The Brí Clinic

11/09/2025

Bookings close on Monday evening for our FINAL fatigue management group of the year. Join me over five online sessions on Tuesday evenings covering pacing, cognitive impairment, managing work, school and everyday life, and the impact on you and your loved ones. Contact us to learn more, or book on the link below

These group education sessions, hosted online and led by Ciara Breen, Occupational Therapist, offer invaluable insights into managing Long Covid and related conditions such as MECFS and Long Lyme. All sessions will be recorded and available for three months after the programme has ended. Learn about...

14/08/2025

Pacing is in the spotlight this week due to this excellent article about the strengths of pacing as a strategy for living with Long Covid.
Free fulltext:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12982-025-00822-0


At The Brí Clinic, the five week online group programme for people with Long Covid, ME, and associated conditions begin on Wednesday 27th August at midday for our daytime session, or Tuesday September 16th at 6.30pm for our evening sessions. All educational components will be recorded and available for a number of months after the groups. We will be talking a LOT about different types of pacing, the role of sleep and rest, managing the impact on relationships with others and with yourself, and many strategies for day to day life including problem solving work and school challenges.

Book your space now and go into the autumn armed with knowledge and a renewed set of strategies to support yourself as you navigate this journey

Link for Daytime Classes
https://wix.to/GJWjI6D

Link for Evening Classes
https://wix.to/osFtQSO

These group education sessions, hosted online and led by Ciara Breen, Occupational Therapist, offer invaluable insights into managing Long Covid and related conditions such as MECFS and Long Lyme. All sessions will be recorded and available for three months after the programme has ended. Learn about...

03/06/2025

Delighted to answer all things OT & Long Covid at this online Q&A next Tuesday 10th June.

We’ll be talking about pacing, the impact on work, school, relationships, and more!

Join us for a Q&A with Ciara Breen next Tuesday 10th June.

Registration is required.

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/5PjHKnKbRUOeQv-PtlaOdQ

YOU CAN SUBMIT QUESTIONS for Ciara in advance by emailing us at longcovidadvocacyireland@gmail.com or ask them on the day via the chat function.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

16/04/2025

Empower yourself with the tools to manage POTS effectively! Join our POTS Summer School for teens and young adults, hosted online by Ciara Breen, Occupational Therapist. Get ready to learn about hydration, sleep quality, study strategies and much more. Sign up now at https://www.thebriclinic.com/service-page/pots-summer-school-ages-13-21?referral=service_list_widget

11/04/2025

Wow! I’m absolutely delighted with the feedback from the Occupational Therapists who attended my sold-out Fatigue Management course a few weeks ago. Thank you all so much!
“Even though I have attended several Fatigue Management courses over the years, this one shone”
“So clear, practical and thought provoking”“Thank you! I really gained so much from this course”
“There was a wealth of valuable and applicable information beyond the normal fatigue management information”

Contact me if you would like to enquire about training for your OT teams. Physio friends, I’m coming for you next! Watch this space 🎈

04/04/2025

Next Tuesday at 12.30pm I will be talking all about how to manage sleep if you have a chronic illness.
Get your tickets for this online talk now!
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/sleeping-well-with-chronic-illness-tickets-1230799577669?aff=oddtdtcreator

20/02/2025

Long COVID Physio is a global peer support network for Physiotherapists living with Long COVID, also providing education and advocating for safe and effective rehabilitation

07/01/2025

Would you like to learn more about fatigue and become more confident in approaching this area of Occupational Therapy practice?

Join me online in March for focused training in this area and leave with a deeper understanding of your own approach to fatigue and rest, an awareness of assessment tools for your area of practice and of course lots of evidence based interventions and techniques that you can use in practice!
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/fatigue-management-for-occupational-therapists-registration-1131257484589?aff=oddtdtcreator

30/12/2024

So delighted to have co-authored this paper on the cognitive aspects of Long Covid. Often termed “brain fog”, this term fails to capture the impact of these thinking difficulties on the day to day lives of those with Long Covid

https://journals.lww.com/cptj/fulltext/2025/01000/more_than__brain_fog___cognitive_dysfunction_and.7.aspx

27/11/2024

26/06/2024

Tickets going fast for this online event coming on July 22nd at 3.30pm!

This online event is best suited to people who experience post-exertional malaise, and want to learn how to pace using heart rate monitoring

10/06/2024

Are you interested to learn more about how pacing with a heart rate monitor can support symptom reduction and open up new avenues in Long Covid and ME?

Join me on July 22nd for an informative talk followed by Questions and Answers

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/pacing-with-a-heart-rate-monitor-registration-922506821737?aff=efbevent&fbclid=IwAR2LmW5S6ZpH7uEPhDNctgZXovysKryL0v9Qh2DXpFmyfCcdx-FGSr0TAJQ

This online event is best suited to people who experience post-exertional malaise, and want to learn how to pace using heart rate monitoring