Personal experiences of counselling and psychotherapy
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An overwhelming but liberating experience
I have been receiving counselling for seven years for the sexual abuse I suffered as a child and which lasted well into my teens. I cannot say that the journey has… [Read more]
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I started having panic attacks
I want to share this story because I thought I was going mad, but now I know that loads of people go through what I did. Hope it helps someone…
One… [Read more]
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I joined a group
I’d been taking anti-depressants for years. Then I saw a counsellor for a few one-to-one sessions before joining her small evening group and that’s when I really began to see progress.… [Read more]
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I was angry
I decided to sign up for long-term psychotherapy as I had tried the short-term approach before and I finally felt ready to unravel some of the darker stuff I carry around.… [Read more]
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The dark hole of depression
My mum found my counsellor when we were told we would have to wait nine months for counselling for depression on the NHS. I was desperate (and she was very… [Read more]
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Third time lucky
We went to one session at Relate and agreed that it wasn’t for us. We then went to a few sessions with the Church that married us – but while we… [Read more]
