing strategies, allowing readers to learn to attune to their bodies and balance personal needs with the demands of daily life

- Widening the lens of FND to consider the role of friends, family and professional networks in supporting long-term recovery.

Readers will be encouraged to approach FND with compassion, building their understanding of their own unique experiences of FND, and creating a plan for symptom management and prevention of relapses.

An essential book for individuals with FND, and those who support them, this book offers hopeful yet reliable and psychologically informed advice for supporting physical and mental wellbeing. It will also be of interest to professionals working with individuals with FND, such as mental health and medical practitioners, seeking to better understand this condition.

Zielgruppe

General and Professional Reference

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Kognitivismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Part One: Making FND more understandable

1. What is FND?

2. The stories behind FND symptoms

3. Understanding the causes for FND

4. Understanding the altered brain networks in FND

Part Two: Making FND more predictable

5. Making your triggers for FND symptoms predictable

6. From predictability to attunement

7. Giving yourself an emotional dictionary

Part Three: making FND more manageable

8. Developing emotional regulation skills

9. Over control and avoidance: predictability imposters

10. Managing cognitive symptoms and brain fog in FND

11. Managing neurological fatigue in FND

12. Coping with severe and chronic FND

Part Four: Supporting the whole system and thinking for the long term

13. MDT support for FND

14. Support from family and friends

15. Obstacles to FND recovery

16. Rolling with the ups and downs of FND recovery

17. Coping with FND: Finding the path to recovery

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Michelle Gregory is a clinical psychologist from Sussex, specialising in treating Functional Neurological Disorder (FND). She draws on her clinical expertise and lived experience to support adults and young people to recover from FND. She lives in Sussex with her husband, child and a menagerie of animals.