Referral Criteria

For counselling to be effective for PTSD and AD, individuals need to have experienced and gone through the initial shock symptoms of the trauma.

Therefore this service will accept referrals when a client has more than one of the following symptoms for more than 8 weeks.

• Flashback and Nightmares
• Avoidance and Numbing
• Being 'on guard' (hypervigilance)
• Survivors guilt
• Depression and Anxiety
• Grief-stricken
• Anger
• Physical symptoms(muscle aching, diarrhoea, headaches, *irregular heartbeat)

*Symptoms must have been assessed by GP and a medical cause ruled out.

Service Provision

This service is open to all individuals experiencing symptoms of PTSD/AD aged 18 years and above. The service is available to anyone, but they must be willing to travel to locations in South East Essex where the service is delivered.

Number of Sessions

Clients will have 12 sessions in total.

• Assessment (session 1)
• Review (session 5)
• Discharge (session 12)

However, if at the review session it is felt by both client and therapist that more sessions are required, the counsellor may request an extension of sessions from the Project Manager.

For more information please contact:

Sarah Linzey
Tel: 01702 601123
Email: PTSD@SEandCEssexMind.org.uk

Please click here for a referral form (Adobe pdf document)

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