FM, CFS and Long-Covid
Specialised
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
FM, CFS and Long-Covid
Specialised
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Welcome – Introduction to BodyMind Therapy
How BodyMind Therapy was born?
BodyMind Therapy was created to fill a gap in healthcare that has existed for decades.
For years, people living with fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, chronic Lyme, FND, long COVID, and other complex chronic conditions have heard the same sentence:
“Your tests are normal. There is nothing wrong.”
And yet the symptoms remain.
Pain.
Fatigue.
Sensitivity.
Cognitive fog.
Nervous system overload.
The suffering is real — even when conventional medicine cannot fully explain it.
BodyMind Therapy was developed to address what has been missing: a clear, structured understanding of how the brain, nervous system, and body interact to produce physical symptoms — and, most importantly, how that process can be reversed.
This approach bridges neuroscience, cognitive behavioral therapy, stress physiology, and lived experience. It explains how the limbic system, stress response, and learned neural pathways can keep the body in a persistent state of symptom production — even after the original trigger is gone.
But understanding is only the beginning.
Welcome to BodyMind Therapy.
What is Bodymind Therapy?
BodyMind Therapy provides a step-by-step method to safely unravel this mechanism. It teaches you how to calm the stress response, retrain neural circuits, reduce fear-based symptom amplification, and restore the body’s natural balance.
This work was developed not only through professional training and therapeutic licensing, but also through deep understanding of what it truly feels like to live inside these symptoms — and what it takes to step out of them.
Why does this approach work?
When doctors have ruled out progressive disease but you are still suffering, you are not broken.
Your nervous system is protecting you in the only way it has learned to.
And what has been learned can be unlearned.
BodyMind Therapy offers a path back to safety, strength, and normal function — not by dismissing your symptoms, but by finally explaining them and showing you how to switch off the mechanism that keeps them going.
There is nothing else quite like this integrated, neuroscience-based, compassionate approach.
This is not symptom management.
This is nervous system retraining at its core.
Who am I to guide this process?
I’m a trained CBT therapist, specialized in chronic illness and nervous system regulation. I work daily with clients who came to me exhausted, discouraged, and out of hope.
They are all now living fuller, freer lives—with no symptoms.
I also speak from my own recovery, after years of living with fibromyalgia.
So I know both professionally and personally: there is a way forward.
What can you expect?
In BodyMind Therapy, we focus on:
- Understanding your symptoms in a new way
- Building safety in the body and nervous system
- Tools and practices that actually shift brain-body patterns
- Personalised support—not a one-size-fits-all method
You don’t have to be perfect. You just have to be curious, open, and ready to try something different. And you don’t have to do it alone.
If this speaks to you, I’d love to connect.
Whether you’re newly diagnosed or have been struggling for years, you’re welcome here.
I offer private therapy and online support through bodymindtherapy.fi
With compassion and hope,
Maria Melenchuk
CBT Therapist | Fibromyalgia & CFS Specialist | Founder of BodyMind Therapy
bodymindtherapy.fi
ready to start?
Price list:
USD 99 /95€/ 1-hour session (when booking for 10-time therapy)
120€/1-hr session
50€ first time consultation, 30-minutes
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Client Feedback
"Through brief CBT sessions with Maria, I learned that my own mindset and reactions could help me manage fibromyalgia."
– Sanna
I want to share a tip that has really helped me live with fibromyalgia. I learned powerful techniques through Reverse Therapy while working with Maria in cognitive brief therapy. It was encouraging to realize that in addition to exercise, diet, and relaxation, I could also support my well-being through my own body, mind, and perspective.
Maria is warm, energetic, and has a wonderful sense of humor – it was easy to find the right tools for my life with her guidance. I’ve learned a lot and now have ways to ease both pain and fatigue. A heartfelt thank-you to Maria!
"I got practical tools to recover from exhaustion and pain."
– Teija, almost 60, long-time office worker, living with fibromyalgia since age 45
I’ve had fibromyalgia for over ten years. The pain worsens especially with weather changes. When I began therapy, my body was full of pain and tension – long workdays, stress, and the earlier death of my father had overloaded both mind and body. I had little energy in the evenings, stopped exercising, and gained weight.
The sessions with Maria were held via Zoom, which made them easy to attend. Maria’s warm and trustworthy presence made it easy to talk openly. I received practical advice and fresh perspectives that helped me move forward. Her exercises were immediately engaging and easy to apply to daily life. A memorable moment was when, during one session, I felt pain in my elbow simply “melt away.”
I highly recommend Maria’s therapy to anyone looking for tangible support in managing pain and fatigue.
"Therapy helped me find my way back to life after long covid."
– Client from 2023 to 2025
I had been struggling with severe long covid / ME/CFS for a year and a half when I began therapy with Maria. At the time, I was mostly homebound, though medication allowed me to continue studying. One requirement before starting was reading a book on Reverse Therapy, so I was already familiar with the theory, which helped us dive right in – I truly appreciated this.
We mostly focused on anxiety rooted in past trauma. It was a relief to have someone offer an outside perspective and personal support alongside the other healing tools I was using, such as pacing, dietary changes, nervous system work, somatic practices, parts work, and trauma therapy.
Maria embraces a compassionate and integrative approach – she doesn’t exclude other tools or therapies but supports healing holistically. Her knowledge of trauma was very important to me. Her personal experience with chronic illness added a unique layer of understanding on top of her professional training. She is approachable, encouraging, and provides practical exercises and assignments to support the process.
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