Hello,
I wondered how people who have had CBT on the nhs cope when it ended.
My therapist has told me I can have 8 more. I can spread them out so I have one a month so I could still see her until the end of the year. By that time I would have seen her 19 times so I suppose I'm luckier than some people.
But I feel gutted and really down today, I know I will still see her for a while and she has given me alot of notice, she said she could refer me to someone else but isn't sure if I'll benefit as its the same as what I'm doing now or I could get referred to see her again. Although she said she would like me to not have therapy for a few months to see how I cope without it!
So I just wondered if people have felt ready to leave after nhs CBT or if you struggled and how you coped.
I think I probably need to find a network of people, before I stop seeing her
so I have some support, not just for anx/panic but so I have people around me, but as I have social phobia this will be hard! My sister knows and has been supportive, and tells me to ring her whenever I need to or want to, but she doesn't really know what its like.
I feel like I am losing someone who has been supportive and understands what its like, and I'm scared that without her help, or the incentive to do my homework, I will go back to being how I was before.
Thanks for listening. Anna x