Out of the 15 accounts with a clear outcome; 3 more don’t say how it went.
How it went
Did it last?
- 1 of 18 said the benefit wore off.
- 1 of 18 needed to keep doing it to stay well.
Read from what people wrote. A story that ends without a follow-up counts as lasting, so treat these as minimums.
| Outcome described | Accounts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Full recovery | 9 | 60% |
| Near-full | 0 | 0% |
| Substantial | 5 | 33% |
| Partial | 1 | 7% |
| Relapsed | 0 | 0% |
| No benefit | 0 | 0% |
| Outcome unclear | 3 | — |
By how ill people were
| Severity at worst | How it went | n | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 4 | 50% | |
| Severe | 5 | 60% | |
| Very severe | 3 | 100% |
6 accounts don’t say how ill the person was.
Who published these accounts
67% of these accounts are on pages that sell this treatment or a program around it. Those pages publish their successes; compare the independent row.
How often it comes up
Posts that mention Mickel Therapy / Reverse Therapy, per 1,000 posts each year. Hover a point for the count.
Show as a table
| Year | Posts mentioning it | All posts | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0 | 184 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 682 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 704 | 0.0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1,491 | 0.0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1,708 | 0.0 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,352 | 3.0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2,158 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1,431 | 2.8 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3,110 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2,201 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1,075 | 4.7 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2,581 | 0.4 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1,867 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1,166 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1,000 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1,237 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1,019 | 2.0 |
| 2026 (so far) | 2 | 840 | 2.4 |
Posts in the forum threads we archived, 26,806 in all, counted per year. A mention means the post names the treatment, not that the writer took it. These threads all contain a recovery story, so they show what those communities discussed, not everyone with ME/CFS or long COVID. All trends
All 18 accounts
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229: After 26 Years, Dr. David Mickel Says Recovery Starts Here
Credits Mickel Therapy. David had ME/CFS and is listed among the recovery accounts. 26 yrs is his practice tenure, not his illness.
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Does ME/CFS Ever Go Away?
Credits mickel therapy and brain retraining. Amy was ill 4y with severe ME/CFS and is described as fully recovered. Influenced by Gabor Mate's brain-immune work.
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128: Dr. David Mickel, MD: Thousands Are Getting Cured Quickly
Credits Mickel Therapy. David had long COVID and is listed among the recovery accounts. Third appearance; expert, not a patient.
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Overcoming CFS Relapses: Rebuilding and Shifting Perspectives
Credits the Lightning Process, mickel therapy and CBT or psychological work. Katy was ill 10y with severe ME/CFS and reports a substantial improvement. Says recovery is not permanent without maintained habits.
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Our brains are physical and they play a big part in how we react to viruses and diseases
Trained in and credits MindBody Reconnect, developed by its founder Clare Caldwell, who also treated Alice personally, as a successor to Mickel Therapy, after acupuncture, herbal medicine, vitamins and meditation had not helped. She had ME/CFS symptoms for…
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The Remission Biome Project: Two ME/CFS Patients Begin a Gut Reset Effort to Regain Their Health
Bifidobacteria: a multi-strain probiotic blend of Bifidobacterium breve, B. bifidum, B. infantis and B. longum together with Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Saccharomyces boulardii, given as one part of a wider protocol that also included mold avoidance, B…
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Helen
Helen recovered through Mickel Therapy -- weekly hour-long sessions by Skype starting in September 2020 -- alongside the Curable app, meditation, breathwork, yoga, Trauma and Tension Release Exercises (TRE), and daily gratitude-diary journaling; no drugs or…
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I knew that one of the things that was keeping me sick was my constant focus on my illness
Began weekly hour-long Mickel Therapy sessions over FaceTime in September 2020 with a therapist named Trevor, himself recovered from a 10-year bout of CFS/ME, running for about five sessions over six months and aimed at retraining an autonomic nervous system…
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Reverse therapy is helping me a lot
After several years of mild-to-moderate ME/CFS partly triggered by probiotic use, did two sessions of "Reverse Therapy" (a meditative practice of "talking to" the body) over six weeks. Reports "feeling the best I have since the beginning of my cfs journey,"…
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My experience with Mickel Therapy
After 14 years of fluctuating moderate-to-severe ME/CFS (good years able to just manage groceries, bad stretches struggling to move around the apartment), did Mickel Therapy and went, in her words, from "15% to 75% plus functioning": no more flu-like…
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Louise Finds One Thing That Turns Life Around
Louise, who had a prior history of anxiety and depression, developed post-viral fatigue after stress-induced poor sleep escalated into flu-like symptoms, severe muscle and joint pain and a sore throat that left her unable to work. Amitriptyline, rest,…
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Reverse Therapy Reverses Four year Illness
Matt, 30, developed severe ME/CFS after a jaw-breaking injury and within four years was sleeping 20 hours a day with a permanent headache, dizziness and overwhelming fatigue. Cranial osteopathy, acupuncture, herbal medicine and kettlebell exercises gave only…
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Mickel Therapy Turns the Corner for Experienced Mind/Body Practitioner
Susie, herself a trained mind-body practitioner, became severely ill in 1991 with energy near zero plus severe pain, having already tried homeopathy, visualisation, acupuncture and CBT without success. About 24 years later she credits Mickel Therapy, built…
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Mickel Therapy Does it For Mandi
Mandi went from an active woman holding two jobs to someone so severely fatigued and depressed she could not get out of bed, with repeated relapses including a three-month relapse in 2004 that forced her to stop working. Mickel Therapy brought rapid change:…
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Overcoming CFS/M.E.
Credits mickel therapy. Saul was ill 6y with moderate ME/CFS and is described as fully recovered. Founder now sells his own derived Health Recovery Therapy.
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Dr. David Mickel interview/companion page
Credits Mickel Therapy. David had ME/CFS and is listed among the recovery accounts. MD expert, 25yrs treating others; not a personal story.
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Mickel Therapy Turns the Corner for Experienced Mind/Body Practitioner
Credits mickel therapy. An unnamed patient had ME/CFS and reports a substantial improvement. Branded mind-body therapy method.
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Reverse Therapy Reverses Four Year Illness
Credits brain retraining. An unnamed patient was ill 4y with ME/CFS and reports a substantial improvement. Branded mind-body therapy method.