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Assistant Psychologist, 3 years’ experience, UK

This chapter studies the experience of an Assistant Psychologist who has worked with people who experience Non-Epileptic Seizures (NES) in both inpatient and outpatient settings. The Assistant Psychologist’s main role when working with people with NES is to provide relaxation and anxiety management strategies as part of an intervention designed by a clinical psychologist following individual assessment and formulation. However, despite attending sessions with the intention of completing anxiety management, the Assistant Psychologist often finds that her role also requires her to manage unplanned trauma disclosures, uncertainty around the diagnosis, adjustment to the diagnosis and management of anger, and complaints based on how the diagnosis was given or how people feel they are being treated by members of staff. Once, the Assistant Psychologist worked with a client who had been admitted following an increase in NES. The plan was to provide anxiety management; however, the assistant psychologist spent most of the sessions managing the patient’s emotional well-being. The Assistant Psychologist also has a role in providing psychoeducation to staff who find it difficult to understand NES.