No therapy

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Diagnosed with complex trauma and promised NHS therapy because I was having hallucinations, psychosis and hearing voices.
Initial sessions x 6 was therapist listened to and wrote down my story basically. I told her things I'd never told anyone else, all the horror I've been living with for 50 years leaving me feeling totally wrung out and shattered.
At the end she said therapy proper would start properly in a month or so.
Got a letter yesterday to say therapy is no longer available at this time - no reason given and I'd be discharged.
I have no way of coping with all the emotions that have been churned up telling my story to this person and the promised therapy has been taken away. I have a huge problem with trust due to my condition and now I trust people even less. I feel like I've just been totally abandoned.
Its left me feeling suicidal. How can they promise me something, let me spill my guts and then snatch it away.
Surely this isn't ethical?

how awful, I am so sorry you have had this treatment.

I won't make excuses but the person/counsellor is not doing this on purpose, the system is to blame. Not that that makes it ok, but I would imagine the individual's ethics are not involved.

If you feel suicidal you can phone Samaritans at any time.

Could you approach your local Mind charity? Do you have any funds to pay for private support?

Again, I'm sorry

That's really not ok. Can you go back to your referrer and ask for some explanation on why you were discharged and a referral elsewhere?

Go to your GP and get your GP to help complain, obtain special funding from CCG for therapy elsewhere.

I had exactly this from local ED service. The only therapy they had for adults (as in over age of 20) was a clinical trial with experimental therapy. My GP was against it but I felt i had no choice.
After 4 months the therapist decided I didn't fit her desired outcomes for her study (it was her own special baby with her name on it so masses of self interest there) and they discharged me despite stating in their discharge info that I suffer from anorexia.

GP was furious. Is seeking funding for me from CCG to have treatment via a private provider as the locally commissioned service doesn't provide for my age and life stage.

As the local service had written to you and said the therapy you need is no longer provided locally, your CCG will provide funding for elsewhere. But your GP applies for it.

I know this is so rough. I was absolutely crushed and am currently also in a real bad state because of what happened.

I should hear today whether my funding has been approved or private treatment funded via another source so I literally feel sick waiting to hear.

My Gp supported me and helped. This has saved me. Get your GPs support for other funding.
Hugs for you. This is horrible and a disgusting way to treat a human being in need of help.

This is what happens. Very similar thing happened to me. Mental health care in this country is shocking unless you can afford to go private. I was lucky that I found an amazing private counsellor who operates a sliding scale system for people on very low income. If I couldn't pay the reduced fee for therapy, I would be dead. I'd have killed myself by now because I'm in a bad way.

The NHS provision is a joke.

Trouble is I don't want to speak to anyone else now, it has taken me 55 years to be able to find the courage and trust someone enough to tell them what happened to me. Doing that caused a huge worsening in my condition and flashbacks. I told the therapist this but still get this letter which is quite honestly curt and impersonal and says to ring the samaritans if I feel suicidal. I can't go through the process of telling anyone new what happened. I think I prefer to just live with it now and try and build my life back to some semblance of normality.
I can't help wondering how pften this happens to other people and how many have committed suicide because of it.

If you're able to access it, please consider EMDR therapy. You don't have to tell anyone all the things you already did (they can work on very minimal information and it has really good outcomes)

I'm so so sorry you've been so let down. It's so unacceptable.

Thanks everyone. I'll try EMDR trunumber. Limited cash at the moment as I'm helping DS buy his first home.