For practitioners - Meaning and Purpose

We must recognise what people are worried about and what they are trying to achieve

The resources on this page can be used by practitioners working with people with long-term conditions. You might even provide copies to your clients.

We also hold training sessions for practitioners to learn more about how to use some of these resources with their clients, as well as networking and information events for both people with long-term conditions and practitioners.

Tools

Integrative Model of Adjustment to Chronic Conditions (IMACC)

The Integrative Model of Adjustment to Chronic Conditions (IMACC) can be used by practitioners to support people with long-term conditions who are experiencing adjustment problems. The model is based on biopsychosocial principles.

In the coming months we will be adding further information about how to use IMACC in clinical practice. For now, practitioners who are interested in using IMACC with their clients can book onto one of our free workshops. You can book onto our March workshop using the link in the “events” section on this page or you can contact us at info@meaningandpurpose.co.uk to find out about future workshops.

Events

MyLifeTool launch: A new self-management tool for people with long-term conditions / 23rd October 2019, 13:00, Teesside University

Teesside University and Neuro Key have been working with people with long-term conditions to develop a new self-management tool for people with long-term conditions. MyLifeTool is a self-management tool that people can use long-term. It encourages people to reflect upon their journey living with a long-term condition and learn about their condition, themselves and what gives them meaning and purpose in life.

Anyone with a long-term condition or who works with people with long-term conditions is welcome to come to the event. A free copy of MyLifeTool will be available and there will be a chance to try it out for yourself.

The event is free but only 100 places are available. You can sign up for a place at Eventbrite or contact Stephanie Kilinc at s.kilinc@tees.ac.uk if you would like further information.

Date: 23^rd October 2019

Venue: T1.10,The Curve, Teesside University

Time: 1.00pm to 4.30pm plus refreshments

Our Publications

Kılınç, S., Campbell, C., Guy, A., & Van Wersch, A. (2018). Epilepsy, identity, and the experience of the body Epilepsy and Behavior. 89, 42-47.

DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.10.003

Kılınç, S., Van Wersch, A., Campbell, C., & Guy, A. (2017). The experience of living with adult-onset epilepsy. Epilepsy and Behavior, 73, 189-196.

DOI:10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.05.038

Kılınç, S., & Campbell, C. (2009). “It shouldn’t be something that’s evil, it should be talked about”: A phenomenological approach to epilepsy and stigma. Seizure, 18(10), 665-671.

Kılınç, S., & Campbell, C. (2008). The experience of discontinuing antiepileptic drug treatment: An exploratory investigation. Seizure, 17(6), 505-513.

Hammond, L., & Hirst-Winthrop, S. (2016). Proposal of an Integrative Model of Adjustment to Chronic Conditions (IMACC): An understanding of the process of psychosocial adjustment to living with type 2 diabetes. Journal of Health Psychology, 23(8),1063-1074. DOI:10.1177/1359105316664131