The Adult Department of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust is the single largest provider of outpatient psychotherapy within the NHS. The department offers treatments for patients within individual or group settings, over a variety of time periods and frequencies of patient sessions. Each contact starts with a consultation, the aim of which is to come to some understanding of the nature of an individual's difficulties, and to formulate with the individual an appropriate treatment plan.
The Adult Department sees patients aged 21 years and over (referrals of people aged 18 to 20 years should be made to the Adolescent Department). Referrals should be made by the patient's GP or other mental health professional.
Some of the more specialized clinical services we provide include:
Couple Therapy Service
An assessment and therapy service for couples (regardless of marital status or gender ) with relationship difficulties.
Problems for couples can arise following a life change or crisis to do with work, illness, seperation, infertility, bereavement, the arrival of children, or any number of other matters affecting their relationship. Their difficulties may be experienced emotionally, sexually, or indeed physically in other ways.
Fitzjohn's Unit
An outpatient service for people suffering from more severe psychological disorders. This may include individuals who have a mental illness or disorder with a diagnosis such as:
Assessments and consultations with referrers conducted at their local base is a regular part of the response offered, as is the formulation of a coherent and reliable clinical management approach.
Later Life
A service particularly tailored for the needs of the elderly.
Trauma Service
A service for those who feel in need of specialist treatment following a traumatic event, whether this was recent or in the past.
Individuals are helped to integrate the event into the rest of their lives, enabling them to move on once more.
Adult Department Leaflet
