Talking Therapy not suitable to everyone

loopylisa

I'm concerned after all the rishi sunak plans, which just feels like a personal attack. I had a breakdown before Christmas last year and called well being because I wanted no human contact. Sorry for babbling, but was put on to a talking therapy. During that time I also contacted my doctor as I've been on anti depressants for years. New doctor who had sat and gone through all my medical notes which I found amazing as previous doctor just did not listen to my concerns just upped my dosage on my medication. Well I was changed to bipolar medication and I can feel and see the difference already my low moods seem more stable and my manic periods are more calm but the therapist carried on treating me as depressed and did not consider physical difficulties when she was incuraging me to get up and do things when I had told her I had my medication changed to bipolar medication and was no longer taking anti depressants and was feeling more balanced. I suppose my worry is that rishi sunak will put his own assesers in who have no medical back ground and like this therapist not listen to a word I say. I must add I have a spinal problem and nerve damage so I wasn't just assesed on mental health but still a worry as when I calmed Esa I was assessed and the asseser caused my back to lock as I felt presured into doing his physical assessment. So worried for all disabled weather it's physical or mental health .

Albus_Scope

Heya @loopylisa I understand your concerns. They're currently just throwing around ideas and these changes may never actually happen, so please try not to worry too much. :)

Meg24

Having therapy is very complicated, you have to be in the right place mentally to be ready to do it, you have to find a therapist who is the right fit for you, you have to do the type of therapy that is the right fit be that pure talking psychotherapy (and all the different types there are), Art Psychotherapy, CBT/DBT, and I'm sure there are others.

Most forms of therapy also require time, lots of it. It's unrealistic to expect lasting change with a 6 week course of CBT and for some people even 2 years of psychotherapy is not enough.

Then you have people like me who have had therapy for over 20 years and have been told that I need to have it for the rest of my life in order to stay stable. So called recovery is not a reality for many people with severe MH.

The good news is lots of charities and also Psychotherapists and psychologists are all over these proposals, it's highly unlikely they will be able.to implement anywhere near the amount of changes they have proposed.

loopylisa

NHS therapy, Not tried private as yet. I've tried about everything else healing .meditation, herbal . Anonymous group bit like AA but not sure if they do that anymore as only went once freaked out as to many people in room of that size.so glad I'm not the only one this hasn't helped.

Meg24

I have been extremely fortunate to have been able to access one of only two I think, services in the country that were at the time, open ended long term Art Psychotherapy. Although the service is now almost gone, the NHS trust is not able to justify signing off the last few of us remaining. I am aware how lucky I've been to get this and I honestly believe that I would not still be here without it.

Although I have permanent MH issues, therapy has enabled me to have insight and self awareness, so I am able to manage my life in a way that keeps me safe and relatively stable. Because of this input, about 48 hours a year on average, I have not needed to access any other services and I take only emergency medication. Thereby saving the NHS a lot of money and also feeling better about my ability to manage my own life choices.

I can't recommend finding the right therapist highly enough. Good luck.