Illness Explorer guides you along a route which has proved helpful to many patients. Some will move quickly along the MAIN ROUTE.

But others may take time exploring the SCENIC ROUTES, which provide extra information regarding the connections between illness and personal story.

Main Route

• Simple examples 1
• Simple examples 2
• What is Illness Explorer based on?
• Who can Illness Explorer help?
• Do not depend on Illness Explorer as your first option!
• Is Illness Explorer for me?
• Choosing a Route
• A person’s story can be very important
• Who does Illness Explorer apply to?
• Pressing onward
• How can knowing my story help a physical problem?
• Common fears and questions
• Let’s go!
• What’s involved?
• How long will it take?
• Are there any risks?
• Can I do it on my own?
• Things which could make the process hard
• Zone 1 – Exploring your beginnings and fluctuations
• Zone 1 – Understanding the 3 P’s
• Zone 1 – Beginning your story
• Zone 1 – Exploring recent events, symptoms and downturns in health
• Zone 1 – Mood/Stress and Symptom graphing
• Zone 2 – Finding important feelings
• Zone 2 – Working on your feelings
• Zone 2 – Working on your feelings – Group 1
• Zone 2 – Working on your feelings – Group 2
• Zone 2 – Working on your feelings – Group 3
• Zone 2 – Expressing feelings
• Zone 3 – Answering common questions
• Zone 4 – Sorting out themes
• Zone 4 – Themes exercise
• Zone 5 – Review and conclusion

Scenic Route 1

• Scenic Route 1 – The Methods

Scenic Route 2

• Scenic Route 2 – The medical model problem

Scenic Route 3

• Scenic Route 3 – The concept of I Am-ness