"There is nothing to lose but maybe a lot to gain"

After many months looking after my elderly mother, who had a fall over the Christmas period, dealing with carers, district nurses, rehabilitation services, doctors etc. it came to a point where I felt I could not cope with the situation and could not see an end to this continuing frailty of my mother.

This led to almost a breakdown in my life and felt it to be a burden. I could not stop thinking about it every hour and every day, to a point that I almost did not want to wake up in the morning, or in a less way my life felt miserable.

So I received help form ealing iapt for my anxiety and depression.

I had a 6 week period of a one to one with Safarina , this was a 30 minute session per week , in that time i spoke of my worries and anxieties and how it was a constant worry !!

In this time with my therapist a programme of how to manage my worry time , every day I would write down these worries and how long per day I spent on it , eventually with Safarina's help I learnt to put these thoughts and worry into a worry time which may have been 30 / 40 minutes , and worry or think about it for this time that I had set at 4 pm daily. This helped tremendously, it gave me focus and by the time of the end of my time with Iapt I felt more in control and used this method to help me out, knowing that I may still worry but I had to compartmentalise it and remain in control .

This was a good service from my therapist and the I.a.p.t team and it worked. the only slight thing that could have been improved is if there were longer sessions.

I thank them for there time sensitivity , understanding , and there Professionalism in dealing with me , no one should be afraid to have counselling as I feel there is nothing to lose but maybe a lot to gain.