"Transformative"
I finished my psychotherapy treatment several months ago and I am so glad that I was able to work with such a compassionate, highly-skilled, experienced professional. It took over a year to feel that his holding of boundaries, me & the therapy space was safe, allowing me to experience myself, him & then others in a different, much less defensive way. The therapist made every effort to hold this safe space during lockdown via telephone & online sessions. Psychotherapy is mysterious in that I know it’s helped me but I’m not sure how! I will be forever grateful to him & the Specialist Psychotherapies Service.
"Lies"
The therapist lost interest quickly and stopped listening to me. The summary they sent out is full of lies and I feel worse for having gone through the service. Someone people should not be allowed to work with vulnerable people.
"A traumatic experience by an autistic patient"
I was treated intensively at the service for the best part of 3 years altogether (2015-2018) which resulted in a mental breakdown and subsequently a severe PTSD. During all that time, the two therapists I saw did not notice my then undiagnosed autism. Three months ago in May 2019, I was diagnosed with autism by a specialist multidisciplinary team externally as the trust does not diagnose autism. I feel deeply scarred by the service and live in constant panic attacks associated with random memories from my treatment. During my breakdown in 2016 I became almost nonverbal as my autism about which I didn't know at the time has worsened because of my clinical experience. I could also hardly walk and kept experiencing physical injuries as a result of my worsened coordination skills. No clinician at the service suspected my autism and I returned for more treatment by a second therapist there. I feel even more scared from the subsequent therapy there by the complete breakdown in communication with the therapist who yet again did not realise that I am autistic and that communication has a different meaning to me. It is essential to incorporate this element in an intensive transformative psychotherapy to not lead to a severe trauma and worsen their condition. My intensive psychological treatment ended unsuccessfully and left me feeling deeply scarred and traumatised. I do not recommend this service to any autistic people and advise caution when proceeding to any other patients.
"Knowledgeable, compassionate psychotherapy"
The therapist I'm seeing is very compassionate, "gently" challenging & above all knowledgeable. I feel safe in his ability to hold the boundaries of the session which is slowly allowing me to let go of feeling responsible for it all myself & enabling me to hopefully engage in a deeper way. Feel that I'm being understood & heard.
"I see a psychotherapist at Callum Lodge. She"
I see a psychotherapist at Callum Lodge. She is amazing. I have seen councillors before and they have done nothing for me. It has taken me many years to get the help that I need. Doctors are not trained enough in mental health issues and unfortunately because of that a lot of us slip through the net and never get the help we do desperately need.
Thank you for your kind feedback. We are really pleased to hear of your recovery. We will let the team know.
