DR, Reservist.

"I have benefited from treatment as it has made me much happier. I have direction. I have learned how to deal with issues as my life events change. I would recommend the treatment to others as I have found it calming and I liked not having to talk about the past in great details. You could talk as much or as little as you like about the trauma or other issues. I felt able to talk more readily to someone I did not know than to my family and friends. "My incident occurred late 1980's and the symptoms became intense five years ago. I originally saw my GP and an NHS counselor. What they offered me was CBT and EMDR however EMDR did not work and I did not feel that CBT was going to address the trauma which was affecting my daily life. I would definitely recommend the service to other sufferers. The service improvements I would suggest are speeding up the process between the first phone call that's made to PTSD Resolution and being rung up by the counselor who is going to help you. For me, this was about ten days or more and it felt a very long time and I could imagine if someone is very fragile they might find the wait unbearable. "I would also suggest allowing a person to choose a male or female counselor as I think female counselors would be less threatening than male counselors. I would not have come to a male counselor. I would be very happy to talk to people if PTSD Resolution would like any volunteers."