{"id":329864,"date":"2010-02-11T05:51:56","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T10:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/careandsupport.direct.gov.uk\/?p=2849"},"modified":"2010-02-11T05:51:56","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T10:51:56","slug":"integrationprevention-%e2%80%93-cognitive-behaviour-therapy-stoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/329864","title":{"rendered":"Integration\/Prevention \u2013 Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Stoke"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Antony<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

After pressure at work led Antony to experience mental health difficulties, a referral from his GP led him to a programme of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT).\u00a0 Antony credits the programme with helping him to regain his confidence and motivation and assist him in finding employment again.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Antony Lane\u00a0from Stoke suffered from extreme stress, depression, and panic attacks following a period of heavy pressure and change at work. As a result of his condition, he ultimately lost his job.<\/p>\n

Antony, 40,\u00a0initially took anti-depressant medication but found that this did not work for him.\u00a0 For a period, he was unsure what else he could try, until a friend of his wife recommended Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.<\/p>\n

His doctor was able to refer him to the Healthy Minds Network, a service funded by the Local Health Authority, which was free for Antony.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI initially found it difficult to talk to people about what I was going through,\u201d Antony says.\u00a0 \u201cI didn\u2019t fully realise what was happening to me, but with the help and support of my wife and family, I realised I had to do something.\u201d<\/p>\n

Antony started meeting regularly with Tariq, a practitioner at Healthy Minds, who started a course of CBT with him.\u00a0 The CBT helped Antony to challenge his negative thoughts and motivate him to plan and structure his days.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Antony wanted to get back into employment, but initially struggled to find work during what was a difficult time. One of the staff at Healthy Minds was able to provide support in understanding his benefit entitlements and starting his search for work.<\/p>\n

Unable to drive, Antony found it difficult to rely on family and friends to give him lifts to his sessions with Tariq.\u00a0Healthy Minds agreed with Antony to continue the CBT sessions by phone. After six weeks of telephone calls, Antony feels he is back to his normal self. Antony credits the CBT treatment as vital in helping him get through such a difficult time in his life.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was great to have the flexibility of speaking to Tariq on the phone,” he says. “The whole of the Healthy Minds team really helped.\u201d<\/p>\n

Antony is now back in employment, working part-time at a local theatre, and plans to return to a full-time role which makes use of his people skills.\u00a0 He continues to use the CBT techniques he learnt and applies them across all areas of his life.<\/p>\n

With his confidence growing again, Antony has been invited to talk about his experience with CBT to a wider audience.\u00a0 He has spoken to Swedish Health Authorities who are interested in adopting a similar service to Healthy Minds, and has presented at a conference to over 250 health professionals.<\/p>\n

To improve care for people with mental health difficulties in this country, Antony says that: \u201cthere needs to be greater understanding about where people can go for help, as it was hard to know where to start at first.\u00a0 It is important to reach people who otherwise wouldn\u2019t be reached.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is still a social stigma about mental health,” Antony says. “But if people are having difficulties they really need to talk to their families, friends and to health professionals.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After pressure at work led Antony to experience mental health difficulties, a referral from his GP led him to a programme of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT).\u00a0 Antony credits the programme with helping him to regain his confidence and motivation and assist him in finding employment again. Antony Lane\u00a0from Stoke suffered from extreme stress, depression, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-329864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}