It can be the most frustrating feeling in the world - you’re working with a therapist, but you just don’t feel like things are going anywhere. Maybe you feeling like you’re treading water, or maybe you feel like they just don’t understand you.

If you find yourself in this situation, what should you do? Who should you turn to? And why might the therapy not be helping in the first place?

We speak to consultant psychiatrist and medical psychotherapist Dr Florian Ruths on how you should tackle this situation, aspects to consider when determining whether a therapy is helpful or not, and why your therapy might not actually be the right fit for what you need.