With NHS waiting lists for mental health services at an all-time high, increasing numbers of women are turning to unqualified Instagram therapists for help – but at what cost? Sipping her cam…
“It horrifies me that vulnerable people are being advised by unqualified, unlicensed and unregulated people when it comes to their mental health.
“I found myself on all these different accounts run by women who said they were counsellors, or who had experience of therapy,” says Eleanor.,’ and: ‘‘How to manifest anything – when you decide this is what I am going to get, life has to reflect it back to you.’” Dr Bishop explains that to become a licensed clinical psychologist, she trained in psychology for 10 years, studying up to doctoral level at university and including six years’ worth of practical experience within the NHS, in GP, hospital and specialist settings.
“One young woman, who has given permission for me to share her experience anonymously, came in suffering from depression, anxiety and panic attacks as a result of being severely bullied at school.” she says. “So she then gaslit herself, convinced she’d created her situation with the bullies by her own thoughts of ‘being bad.’”Lucy*, 25, knows these feelings only too well. In early 2021, she was studying for her own degree in psychology and was struggling. The course was hard, and she knew that even when it was done, she’d still need to do a master’s and then get a therapist’s licence.
However, as Eleanor found, the “expert” advice she was given was generic – sayings like “be yourself”, “just take the leap” and “the power is within you” – with no substance.
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