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I was so relieved to be well again

Posted By pearldiver

"I was so relieved to be well again"

About: Bromley Healthcare / Talk together Bromley (IAPT)

(as the patient),

I was struggling with anxiety and stress, and with a history of mental illness and a young son, I wanted to find out what was going on and stop it.

I self-referred to CBT at Bromley Healthcare through their website. They got back in touch really quickly to do a second diagnostic check, and then phoned back to explain there was a really long waiting list, and that they would keep me in touch. They phoned about every 6 weeks to let me know how the waiting list was going, and offered me group counselling if I wanted something quicker.

In the end I waited about 6 months and then had 10 weekly sessions of CBT. The therapist was brilliant - immediately put me at my ease, and picked up on things I said, and then shaped her next session around it (eg recognised I really enjoyed reading and studying, so suggested some books).

I was worried 10 sessions wouldn't be enough, but she shaped the sessions so that I felt like I was being helped on a journey that meant by week 9 I was struggling to find things to talk about. I was so relieved to be well again.

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Response from Amanda Mayo, Head of Integrated Care - Bromley ICN, Operations Directorate, Bromley Healthcare 9 years ago
Amanda Mayo
Head of Integrated Care - Bromley ICN, Operations Directorate,
Bromley Healthcare

My role is provide professional support to all nurses within Bromley Healthcare and to ensure services we provide are of the highest quality

Submitted on 17/02/2015 at 18:19
Published on Care Opinion at 20:33

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I am so pleased that you are feeling better and that the staff in the IAPT team at Bromley Healthcare were able to support this.

I will ensure that they see your posting as it is always lovely as a clinician to receive feedback like this.

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