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[name removed] has treated me for a while now, and there aren’t enough words to thank her for the changes that she’s helped me make in my life. Before her, my OCD felt like a weight that was too heavy to bear and I thought I would be stuck in a cycle of fear for the rest of my life. Now, I understand the way my brain works, I know that OCD attaches itself onto my good qualities to make me question, doubt and treat myself without kindness, and I know that it IS something I can overcome. The everyday things feel less scary since the start of my therapy with [name removed], and although we know I’m still on the journey to recovery, I now know that eventually I can feel at peace with the things that once terrified and shook me to my core. She has liaised with my GP, referred me to appropriate services and suggested amazing books, websites and resources to help me. A joint session with my mum and [name removed] helped me to open up an honest conversation about the rituals, compulsions and thoughts that controlled my life that I tried to hide from my family to protect them. We had a mixture of online and face to face sessions, both of which we would unpack aspects of my OCD, discuss what maintained it, focus on different aspects and carry out behaviour experiments and exposures together. [name removed] would always follow up each session with an email summarising what we had done and the resources we had worked through, so that I had access to them over the week to carry on our work. [name removed] was accommodating in every aspect of the word, always keeping in mind my university and work commitments and considering times that would work for me. We moved to fortnightly sessions towards the end of treatment to allow me enough time between each session to dive fully into the behaviour experiments we had discussed. I cannot thank [name removed] enough for the respect, knowledge and guidance she has given me. Thank you.

Nothing. I have worked with a number of CAMHS and private therapists before, and [name removed] is the best of the best. I have never met anyone as supportive, considerate and understanding as her. We both know I have a way to go before beating my OCD, but I know that this is okay, and I am moving forward in a way I couldn’t have imagined before. [name removed] should be the face of the NHS. She is truly amazing.