- 15 May 2011
Psychotherapy simply means talking to someone. Your doctor, if he is a good doctor, will give you psychotherapy every time you go and see him. But not every doctor has the time, and a few do not have the inclination or the skills to give patients who have epilepsy time to talk about the problems they have with their condition and the anxieties they feel. Individual psychotherapy on a one-to-one basis will give you the chance to have these discussions. Some GP practices have their own counsellor attached to the practice. If yours does not, ask your GP to refer you to a counselling service in your area.Group supportWhether you have epilepsy yourself or are the parent of a child with epilepsy, it helps to have someone to talk to who understands your worries and concerns. Through your local branch of the British Epilepsy Association or your doctor, you may be able to join a group of other people who have epilepsy and their relatives. It can be very reassuring to be able to compare your experiences and talk about your anxieties to other people who know exactly what you mean, because they have probably gone through very similar experiences themselves.Discussing problems you share can be helpful. You will find that other people have many of the same problems that you do, but they may have found ways of dealing with them that have not occurred to you. Knowing that other people have to deal with the same everyday problems or irritations of living with epilepsy can make you feel less isolated and bring your epilepsy more into perspective. This has a knock-on effect too; if you feel better adjusted and more relaxed about your epilepsy, the chances are that your seizures will start to occur less frequently.Most of these groups meet regularly, sometimes socially, sometimes to hear a talk or have a discussion group. If there is no such group in your area, why not start one? Remember that one person in 200 has epilepsy. Wherever you are, there will be people who will want to join.*40\193\2*
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