Talking Therapies Portsmouth - Southsea

Chris W.

This is hard to post but this only reflects my views and opinions. Suffered many years with personal mental and physical issues and not diving into what's personal for me but all the big adverts on radio and online. Mental health support everywhere it is not. Twice referred by gp request and twice found not listened to. Gp doesn't care just passes along. ..A phonecall a week starts ok. They listen then just go over same stuff week after week until the phonecalls just stop and then again alone with no help. No face to face care. When told them time and time again don't want phonecalls and talking on video calls with a group hugging session it doesn't work for me... You just give up . Left alone again. When I tried again gp tried to refer again was told wasn't bad enough case unless hurting myself or hurt someone else? What type of reply is that when someone asks for help... Don't waste you're time unless you hurt yourself or others ,there's no help.. no care. No wonder people get so bad

Garlic C.

I Had 12 of the most wonderful one hour calls every Tuesday with Ranya, I can't begin to tell you how much she helped me,. Thankyou Talking Therapies.

Akbar E.

Over 6 years I've needed Portsmouth Talking Therapies on various occasions, for CBT, psychiatry and group therapies. I've always found them to be respectful, thoughtful and helpful. The therapy I've received has helped at least in the short term, but that's down to my issues rather than the level of service. I would recommend getting in touch if you need their help

Kian D.

I will definitely recommend this service to anyone who needs help. The staff are brilliant , they helped me deal with issues that I had buried way back , which resurfaced and knocked me for 6
I am now better equipped to understand and deal with these issues.

Mat G.

This service acts to cover the inadequacies of their comrades within the NHS. I'd went to them for help as my mental health had suffered due to my treatment working for the NHS within St James Hospital after being shouted at repeatedly by my line manager and bullied / harassed daily. This caused me to have a breakdown eventually going off sick. After disclosing to my GP i had plans to end my life i was referred but told TC that there could be a "conflict of interest" if there was anyone working there who i had worked with in the past. I then went on to tell them of my experience within St James and Nelson ward in Gosport. They reassured me that there was no internal conflicts and told me to come for the assesment. The moment i got in there i was ushered into a small room and a tape recorder was put on the table and switched on. The was honestly like something out of a spy movie. They asked me if my job within the NHS was a contributor to my poor mental health. I was pretty vulnerable and easily steered and replied "no" because i wanted the help and counselling. A week later i phoned to find out about the assesment and the receptionist tells me i've been dropped from their service with no explanation why. These people are vile and corrupt. DO NOT TRUST THEM. I felt completely manipulated and have struggled ever sinse.

Callum

Been attending for about 6-7 weeks now and my scores show a decline in my mental state every week. The more I visit Talking Change, the more hope I lose. It is better for your mental health to not talk to them at all than to try get "help" from them. They will expect you to just be fine, just like that. They can't and won't actually do anything of any real substance. I usually leave this place crying.

Daryl M.

Thank-you to everyone concerned, from the initial phone consultation to attending a 6 week group with others, I would like to say Thank-you. Feel that I have learned so much about myself and others, and have the necessary information and thinking techniques to help myself regarding anxiety and certain phobias, the staff were friendly, helpful and professional. I would definitely recommend this service to others.

D

Really bad. None of them pay any attention to what you actually tell them, my current therapist has horrendous breath like he eats out of toilets and I’m still getting appointments booked with him even though I asked for a new therapist 2, coming up to 3 weeks ago.

All the scores they measure you on have gotten worse, much worse with my latest therapist. The worst thing is they genuinely don’t care about helping people, everything they say is designed to try and manipulate you off their lists in some way to improve their target matching.

I’ve had a complaint in process for months because they’re so bad and I’m resigned to knowing it’ll be going to the NHS ombudsman now.