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"I now have my life how it should have been all these years"

About: Mental Health / Community Mental Health

(as a service user),

Started seeing Dr Nellaney at North West area centre Kilmarnock for childhood sexual abuse. 

I had buried much of the abuse but reporting it to the police and then having a court case brought it all into my head again and I was suicidal and could not cope with every day life.

Dr Nellaney started seeing me in 2023 and although I had to wait months to see her, when I eventually did she helped me. It took 41 sessions but I now have my life how it should have been all these years.

Have the memories still there, but with Dr Nellaney's help I now can deal with the memories in a good way. They will always be there as it happened but to be able to not have nightmares waking and screaming and be terrified to go to sleep, I can now talk myself down from these fears and relax.

Without Dr Nellaney helping I most assuredly would not be here as I would have taken my own life.

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Response from Aileen Ferrier, Business Support Administrator to Head of Locality Health & Champion for Care Opinion, EA Health & Social Care Partnership last month
Aileen Ferrier
Business Support Administrator to Head of Locality Health & Champion for Care Opinion,
EA Health & Social Care Partnership

Business Support Administrator and Care Opinion Champion

Submitted on 29/08/2025 at 09:30
Published on Care Opinion at 09:30


Thank you so much for sharing your story with us, I am glad that you are able to take away the positives from your sessions and feel that you have your life back, thank you for praising the support and intervention from Dr Nellaney, Clinical Psychologist, I will ensure that they are made aware of your feedback.

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Update posted by only1sandi (a service user)

I hope that sharing my experience will help someone feel able to ask for the help they need.

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