"This group/therapy has really impacted on my life"

I have recently ended the year-long MBT Therapy group at the Mandala Centre.   I found it helpful sharing, and helpful to know you’re not the only person with these feelings.   We all learnt off each other, including the facilitators.

I found that the group could bring up a lot of historic trauma without dealing with it in the group. I found it difficult keeping boundaries, especially when other group members were attaching to me.  I also found it difficult when group numbers dropped. There was less sharing and less people to ‘bounce off’. 

I feel that this group/therapy has really impacted on my life/been my life! It has been challenging, but I know it had to get real to work. I was in a bit of denial at first.  I have noticed that I fight against that first thought and I sometimes resort to old habits, but in the bigger picture I’ve changed massively.  I’m not going round in circles anymore, I mentalize better than in my entire life – ever! And I don’t drink anymore.

I found that the facilitators were brilliant.  What has been unhelpful is inconsistency between services (e.g. Notts MBT Service and CRHT). I think CRHT staff should spend a day with Notts MBT Service. You do share notes, though not always knowledge of each other’s services.