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MBT Therapy helped me look at myself in a different light

Posted By importerqt63

"MBT Therapy helped me look at myself in a different light"

About: Community Forensic Services / Nottinghamshire MBT Service

(as a service user),

I have recently ended Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT) Therapy with the Notts MBT Service. I have ended early as I feel that I am in a good enough place for this to come to a natural end.

I found the therapy helped me look at myself in a different light. I am able to take a step back and metalize about others. In the past I would have thought people were being funny with me by the things they said or did, but now I feel more able to think things through rationally/not assume the worst of people.

I didn't find it helpful when in the group I felt forced to talk about something I didn't feel ready to do. Some may feel this is the point of therapy but the incident in question was too fresh/traumatising for me. I didn't feel able to talk about it but felt pressured by the group members and the facilitators which felt beyond helpful and I felt re-traumatised. I did struggle with the approach of one facilitator but was not an issue as they left early into the therapy.

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Response from Louisa Hagan, Service Manager, Community Forensic Services, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 2 years ago
Louisa Hagan
Service Manager, Community Forensic Services,
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Submitted on 16/11/2021 at 12:52
Published on Care Opinion at 12:52

Thank you for posting this feedback, it’s always good to hear the views of people accessing our service.

I am sorry that your experience has been one of feeling pressured to talk about things that you didn’t feel ready to do. I appreciate that this encouragement from facilitators and group members to discuss current events wasn’t done with any ill intent, rather as a supportive/therapeutic intervention but nonetheless you did’nt find it helpful. It sounds like you were able to share this with your 1:1 therapist, using this 1:1 space to consider your own needs, coming to the conclusion that you were at a point where therapy felt at an end for you. I appreciate therapy can have it’s difficulties, the very nature of it being about addressing/working though these, so I hope you felt supported by your 1:1 therapy, the co-facilitator, and your group members during this time.

Despite this, I’m pleased to hear that it sounds like the therapy has helped you hold a more mentalizing stance in your day-to-day life which I hope has had a positive experience in terms of your relationship with yourself and others. I hope you are able to keep up the changes you have been able to make from accessing therapy.

Very best wishes for the future, Louisa Hagan

Operational Team Leader - Notts MBT Service

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