I have worked for and developed the Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (SCAMHS) Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) since 2012.  I know how hard the young people who receive a service from us have to work to get to the point where they feel they have a life worth living and don't need a service from us any more.  

The staff in the service work really hard too! We often go over and above to validate and support the young people we work with.  We mark important occasions for the young people with celebrations and gifts; in particular we reward the young people who graduate from DBT with something like a leavers hoodie with a personalised slogan presented at a celebration party.  Hopefully in running the Cardiff Half Marathon I can raise much needed funds to keep this going and promote the profile of DBT as an important evidence based therapy for young people presenting with high risk behaviours and their families.

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