Rare Minds provide a counselling service which is free to MPS Society members. This is a confidential service available to both patients and family members who are over 18.
Please contact your MPS Society Support and Advocacy Officer if you feel that this is a service you may benefit from.
You can find out more about the Rare Minds counselling team on their website. Therapy is available in both Arabic and English.
Watch the Rare Minds video below explaining their counselling service.
Rareminds Wellbeing Hub
Whether you have been living with your condition for some time, or if you are currently facing a particularly emotionally challenging period, the Rareminds Wellbeing Hub offers useful resources to help you navigate some of the more common emotional challenges that are often shared across rare conditions.
Frequently asked questions
By offering a reliable and confidential relationship to talk through whatever is troubling you. It can offer support during difficult times, or in making sense of present difficulties that may stem from past experiences, or fears about the future. Counselling can help you find ways of understanding and managing difficult feelings, or dealing with situations differently.
It can also help you with strategies for managing specific issues such as panic attacks, fatigue or anxiety around scans/treatments.