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"Advice was constructive and positive"

About: Primary Mental Health Care Services / Condition Management Programme

(as the patient),

I took  CBT phone call once a week for 13 weeks with a therapist called Kathryn.  She was very friendly and patient to listen. Her advice was constructive and positive. It gave me a mental tool box I could begin to use to resolve faulty thinking patterns I had from my childhood.

While it's not been easy at all to learn, I have been employing these techniques of thinking and they have proved very helpful in my situation. It's not been easy, but with Kathryn's help and patience, I have learned how to address my feelings and their validity, not only this, but to acknowledge how I feel. So from forming important boundaries and how to deal with even friendly fire, I have come a long way  and going forward now that the course has finished, I will continue to strengthen my thought life with constructive and useful thinking that was in line with my Christian values.

 This is thanks to Kathryn's help and I am very grateful for her approach to dealing with my sensitivities in social situations.

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Response from Lynn Jackson, Primary Mental Health Care Team Lead Armagh and Dungannon –, Mental Health directorate, Southern Health and Social Care Trust last month
Lynn Jackson
Primary Mental Health Care Team Lead Armagh and Dungannon –, Mental Health directorate,
Southern Health and Social Care Trust
Submitted on 13/03/2024 at 18:14
Published on Care Opinion on 14/03/2024 at 09:44


gare98

Thank you for sharing your experience of engaging with the Condition Management Programme. I am delighted that Kathryn has been able to offer you support and assist you on your journey. Your bravery in speaking out will indeed help and motivate others in similar positions.

I wish you all the best in the future.

Lynn

Mental Health Triage Manager

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