“I never thought the flashbacks would stop, they were so frightening and I was reliving the scene as if I was there again, I felt trapped between 2 worlds. I am astonished by how quickly the flash backs stopped once we started our reliving work in therapy. I was so afraid to do this but I trusted you and I am so glad I did not avoid this, I was so sceptical and scared but I have not had a disassociate flashback since and I am so grateful and shocked at how quickly I recovered from the PTSD symptoms”.

“I remember at the start of therapy stating I would not be willing to do exposure and just not believing therapy would work as I had had OCD for 0ver 10 years and different types of OCD and nothing had ever helped me. I remember you explaining to me how important exposure is in OCD therapy, and so I agreed to try and this is the best thing I could have done. That is how I learned that what OCD was telling me did not come true and was always a lie. I would never have got that proof had I never called it out. Thank you so much for helping me through my misguided fear and reluctance. I truly admire what you do and how you have helped me when I believed I could not be helped and lived with so much shame. To have recovered after just 9 sessions when i’d lived with OCD for so many years still shocks me, but I am so so grateful and I hope you can know how grateful I am as I don’t think my words can fully explain”.

“I used to avoid taking opportunities due to fear of social situations and since therapy I have been able to take a work promotion. I now enjoy rather than fear social situations and focus outwardly on the situations rather than being in my head worrying. I used to have a mental picture in my mind of myself which was weak and pathetic and now my mental picture is someone confident standing up tall. I no longer feel less than others, I feel normal and like myself again.

“Dear Jade, I just wanted to say a massive thank you for everything you have done for me, without your support I truly believe I would not have been able to get my life back and find happiness again. I am so lucky that I was able to receive treatment and that this was continued until a point where I could support myself again. referring myself was the best possible thing I could have done. I still can’t believe the difference in myself between now and when we started our sessions. I have learnt so much about myself, my brain and depression through having CBT. Treatment has not only changed my behaviours and mindset, but has given me a new outlook on life. I finally feel in control of depression. I now enjoy things and feel excited for the future, which is something I hadn’t felt in a long time. I am so grateful for how understanding, supporting and kind you have been to me throughout. I won’t miss depression but I will miss speaking to you each week! But I know that now I am equipped to maintain my recovery myself, using all of the strategies and techniques you have taught me. I have so much admiration and appreciation for the work that you do and I will forever be grateful for all of your help”.

“I can’t believe that just weeks later I am struggling to recall those trauma memories that had been with me so long in such vivid detail like a video replay. I have to really think to remember them and details, but I remember talking so clearly about them just weeks ago”.

“To Jade Thank you so much for everything, you truly have changed me and my family’s life.”

Previously I would be terrified of going to a party and would avoid, would avoid seeing family, would talking to strangers in case there was not enough to say and the conversation went quiet. I felt I didn’t know what to say, my mind would go blank and I would start getting anxious then worry that i would be coming across as weird. Now I can talk to different people, no longer fear awkward silences, no longer think I come across as weird. I am putting myself in situations where I am out of my comfort zone, I have been invited to a party where there will be lots of people who I don’t know and for the first time I am not feeling scared. I visited family and was fine when the conversation went quiet - normally that would terrify me. I am talking to work colleagues and even attending a work do where I plan to push myself out of my comfort zone and talk to different people. I am now less anxious, less in my head, less worried about what people think, less stressed out and uptight and more laid back and relaxed and able to enjoy things.