Episode 11: Mental Health and Vasculitis with Dr. Velma Mockett
In the eleventh episode of VF's Vasculitis Visionaries, Ben and Kaley are joined by Dr. Velma Mockett, an Alberta-based mental health practitioner and licensed psychotherapist with more than 15 years of experience in the field. Dr. Mockett counsels patients on the grief and loss associated with chronic illness and uses her own experience with vasculitis to inform her work. In this episode she discusses mental health grounding techniques, the patient experience, and destigmatizing emotion. Tune in to learn about the importance of incorporating mental health care into routine vasculitis treatment and how physicians can and should discuss patient mental health.