Patricia Fennell

Patricia A. Fennell, MSW, LCSW-R, is CEO of Albany Health Management Associates, Inc. She is a clinician, research scientist, educator, and author specializing in chronic illness, post-viral syndromes, trauma, forensics, hospice, and global health care concerns. As the author of the validated Fennell Four-Phase Treatment Model™, she lectures, advises, and consults with government, professional, medical, academic, management, and patient organizations throughout North America, Europe, Africa, and Australia.

Education

 * 1984, Master’s Degree in Social Work, State University of New York at Albany - School of Social Welfare, Concentration: Direct (Clinical) Practice Special Area of interest and activity: Practice and Research in Aging
 * 1979-1980, Completion of first year of Doctoral studies, State University of New York at Albany - Graduate School of Sociology, Special areas of interest: Theoretical Approaches to the Societal Development of Deviance, Research Methods
 * 1979, Bachelor of Arts, College of St. Rose, Albany, New York Major: Sociology Minor: Business Administration

Notable studies

 * 2021, Elements of Suffering in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Experience of Loss, Grief, Stigma, and Trauma in the Severely and Very Severely Affected (Full text)
 * 2011, Chronic Illness and the Fennell Four Phase Treatment™ Approach: Working with People Who Don't Get Better (Full Text)
 * 2005, A team approach to treating CFS: Matching best medical practices to phases of illness.
 * 2000, Chronic fatigue syndrome: An examination of the phases (Abstract)
 * 2000, An empirical verification of the Fennell phases of the CFS illness (Abstract)
 * 1999, An investigation of the different phases of the CFS illness (Abstract)
 * 1999, Measuring phases of recovery in patients with CFS.
 * 1998, Capturing the different phases of the CFS illness
 * 1995, CFS sociocultural influences and trauma: Clinical considerations
 * 1995, The four progressive stages of the CFS experience: A coping tool for patients
 * 1993, A systematic, four-stage progressive model for mapping the CFIDS experience.

Books

 * 2012, The Chronic Illness Workbook: Strategies and Solutions for Taking Back Your Life, Patricia A. Fennell (Revised Edition)
 * 2003, The Handbook of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Leonard Jason, Patricia A. Fennell and Renée R. Taylor (2003) Chapter: "A four-phase approach to understanding chronic fatigue syndrome," pp.155-175, Chapter: "Chronic fatigue syndrome in adolescence," pp. 693-712. Handbook of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ISBN-10: 047141512X ISBN-13: 978-0471415121
 * 2003, Managing Chronic Illness Using the Four-phase Treatment Approach: A Mental Health Professional's Guide to Helping Chronically Ill People
 * 2003, Managing chronic illness: The four phase approach

Articles

 * 2021, "Elements of Suffering in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Experience of Loss, Grief, Stigma, and Trauma in the Severely and Very Severely Affected," by Patricia A. Fennell, Nancy Dorr, and Shane S. George (Healthcare, 2021)
 * 2012, "The Four Phases Of Chronic Illness" by Patricia Fennell for Solve ME/CFS Initiative newsletter
 * 2012, "Coping With CFS: Five Capacities of Improvisation" by Patricia Fennell for Solve ME/CFS Initiative newsletter
 * 2000, "The Healing Journey: Benefits of Retreats"

Learn more

 * Google Scholar Patricia A. Fennell
 * Curriculum Vitae