Letters: People living in poverty also have mental health needs - The Guardian 28th March 2008

As evidence for Zoe Williams' claim that psychodynamic therapy is now unfashionable and superseded by cognitive behaviour therapy, she says the talking cures the government pays for are all based on a cognitive model (The getting of wisdom, March 26). In fact, psychodynamic psychotherapy is extensively used throughout the NHS in both primary and secondary care. A recent survey found that around half of 525 primary care psychological therapy services offered psychodynamic therapy. A significant proportion of our membership works within the NHS, as well as in the voluntary and independent sector.

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