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Our Chair Natalie Bailey urged the government to increase funding for counselling and psychotherapy to help meet the country's mental health needs through the pandemic and beyond.

Natalie told national radio listeners there has been an increase in demand for therapy since the start of COVID-19.

Speaking on talkRADIO, Natalie called for more funding to help meet that need as she urged the government to put our members at the heart of the nation's recovery.

Natalie was聽discussing our new Mindometer report, which has also generated coverage on BBC radio, LBC, Sky News Radio and in the .

The report found that more than half (51%) of our members think we鈥檒l continue to see the impact of COVID-19 on people鈥檚 mental health for up to five years, a further third (36%) think the impact could last for more than five years while 80% report demand for therapy means their service is either full or over capacity.

Improve access

, and said: 鈥淧re-pandemic there was a huge waiting list for therapy 鈥� 香港六合彩精准资料 has always been campaigning for increased funding to improve the access to counselling and psychotherapy.

鈥淎s a result of the pandemic we鈥檝e seen an increased demand.

鈥淥ur members who were surveyed talked about an increase in demand. 80% said they are full or over capacity, so there鈥檚 huge demand now.

鈥淲e鈥檝e been calling on the government for increase funding into mental health and also to include counsellors and psychotherapists as part of the solution.

鈥淲e have 58,000 members who are trained, skilled, and ready to address these issues,鈥� Natalie added.

Reduced stigma

Natalie also spoke about why more people are accessing therapy and added: "I think the way we鈥檝e been talking about mental health for the past few years, it鈥檚 been much more acceptable. The stigma has reduced. It鈥檚 less taboo.

鈥淚f someone is suffering in a way that they cannot cope then it seems much more acceptable to look for therapy as a way of coping with that.鈥�

Headline news

The Mindometer report is based on a survey of nearly 5,000 of our members.聽The results have been generating headlines since the report was launched on Wednesday.

Our Chief Executive Hadyn Williams and our member Louise Tyler contributed to an article on the report in the .

Fiona Ballantine Dykes, our Deputy Chief Executive, spoke about its findings and the value of counselling in a series of radio interviews including with LBC, the BBC and Sky News Radio.

Fiona told LBC: 鈥淭he survey has shown increases in the need for therapy and highlights the issues that people are presenting with, but it鈥檚 also produced interesting information that people are finding therapy more accessible because of the platforms it鈥檚 being delivered on.

鈥淭hat brings with it opportunities for more choice. We know if clients can choose their therapist they鈥檙e more likely to have good outcomes.

"We鈥檙e seeing the possibility for greater access to therapy for more people, particularly those who perhaps haven鈥檛 accessed it in the past."

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Fiona added: 鈥淢ake sure you see someone who is qualified and on a register accredited with the Professional Standards Authority, like 香港六合彩精准资料鈥檚 own register, so you can be sure that you鈥檙e going to see someone who has exceeded minimum requirements to practice.鈥�

Louise Tyler joined , and fellow members Cate Campbell and Denise Freeman, for a series of interviews on radio and television about the report and its findings.

The interviews have a combined reach of almost 7.5m people.