Great post Reema, as a therapist you will probably be interested in a course of therapy I had last year. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for MS delivered in a group setting. The peer support was a significant part of the process and although it wasn’t peer led, a few of us decided to exchange contact details after the course finished, and we now meet online once a month, with a WhatsApp group for anything in between.
It was an NHS (UK national health service) course run by the Neuropsychology dept at my local hospital. Amazing! But also given that much of access to mental health support in the NHS is dire, with huge waiting lists, also surprising in some ways that this service was offered.
I will look it up thanks!. I have heard a lot about long waiting lists in NHS (a bunch of my current colleagues trained/previously worked in NHS and I have also had a friend who had to navigate the system during the time they were studying in UK). This is yet another reason why we need more peer support, whether expert or peer lead or a combination.
Congratulations on your published paper!
Great post Reema, as a therapist you will probably be interested in a course of therapy I had last year. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for MS delivered in a group setting. The peer support was a significant part of the process and although it wasn’t peer led, a few of us decided to exchange contact details after the course finished, and we now meet online once a month, with a WhatsApp group for anything in between.
Thank you! And thanks for the recommendation! What organization was leading this course?
It was an NHS (UK national health service) course run by the Neuropsychology dept at my local hospital. Amazing! But also given that much of access to mental health support in the NHS is dire, with huge waiting lists, also surprising in some ways that this service was offered.
I will look it up thanks!. I have heard a lot about long waiting lists in NHS (a bunch of my current colleagues trained/previously worked in NHS and I have also had a friend who had to navigate the system during the time they were studying in UK). This is yet another reason why we need more peer support, whether expert or peer lead or a combination.