Research on Mental Health Treatment
50% effective = 50% ineffective.
In 2017, BMC Psychiatry published a report on counsellor performance using the NHS’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) scheme data. It found that:
‘It is of concern that half of all patients, regardless of type of intervention, did not show reliable improvement’.
Records indicate over 90% success rate for
Soul Centred Counselling
Short Term Effect
A BACP metastudy in 2008 by Hill A et al. ‘Counselling in primary care: a systematic review of the evidence’
the advantages of counselling were only sustained at 4.5 months.
Efficacy of counselling in the longer term (nine to 18 months)
Bower and Rowland (2006) found that the advantages of counselling in the short term were not sustained over a longer time period.
Feedback from clients over time indicates long term improvement.
I take great care to observe the overarching mantra 'do no harm'.
My clients' mental health is the raison d'etre of practice.