Your Experience is Valid (Kamil Lewis, AMFT)

Like Mind, Like Body

Curable Inc.

Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Taking care of yourself is a resilient act, one that requires vulnerability, rest, and compassion -- that’s the advice that Kamil Lewis, AMFT, gives to her clients who are struggling with chronic pain. In this episode, Kamil offers validation and guidance on navigating experiences that contribute to chronic pain, like oppression, marginalization, and burnout. Join us to learn tips on building community, acknowledging the challenges you've faced, and reigniting your sex life in the face of chronic symptoms.

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0:00.0	This is like mind, like body, a podcast about the surprising ways our thoughts and feelings can impact our physical health.
0:20.3	I'm your host, Laura Sgo, and on each episode,
0:24.9	I'll speak with researchers, healthcare practitioners, and ordinary people who have incredible
0:31.0	stories to tell about the power of the mind-body connection. As always, this podcast is brought to you by Curable. The Curable app
0:40.7	provides a step-by-step chronic pain recovery program right in your pocket, complete with bite-sized
0:48.0	pain science lessons, brain retraining exercises for cultivating safety in your body, and much, much more.
0:55.6	You can try Curable Out for free by visiting curablehealth.com.
1:00.7	Today on the show, I am joined by Camille Lewis, a licensed marriage and family therapist
1:06.2	who works with clients from the Pain Psychology Center in Los Angeles.
1:11.2	Camille brings a unique blend of skills to the chronic pain world, including a focus on
1:17.3	sex therapy and a specialization in people whose identities are marginalized or oppressed.
1:24.0	Our conversation spans all of these topics and more and includes lots of specific guidance and exercises that anyone can do at home to validate your experience of pain, cultivate resilience, and find new and exciting ways to reconnect with your loved ones.
1:42.4	Let's get to the interview.
1:58.4	Camille, thank you so much for joining us on the show today.
2:00.5	We are really happy to have you here. Thank you for having me.
2:02.6	I'm really looking forward to talking with you. Of course. So you are a marriage and family
2:08.1	therapist practicing in Los Angeles and you work with clients for a variety of different reasons,
2:15.2	relationships, sex, identity, and also chronic pain. And you happen to work
2:21.4	directly with the Pain Psychology Center, which many of our listeners are already familiar with,
2:27.1	with our friend Alan Gordon there. So tell me a little bit about how you became interested in this
2:33.7	area and working with people
2:35.6	who are experiencing chronic pain and symptoms.
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