Service details
Whole family team with perinatal specialism
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We are a highly specialist service offering psychological therapy and psychotherapy to families during pregnancy and with babies, toddlers and children up to the age of 5 years.
We offer a non-judgemental and supportive approach. We understand that families referred to us might find it hard to access help and build relationships with professionals because of their life experiences. We think carefully about how to build trusting relationships with families referred to us. We work in a flexible and responsive way to support families access help from our team. We can meet families in their local Children’s Centr e/Family Hub, their home, or a location that feels mo st comfortable for them.
- Borough(s): Camden
- Service Manager (s): Lottie Laverty, Jess Elmer
- Email: LACAMHSADMIN@tavi-port.nhs.uk
- Age range treated: 0-5
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Address:
5 Pancras Square, Kings Cross, London, N1C 4AG
- Phone number: 0208 938 2272/0208 938 2282
- Service hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Conditions treated
We work with families during pregnancy and with babies, toddlers and children up to the age of 5 years. We support parents, carers, and families who:
- Have found the transition to parenthood difficult or challenging (we understand there can be lots of reasons for this)
- Have had difficult or traumatic experiences around the time of becoming a parent or where these experiences might make parenting feel more challenging
- Feel worried about their bond/relationship to their baby/child
- Are worried about their baby/child’s behaviour, emotions or development
- Are facing relationship problems or conflict with other family members (where this impacts their baby/child)
We offer a range of interventions. These include:
- Family therapy
- Co-parenting and couples therapy
- Parent-Infant psychotherapy
- Mentalisation based therapy
- Video feedback interventions (VIPP & VIG)
- Circle of Security (group and individual)
- Together Time (parent-infant group for babies aged 4-12 months)
In addition to offering direct work with families, we also provide consultation and reflective practice to other professional working with babies, toddlers and under 5s.
How to access this service
A family can be referred by any professional supporting them. We work in collaboration with other services such as midwives, health visitors, family workers, social workers, speech and language therapists, adult mental health workers. We also accept self-referrals.
What to expect
We work in collaboration with families and professionals to assess the therapeutic needs and develop an intervention and support package that is individualised and based on the best evidence for change.
