‘I spent thousands on therapy because I wasn’t thin enough for support from the NHS’

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Hope Virgo lifts the lid on the spiralling costs for those trying to get help for mental health issues 

“I was diagnosed with bulimia in 2012. I waited twelve months for NHS therapy and rapidly deteriorated while waiting. I did receive 20 sessions of CBT, which helped, but at my four-week follow-up after finishing our sessions, the therapist expressed a lot of concern that I was slipping back into old habits. But there was nothing she could offer – she told me I would need my GP to refer me back to eating disorder services and wait my turn again.”  

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