Turning Point Talking Therapies - Wakefield

Feb 12th, 2023

Turning Point was my first experience of talking therapy, and left me feeling even more dejected and confused as a very distressed teen. To be told, (by the therapist!) as someone who was later diagnosed with anxiety and put on anti-anxiety meds, that "you don't look anxious at all to me" was utterly ridiculous! Isn't that the whole point of mental illness - that people can hide it well?! The therapist also kept constantly comparing my life experiences to his and telling me that he'd been through "real trauma" - looking back now I realise how completely unprofessional and downright degrading this was. He basically recommended me to "keep busy" and help out more with household chores to take my mind off feeling "worried". Did this do anything for my anxiety? Nope. Did this leave me struggling even more for years before I'd finally hit breaking point and get the diagnosis and care I needed? Yes. Absolutely terrible service. I really hope things have changed in recent years since I was referred here.
Feb 12th, 2023

Feb 6th, 2023

Absolute waste of charity funding, I Contacted them with the recommendation from my gp. Talking therapies said they would contact me after our first 30mins of chatting waffles. Then email you out of the blue and tell you they have tried contacting you on a number of times, not at all.... another mental health service making you feel worse. stay away.
Jan 23rd, 2023

Still waiting. N suffocating! They're. Not open on Saturday and doesn't look like it
Dec 17th, 2022