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Changing your brain - inside the therapy room

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One in six of the UK population experience mental health problems such as depression and anxiety.

The BBC has followed 12 people, featured in the series Change Your Mind, Change Your Life , who each received six support sessions from therapists.

Psychotherapist Owen O'Kane says some people try to avoid or suppress emotions like fear, dread and sadness.

Anjalee 's struggles relate to one traumatic event in childhood her mother died suddenly when she was 15 .

Now a mother herself, with three children under five , she has struggled emotionally.

Psychotherapist Julia Samuel suggests eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing therapy.

Julia says this type of treatment is particularly effective when dealing with traumatic events.