Community Services - Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Community Services - Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust 2022-05-15 Person 4 5 0

Caring staff members Listened to concerns and views re treatment

Community Services - Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust 2022-05-15 Person 5 5 0

6 years of undiagnosed right hip pain.

I owe a huge debt of gratitude to the therapist who shared the tools required to navigate towards, then maintain good mental health.

Community Services - Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust 2022-05-13 Person 5 5 0

(Bipolar 1 Affective Disorder.) The group has been informative and supportive. Knowledge is power and I have gained more generalized knowledge about a range of subjects, not necessarily about Bipolar. I have developed more empathy regarding some of the group members' histories, especially around the subjects of alcohol and drug dependency and recovery. I have reconnected with my innate sense of humour which I had lost for a while.

Tea and biscuits would have been nice, but pretty difficult to do virtually. Thanks all. Looking forward to future groups. All the best, Alastair

Community Services - Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust 2022-05-13 Person 5 5 0

polite friendly and informative staff. Microsoft Teams group chats have been really great, helps with my mental health. thank you

all went fine thank you

Community Services - Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust 2022-05-13 Person 5 5 0

It has helped me considerably in overcoming my sleep difficulties

Face to face appointments would be better than by phone

Community Services - Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust 2022-05-12 Person 5 5 0

Nurse Debbie and assistants who have accompanied her have been beyond everything I could have wished for in the care and compassion shown to my sister and the advice and support given to me

Community Services - Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust 2022-05-12 Person 5 5 0

I received treatment for a few months from James Caulfield. James conducted himself with the upmost of professionalism, care and understanding. I was involved with all decisions and his direction was always for my sole benefit. I also felt that I wasn’t being ‘processed’ and even though I never met him in person, he made me feel comfortable and confident that my ride through my health condition would be supported right through until ‘after’ no more care was needed. Thank you very much Clarke

Community Services - Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust 2022-05-10 Person 4 5 0

My doctor says fibromyalgia isn't a problem and pills help anxiety

Not ended so abruptly

Community Services - Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust 2022-05-09 Person 4 5 0

I suffer with depression

All good so far

Community Services - Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust 2022-05-07 Person 2 5 0

I was told it would be intensive therapy but I'm pretty sure it wasn't. I was honest about how nervous I was about taking phonecalls and just speaking to a therapist in general and it was very difficult for me to do these calls due to extreme anxiety. I also had to cancel a few times due to my physical health problems. I ended up doing 4 sessions and then she suggested that maybe this wasn't working for me and I should maybe try again once my physical health was more stable and I had sorted out my antidepressant dosage with my doctor. This really doesn't help me as I have I can't see my physical health changing at all any time soon. It was suggested that maybe when I'm more sorted I could try again and we could go more in depth rather than just "chit chatting" for an hour. After already saying how bad my anxiety was and that I had been very down lately, this felt like a bit of a slap in the face to be honest and just left me feeling embarrassed. She did say she wasn't forcing me to make a decision but she didn't want to waste my time and that I should think about what I want to do. I didn't feel I could talk to her again after that so I cancelled and probably won't be doing it again any time soon. It's very disappointing because agreeing to therapy was a massive step for me, that I've been putting off for years. Just to be told I'm not ready for therapy because my health is all over the place. She wasn't horrible in any way but I did feel she was trying to influence my decision by kind of listing the negatives and reasons why this might not work.

Don't tell people with long standing health conditions to come back "once their health is more stable". Like I say my health isn't going to change any time soon so does that mean I should write therapy off because I'm not well enough? It's a terrible thing to say to someone who is already struggling so much.