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Mental health services are shambolic

Hope

Just a rant!

It seems that these days the only groups who might benefit from mental health services  are those who are severely ill (been sectioned and are in hospital), and those with stress related anxiety and depression, who have access to Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT): 6 weeks of CBT in a GP surgery or brief telephone contact. But if you have a chronic anxiety condition as a complication of having a developmental condition like autism, there is hardly any mental health provision!. I know this from first hand experience; you might get 6 weeks  of CBT, which barely scratches the surface of your problems, and are then expected to get on with it yourself, until the problems you face mean you need more CBT; and so it goes on  in swings and roundabouts with no real progress!.

Isn't it about time this diabolical state of affairs changes? And what precisely is the Autism Strategy doing to ensure that adults on the spectrum with chronic anxiety get the intensive (more thaan 6 weeks in many cases) therapy they need?

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  • Hi

    £70 is expensive?  I really don’t know.  I was paying £40 for a session at Relate about 5 years ago.  I have looked on NHS direct and they say CBT can cost £40-£100 (more in the London area, especially Harley Street).

    Also £70 a month for one session rather than a session every week costing £40-£100 is more cost effective.  You could argue that CBT is more cost effective because its only over a finite number of sessions but I feel CBT may treat the symptoms rather than getting to the cause.

    And I have to say our therapy is not exactly conventional, she tells me about her experiences and her life that are relatable to problems in mine. 

    I think she is exceptional.  If you met me 4 years ago before therapy, you would have met this desperate aspergic guy who feels worthless and inadequate but now I exude confidence because I am attractive, lovely, tactile, thoughtful and amazing person that anyone would be lucky to have in their life.  I can walk into a bar and know I look fantastic and feel like I belong here and I am worthy of peoples love and attention.  I am slightly embarrassed by the quiet introverted guy in his early 20s who use to dress in black, didn’t think he counted, had selective mutism and could barely look anyone in the eye.

    But its not all down to just talking therapy (getting some distance from my family, yoga, neditation, Effexor and massage as well good friends helped too)

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  • Hi

    £70 is expensive?  I really don’t know.  I was paying £40 for a session at Relate about 5 years ago.  I have looked on NHS direct and they say CBT can cost £40-£100 (more in the London area, especially Harley Street).

    Also £70 a month for one session rather than a session every week costing £40-£100 is more cost effective.  You could argue that CBT is more cost effective because its only over a finite number of sessions but I feel CBT may treat the symptoms rather than getting to the cause.

    And I have to say our therapy is not exactly conventional, she tells me about her experiences and her life that are relatable to problems in mine. 

    I think she is exceptional.  If you met me 4 years ago before therapy, you would have met this desperate aspergic guy who feels worthless and inadequate but now I exude confidence because I am attractive, lovely, tactile, thoughtful and amazing person that anyone would be lucky to have in their life.  I can walk into a bar and know I look fantastic and feel like I belong here and I am worthy of peoples love and attention.  I am slightly embarrassed by the quiet introverted guy in his early 20s who use to dress in black, didn’t think he counted, had selective mutism and could barely look anyone in the eye.

    But its not all down to just talking therapy (getting some distance from my family, yoga, neditation, Effexor and massage as well good friends helped too)

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