esa good cause letter

i am in the work group and initially went with a friend as so anxious and dealing with a lot of personal things include my health and also death by suicide of a best friend. I must admit I don't remember a lot of what I said or did last year.

I am hoping with the therapy I have just started to find a way to deal with my anxiety and lift myself out of the depression i have been in. its a slow process so i guess I am probably don't fill well with the esa and propsects (work group) tick boxes.

I had some of the suicidal thoughts back last week and did talk about it and to Samaritans. Plus have had one phone call with a bereavement counsellor.

my prospects advisor agreed we would meet once every two weeks. at my meeting with her she basically said we were behind and insisted on booking me in the following week with meetings with people I don't know. my limitations are that my anxiety fight or flight etc. is very high and its practically impossible for me to do that and meet people I don't know on my own. Also she insisted on a back to back appointment with careers advice and money service to do a back to work assessment.

i decided I couldn't go and was shocked how quickly the jump off the cliff or take or my tablets thoughts returned. I messaged by email and text and explained I had suicidal thoughts and had been very anxious since we last met so had agreed with my therapist for me not to attend. (he does cbt hypnotherapy and used to be an occupational therapist but is now only recognised in solultion focussed hypnotherapy and its only just started.

sorry for the long essay but I was shocked to get a really unpleasant letter from dwp saying I had to show due cause for not attending and also that there is doubt I now qualify for ESA. is this right? how do I reply. My therapist said he thought my gp should write for me if possible as he doubted dwp would accept him as a hypnotherapist.

its seems so heartless when I have missed this one appointment and just adds to my anxiety.
maybe someone could message me some advice please

I have also had a review letter with a form which has to be back by end of the month.

feeling pretty overwhelmed. i saw them last in February so thought I wouldn't get called until maybe september.. I feel at the moment I can't go through it again. Theres no quick fix for mental health problems and we all know.

I know have to try fill the assessment form in for my review. Is there any new advice about form in light of new guidelines to Maximus

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