Abstract
This article describes the principles and structure, staffing and training of an integrated psychotherapy service for the people of West Berkshire and South Oxfordshire (Reading, Henley, Wokingham, Newbury and Didcot) a population of 530 000.The service is integrated internally as a joint outpatient and therapeutic community service that can provide psychodynamic psychotherapy across a wide range of length, intensity and styles. Externally it is integrated with the general adult psychiatry service, referrers, social services and community mental health teams.
Highlights
The service is integrated internally as a joint out patient and therapeutic community service that can provide psychodynamic psychotherapy across a wide range of length, intensity and styles. It is integrated with the general adult psychiatry service, referrers, social services and community mental health teams
A five day a week therapeutic community had evolved at Fair Mile Hospital to serve West Berkshire since the early 1970s
The out-patient psychotherapy service in West Berkshire opened for referrals in September 1985
Summary
This article describes the principles and structure, staffing and training of an integrated psychotherapy service for the people of West Berkshire and South. Oxfordshire (Reading, Henley, Wokingham, Newbury and Didcot) a population of 530 000. The service is integrated internally as a joint out patient and therapeutic community service that can provide psychodynamic psychotherapy across a wide range of length, intensity and styles. It is integrated with the general adult psychiatry service, referrers, social services and community mental health teams
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