• You are here: Home
  • /
  • Stories

Stories

Bradford District and Craven Talking Therapies have already helped many people. See their stories below.

Paul

Forty seven year old Paul experienced low mood and anxiety following work-related stress from a demanding career. Recognising the signs, Paul decided to enrol on a six weeks course and has never looked back; crediting the course with giving him the tools he needed to help to tackle the problem.

Margaret

A demanding teaching career left Margaret feeling anxious and low after the demands of the job left no time for a social life.

Now retired, 70 year old Margaret decided to enrol on a course and has credited the course with helping her get back on track.

Gemma

From the age of eleven Gemma felt anxious and shy in social settings. This led to Gemma experiencing low mood, anxiety and loneliness during her teenage years.

Now 20 years of age and a confident dental nurse, Gemma benefited from enrolling on a course which led to a boost in self-confidence and a positive impact on her life.

Andrew

Thirty seven year old Andrew would like to inspire people to talk about mental health, to help people understand they are not alone.

Andrew experienced low mood and decided to enrol on a course and has never looked back, crediting the course with helping him get his mental health back on track. The course helped Andrew to recognise the importance of talking, not only to trained professionals available through the service, but also to friends.

More stories...

My therapist is a credit to her profession

She has helped me tremendously and I really am grateful for having had her as my therapist. She loves her profession, she genuinely cares and uses her gift to bring out the best in people. Again, I just truly want to say a big thank you for what she has done for me, during my time with her.

Simple techniques to manage stress

It was great to attend the course and chat to other people about their experiences as we can all feel a little stressed from time to time. The session was really informative and it was great to find out more about simple techniques to manage stress and also where to get additional help after the course if needed. I’d definitely recommend going to a session.

It will benefit me for the rest of my life

CBT itself has been an absolute revelation to me. It has been fascinating for me and has proved to be extremely effective.  I wish that I had been aware of CBT some time as it is, in my opinion, an invaluable life tool. My therapist has been a shining star. The career path that she is pursuing is so obviously a vocation for her. Apart from her in-depth knowledge of the subject matter and ability to tailor the sessions to personal needs, she has a natural ability to immediately connect with people and to make them feel at ease, special and individual.  I really appreciated my time with her and what she has taught me will benefit me for the rest of my life. Thank you VERY much.

Made me feel very comfortable

I was apprehensive about group sessions, however the course therapists both made me feel very comfortable and I enjoyed attending and contributing to sessions. The sessions were very useful for helping with my anxiety and stress.

Intuitive, practical and helpful

So so helpful, very intuitive and provided practical and helpful tools that really got to the bottom of the issues I was having and supported me in developing everyday/real life techniques to deal with the things that come up. It has helped me enormously and I feel very, very grateful and the things I have learnt to put in place when I feel anxious etc. have been invaluable. I have found my confidence again. Thank you.

It helps to talk

I honestly can’t praise this service enough. The therapist gave me all the coping tools, techniques and methods to help me control and deal with my trauma. If you need help, please seek it through this service. I can’t thank my therapist enough. It helps to talk.

Care and compassion

The care and compassion shown by my therapist was excellent. We worked together to reach the best strategies for me to move forward. Thank you.