Posted by alex on 25/6/2009, 8:02 am, in reply to "I have had enough of this."

Hi Emily I can understand your frustrations as a psychologist and psychotherapist I know this is not an unknown or uncommon phenomena What is good however is that the CBT did work for you before. But it didn’t seem to stick as they say. There are several possible reasons for this that I will not go into here One however is that you may not have had a support mechanism at the time to keep up the new cognitions and you may have slipped back into the habit of retreating to the security of the home…easy to do and only a15 min walk away In this forum you will get help and support and may even access personal contacts in your area that would help Also the workshops are very good to help consolidate progress Consider getting to one as soon as yon can I know that the UKPT do have arrangements that cash help financially if this is problem Also consider returning to the psychologist on the basis that there was some degree of success before (Although I get the feeling you are resistant to this option?) So option 1 the CBT is in my view desirable with a good therapist Option 2 as you must know is not really an option Option3 catheters these have helped many people cope with the physical problems of bladder draining. But again in my view they are most successful when the mental or psychological issues are turned around that’s the value of your plan B just knowing they are there helps many people will be able to help you with information about suppliers remember in paruresis there are two or four stages the CBT deals with the last ones; that is to help you cope with this problem stay in touch and let us know what is happening alex

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