The Parents' Service at the Tavistock Clinic offers free and confidential consultations within the National Health Service to single parents and parental couples who are experiencing conflict or other emotional difficulties in the relationship between themselves and young people in the 14 - 25 age group.
Our services are available to all clients within our agreed service areas, regardless of class, culture, physical disability, race, religious belief or sexual orientation.*
We can offer up to six meetings, of about an hour each, aimed at helping parents develop a new perspective on the difficult situations with which they are faced. The consultation may also include some discussion of the ordinary processes of adolescent development.
Parents' Service staff are qualified and experienced professionals, some of whom are undertaking advanced training at the Tavistock Clinic.
We usually arrange appointments during normal office hours but we can sometimes organize early morning or early evening appointments. If you are a parent experiencing difficulties with a teenager or young adult and would like to talk it over in a confidential consultation, please call:
The Parents' Service Administrator, on 020 7447 3787 between 10am and 5.30pm, Monday - Thursday, for more information and/or to arrange an appointment.
* Certain NHS conditions apply - please have details of your GP's (doctor's) name and address to hand when you call our Administrator, we do not need to contact your GP but we do need to check your eligibility.
The Parents' Service accepts telephone self-referrals (on 020 7447 3787) and written professional referrals addressed to:
The Parents' Service Administrator
Adolescent Department
The Tavistock Clinic
120 Belsize Lane
London NW3 5BA
Tel: 020 7447 3787
