How to Manage the Psychological Impacts of Living with Dizziness

This week, Dr. Abbie Ross, PT, NCS and Dr. Danielle Tolman, PT connect with Joanna Wolfson, PhD, ABPP about what people living with dizziness may experience on a day to day basis, and what can be done about it from a psychological point of treatment.
Joanna Wolfson, PhD, ABPP is a board-certified senior psychologist on the Adult Outpatient service at Rusk Rehabilitation, NYU Langone Health and Clinical Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. She holds a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University, completed her internship at NYU Rusk, and her postdoctoral fellowship at the Manhattan VA in Health Psychology and Primary Care. She is board certified in clinical health psychology. Dr. Wolfson provides individual and group psychotherapy to patients with a wide range of medical presentations, including vestibular conditions. She co-leads a vestibular stress management group, which has been running for the past 8 years. She also supervises interns in the field of health psychology and presents on topics including integrated healthcare, motivational interviewing, and health anxiety.
Dr. Wolfson can be reached at: [e-mail]
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Gordon, R. M., Dahan, J. F., Wolfson, J. B., Fults, E., Lee, Y. S. C., Smith-Wexler, L., Liberta, T. A., & McGiffin, J. N. (2020). Existential-humanistic and relational psychotherapy during COVID-19 with patients with preexisting medical conditions. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 002216782097389. ⁠journals.sagep...
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[@alohablue2907]

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[@SabrinaJean-g7y]

It’s been a year and a half since my vestibular migraine began. So many other health conditions presented themselves and it’s totally changed my life. I had panic attacks beginning a year before the vestibular and vertigo issues began. Anxiety usually surrounds the fear of falling. Lately, I’ve been experiencing depressive thoughts. Not sure if it’s because it’s been a year and a half with pain in the back of my head, neck, and shoulder and also nerve pain on the right side of my body or if it’s from the medication I’m on. My PCP told me I have to prioritize what I want to focus on. She felt that my nerve pain is secondary and I should focus on controlling my diabetes. My vestibular migraine wasn’t even on the table! It’s like , I just have to manage it on my own. I’m so tired.

[@alohablue2907]

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[@swoonworthyvbcpodcast3795]

This is not the life I wanted for myself. Is there anything that can be done for recurrent BPPV? My physical therapist just says he sees some of the same patients for years… I’m not ok with that. I’m tired of this being my life.

[@alohablue2907]

Stay hydrated,use the epely or half summersalt maneuver I came down with this about 6 months ago and every couple weeks I do these things to fix it at home. The key is to catch it early so you can fix it at home