Clinical psychologists and counsellors help people understand their problems and find new ways of coping with their difficulties.
The service specialises in problems of physical and mental health, and works directly with clients, and through teaching healthcare staff.
What services are provided?
A clinical service to people of all ages from under 5s to adults. We see individuals and couples for psychological problems and offer consultation and advice to other health workers.
Clinical psychology and counselling service to GP practices
Clinical psychologists and counsellors are based in GP practices and health centres throughout the borough, offering a service to that particular practice population.
Bilingual counselling service
This comprises a Somali counsellor and Bengali counsellor who offer clinical services to these communities. The Bengali counsellor is sited in key practices across the borough and can also be contacted at Steel’s Lane Health Centre. The Somali counsellor is based at Steel’s Lane. Both counsellors offer a clinical service, teaching and advice to health care workers and statutory services within Tower Hamlets.
Disability counselling service
The disability counselling service is for people who become disabled due to accidents, or acquire disabilities, or who have a long-term illness. It can also provide a service to families and carers of these clients. Clients can be referred by statutory services, the voluntary sector or health workers. The service is based at Steel’s Lane but clients are seen in a wide variety of settings including their own homes.
Children’s centres psychology service
This covers all seven of the Tower Hamlets children’s centre programmes. The service provides direct clinical work in community and Sure Start settings for parents who are experiencing psychological difficulties and need help in their own right.
Where are the services provided?
Steel's Lane Health Centre and a number of GP practices.
How to get an appointment
Referrals are received from GPs, hospital consultants, CPNs and other health professionals.
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The clinical health psychology service provides input into the following physical health teams working at Mile End Hospital and Barts and the London Hospitals: diabetes, clinical neuropsychology, obesity, cystic fibrosis, persistent pain, cardiac rehabilitation, respiratory and heart failure, plastic surgery and critical care, audiology and end of life care, including cancer.
In addition, a behaviour change consultancy and training service is being developed to support primary care teams and staff in promoting patient self care.
The service delivery model places clinical psychologists logistically within their physical health teams so that they are available to provide individual and group therapeutic input to patients, as well as formal and informal consultation, training and support to individual staff members and multi-disciplinary teams around the psychological care of patients with complex physical and mental health needs.
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The rehabilitation and health psychology service currently provides input to a range of community multidisciplinary teams; the disability options team, the community stroke team, and the intermediate care service. A psychology service is also provided across the stroke pathway.
Clinical psychologists and counsellors provide psychological assessment and therapy to individuals for emotional difficulties experienced in adjusting to ill health, cognitive or physical impairment. We undertake assessment and rehabilitation of memory, executive functioning and other cognitive impairments. We offer a service to the family or carers of clients.
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The community learning disability service provides integrated specialist health care and social care to adults with learning disabilities in Tower Hamlets.
Clinical and counselling psychologists and an art psychotherapist offer an assessment, treatment and consultation service to clients, their families and carers in response to referrals relating to emotional and behavioural difficulties and issues arising from life transitions and relationships.
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