I heard a report this week on the growing need for talking therapies in the UK with recent studies indicating that one in five patients in London are made to wait six months or more for therapeutic support. The recent phone-in on Radio London about this issue is really thought-provoking highlighting how, within the NHS, physical treatments are often given priority over mental health concerns and how the availability of talking therapies within the UK vary greatly from area to area. As a trainee Art Therapist, it’s incredibly encouraging to hear people talk about their positive experiences of meeting with a therapist and why there is a need to shirk the view of therapy as something that is hokey or without any grounding in scientific research (as is the case with art therapy).
The radio phone-in is featured on iPlayer(http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p025yryn)
