Therapy Journey: An Introduction

This is the first post in what I hope will be a series. I have decided to document my journey with therapy. I wanted to record each stage of my therapy journey, not only to inform others, but also as a memory aid for myself.

I have currently been waiting for this most recent therapy referral for nearly two years. I have already had to go through a few different stages that I will put into their own blog posts.

In order to get this current therapy referral I had to convince my psychiatrist that it was necessary. I have also gone through an assessment for one type of talking therapy with a different service where I was refused treatment due to the complexity of my illness. This meant I had to go back and be referred again to another different service.

In these blogs I hope to share my…