The assessment was incredible... I felt that someone finally understood. When I was told that the wait after assessment was two years it felt like a real let down, offering a lifeline and [then] snatching it away.
Psychological therapies – such as counselling and psychotherapy – can be very effective for treating mental health conditions. However, they are not always easily available on the NHS and some people can wait years for treatment.
Although the Government’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme has improved the situation, far too many people are still not getting the treatment that they need. Because of this, we have launched a major new phase of our long-running We Need to Talk campaign.
Appropriate psychological therapies should be available for all who need them.
The following organisations support We need to talk:

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