Reverse Therapy for Chronic Fatigue and Pain

When Medicine Can’t Find the Answer


If you've been told your blood test is normal, your scans are clear, and there's "nothing seriously wrong" - but you're still exhausted, in pain, or unable to think clearly - you're not imagining it, and you're not alone.

Reverse Therapy was developed by Dr John Eaton specifically for people in this position: chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and other persistent, medically unexplained symptoms. This page shows you two ways to start: read the book yourself, or work with Dr Eaton directly.

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Path 1 to Recovery - Self-guided study.
You can read John Eaton's book (available on the Amazon link to below left) to commence your own recovery.

Path 2 to Recovery - Book a Private Consultation with Dr John Eaton
One-to-one brief therapy sessions available face-to-face at 4 Church Street, Kintbury, Berkshire, as well as in Basingstoke and secure online sessions worldwide. Click here to make an appointment.

  • Reverse Therapy is a brief, educational form of brain retraining developed by Dr John Eaton. It teaches you to recognise physical symptoms – fatigue, pain, brain fog – as alarm signals from an over-activated threat system, and shows you how to answer those signals so the brain can safely switch the alarm off.

  • Reverse Therapy is most often used for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia, alongside muscle tension, unexplained pain, persistent stress, brain fog, stomach pain/bloating, sleep disruption, immune dysfunction and other symptoms linked to Bodily Distress Syndrome.

  • No. Reverse Therapy is an educational process, not a medical treatment. It does not diagnose, treat or cure underlying medical conditions – it teaches you how to interpret and respond to physical symptoms as regulatory messages from the brain. We recommend getting a medical opinion before starting.

  • Like other brain-retraining approaches, Reverse Therapy recognises that recovery results from taking actions that neutralise the triggers that set off the brain's alarm response (which appears as symptoms). Gradually re-educating the brain so that neuroplasticity can take place. The four specific triggers we have identified are: unresolved emotion (conflict), anxiety, recurring stressful situations, and loss of reward in daily activity.

  • Both options exist. Many people start with Dr Eaton's book for self-guided study. Others prefer one-to-one sessions with Dr Eaton, in person in Kintbury or Basingstoke, or securely online.

  • Reverse Therapy draws on established concepts from neuroscience, clinical research into Bodily Distress Syndrome, and symptom-focused therapy. Client case studies and testimonials are published on our Case Studies page. As with most mind-body approaches to chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, it has not been the subject of large-scale clinical trials.