Private Therapy Clinic Ltd. Recensioni 44

After being let down by the NHS for 3 years my daughter had to search for help from the private sector. Having suffered with undiagnosed ADHD without medication was terrible. As a father i seached to find the right clinic to help my daughter to a long road of treatment, i found The Private Therapy Clinic. Im so glad i chose them to help my daughter. The staff are helpful and very knowledgeable making the whole process effortless. My daughter was given the Psychiatrist, Dr. Daniela Herescu. A really amazing person after my daughters first consultation i saw the relief on her face, as a father it was a total relief. She was given the result we all knew. She is now having follow up appointments and prescribed medication. Very hopeful of her future. I can't thank The Private Therapy Clinic enough. Highly recommended.

Scam - don’t waste your time

I sought an ADHD diagnosis after reaching my wits end during 2021. From previous therapy with a different provider, I knew that ADHD was highly likely and so did my reading and decided I needed to know for sure whether I had this wiring, so that adjustments could be made going forward and I could reclaim some of my life after being undiagnosed for almost forty years.

The initial service was fast and the waiting list wasn't too bad; I was happy to wait as I knew there had been an explosion in people - particularly adult females - seeking diagnosis. Later on I experienced receptionists & assistants who weren't organised and lost things I'd sent in, which if you have ADHD you will know places considerable strain on you trying to figure out what and where and get around to sending it again. I felt the clinic lacked some professionalism in that respect.

I sent off lots of writing for the pre-assessment questionnaires and it proved enough for the psychiatrist to agree that I displayed symptoms and behaviours that were highly suggestive of ADHD.

When the time came to speak with the psychiatrist it was as though they weren't really familiar with my case, and hadn't had time to thoroughly read everything I had written. I wasn't asked for school/childhood evidence and instead provided this voluntarily, but it was never mentioned in talking. I had thought from my research that this was essential to diagnosis.

I knew that I wanted to try medication and that was easy enough to rearrange, but if you're not used to private healthcare you need to bear in mind that you only get one month's meds included in your fee, and every repeat prescription (which are short at first while you settle on a drug) cost £90, then you need to pay for medication at the pharmacy. For a non-stimulant it works out at around £50 per box, more for stimulants and higher doses. If, like me, you are so far gone in life in terms of undiagnosed ADHD knock-on effects that your finances are in tatters, you need to be prepared for this.

As part of the assessment there is no talking therapy included, and the psychiatrist doing the assessment doesn't have much time to get to know you. It's a stop gap to get support while you wait for the NHS and worth it if you want to confirmation, but don't expect the kind of help that you need - this will be up to you.

Overall I'm thankful to have my suspicions confirmed, to be able to advocate for myself more and learn how my brain works, and the reading that I've done on this had brought up the possibility that I might also be autistic, but I will pursue assistance with this elsewhere.

The report that I got for my GP at the end seemed rushed and contained several inaccuracies, and was essentially my pre-assessment writing regurgitated back to me with the pronouns changed to my name to make it third person. This was less than impressive.

Overall, as someone who's been lucky enough to have had really good private therapy before, I was disappointed with the service. However, I suppose it did what it said on the tin, albeit with much disorganisation.

Would give no stars if I could. I spoke on the phone and gave personal information as requested because I was told that I had to in order to get an appointment that would cost me one thousand five hundred pounds and in spite of being polite and sending information as requested I am now ignored completely and am in tears over their ignorance. it is exceptionally cruel of a team of psychologists to ignore someone who turned to them to speak to someone only to be ignored. AVOID these people at all costs. The least they could have done would be to make a polite phonecall to say that they couldn't accept the booking and explain why.