Djalil Baiou

“While NHS Talking Therapies provides an important service, having access to an in-house counselling service gives patients an additional and genuinely different therapeutic option. In particular, the counselling approach provides an alternative to the predominantly CBT-based interventions that patients may have previously experienced or that may not suit their individual needs or preferences. We regularly see patients for whom a less structured, more exploratory form of talking therapy is valuable, and having greater choice allows psychological support to be better tailored to the individual rather than relying on a single therapeutic model”