I have suffered with anxiety and depression for about 12 years. I used to take medication but I stopped due to the side effects. Luckily the NHS paid for me to have CBT for a few months and I liked my therapist very much. Although I felt that it didn’t really help. She was trying to explain to me how I can limit the anxiety but it’s just not worked unfortunately. I then booked some counselling via my GP and I stopped after 3 sessions. The therapist was expecting me to pour my heart out and then would say okay now time is up, il see you next week. I was coming away from the sessions in tears after bringing everything up and with no advice or solutions. She told me that they only offer around 8 sessions anyway on the NHS. Does anyone know exactly how I can hire a therapist with my own money who can change my thought process and help me to overcome previous trauma and difficult life circumstances? I just feel that the last therapist wasn’t giving me anything back, just listening to me.
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