Nikkie was diagnosed with CFS in 2008 after an operation and a very stressful year in work and at home. Always busy and looking for the next goal in life, getting ill forced Nikkie to take a break from everything that was her life at the time. Nikkie’s initial approach to getting well revolved around the physical aspects of the condition largely due to her physiotherapy background. Quickly realising the immense value of psychology work in her own recovery journey, Nikkie’s enthusiasm for the field blossomed and she hasn’t looked back since. Having re-oriented her career from physiotherapy and healthcare management, Nikkie retrained as a psychology practitioner with The Optimum Health Clinic. She is hugely passionate about supporting others along their ME journey having come through the other side herself and loves working for the very clinic who were so integral to her own recovery.