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Therapy.
Hi,
I was under NHS services for around 10 years (CAMHS and Eating Disorder Services.) I discharged myself from the ED service as just couldn't connect with the Psychologist and overall, found their service pretty useless. I was lucky that I found the most amazing private therapist and I saw her once a week and then twice a week. I had sessions for just over a year although she is now on maternity leave. She did refer me to someone but I didn't feel the connection so I started looking for a private therapist to see while she was on maternity leave. She is still on maternity leave and is due back around September time.
I've started seeing an interim therapist once a week although I don't know whether I should ask to be seen by a therapist on the NHS until my usual Psychologist returns. I would rather put my money aside for sessions with my usual therapist; we built up a strong, professional relationship and I started to talk about the PTSD and it took a good 7/8 months to build up that trust and I don't feel comfortable to talk about those things with the interim therapist. I need support around my depression, codeine use and eating disorder but feel the NHS could provide me with that if I ask them.
Any advice would be great.
K
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