"Clydesdale CAMHS and DBT services"

I want to say thank you to the staff at Clydesdale CAMHS and the CAMHS DBT team for the support that they have provided to my daughter and myself over the past 18 months helping her to become the 'independent woman' (her words! ) that she is today.

In particular I want to thank her DBT therapist, Peter, and her CAMHS worker, Marion, and her psychiatrist who have helped her when she was unable to help herself, who listened to her and advocated on her behalf, encouraged, challenged and praised her. These staff members also were a great support to me, her mum, when I didnt know what to do next.

I also want to thank Carol who is the person who answers the CAMHS Clydesdale phone and is always kind, calm and responsive. This is so important and appreciated. Finally I want to thank the DBT team. This intervention along with the 1: 1 support offered has taught my daughter and me how to manage the difficulties she experiences. It has made an enormous difference to our lives. We use the skills all the time. It wasnt easy at first. My daughter found it difficult to engage with DBT at first but the gentle, kind, sometimes humorous and practical approach worked and I would recommend DBT wholeheartedly. I would love it to be better resourced so that it can be made more widely available to young people in Lanarkshire. Thank you all.