I have been with my T for two years.

A lot has happened since but I am very grateful I carried on working with her, and she has never given up on me through all the struggles.

Two years ago I picked her out from 'counselling directory' a website in UK where a lot of therapists advertise themselves. I am a female and I wanted a female therapist, I was 18, and I wanted to see someone not too old so it doesn't feel like I'm talking to a mum. And realistically I just picked who looked like I could work with.

I had my first session with her and I was open with the fact that I was just discharged off section 3 after a hospital stay of nearly a year, and I struggle with self harm. She didn't flinch and she said she could work with me. And thats how we started.

I relapsed really bad with anorexia last year and I also lost my father to cancer, without the support from my T I wouldn't have got through it.