UK Specialist Personality Disorder Services
in chronological order
Information and contact details
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ARBOURS CRISIS CENTRE
Address: 41 Weston Park, London, N8 9SY
Telephone: 0208 340 8125
Email: [email protected]
Website: The Arbours Association
Funding:
- Private
- Health Authorities
- Social Services
Clientele:
- M/F aged 18-65
- Emotional distress
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Eating Disorders
- Self Harm
- Depression
Features:
- Individual therapy
- Group house meetings 4 days a week
- Art & movement therapy
- Three live-in therapists
- Linked with Arbours long-stay therapeutic communities.
Referral:
- Self-referral
- Family
- Social Worker
- Psychiatrist
ARBOURS ASSOCIATION ARBOURS COMMUNITIES
Address: 6 Church Lane, London, N8 7BU
Telephone: 0208 340 7646
Funding:
- Contracts for individuals from Health Authority
Clientele:
- M/F aged 18+ with mental health issues
Features:
- 3 Therapeutic Communities each with 26 clients
- Art & movement therapy
- Group house meetings 2 days a week
- Individual psychotherapy 2 days a week
Referral:
- Self-referral
- GP
- Social Worker
- Health Care Professionals
BRENCHLEY THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY
Address: The Courtyard, Pudding Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1PA
Telephone: 01622 776330
Funding:
- NHS
Clientele:
- M/F aged 17-55
- Severe personality disorders
- Borderline Personality Disorder
Features:
- Three days a week
Referral:
- Consultant Psychiatrist
BRIDGER HOUSE
Address: 22 Summer Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham, B27 7UT
Telephone: 0121 301 3330
Email: [email protected]
Funding:
- NHS
Clientele:
- M/F aged 17-55
- Severe personality disorders
Features:
- Two days a week
- Daily community meetings
- Art therapy
- Small psycotherapy groups
CASSIONBURY COURT
Address: Cassiobury Court, Richmond Drive, Watford, Herts, WD17 3BH
Telephone: 01923 369161 or 0800 0014070
Website: Cassiobury Court
London based residential rehabilitation centre for people suffering from drug and alcohol addiction.
COMPLEX NEEDS SERVICE (OXFORD)
Address: Manzil Way, Oxford, Oxon, England, OX4 1XE
Telephone: 01865 455872
Email: [email protected]
Website: Thames Valley Initiative
Referring need:
- Personality disorders
- Other
Description:
The service is part of the OBMH Mental Health NHS Trust, offering places to adults with long-standing, severe emotional problems or mental health difficulties. We have 12 staff, working a combination of sessions. Our catchment area is Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, and we are also open to referrals from Berkshire.
CONNECT THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY LTD
Address: 19-21 Park Road, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 8AB
Telephone: 0121 449 2204
Email: [email protected]
Clientele:
- M/F adults (no older than 45) with severe emotional problems
Referral:
- GPs
- Health and Local Authorities
- Social Services
GARTREE THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY
Address: HM Prison, Gartree, Gallow Field Road, Market Harborough, Leicester, LE16 7RP
Telephone: 01858 410234
Funding:
- No requirements
Clientele:
- Life sentence prisoners
Features:
- Group therapy
- Self-regulating community
GRENDON PRISON
Address: Grendon Underwood, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP18 0TL
Telephone: 01296 770301 extension 355
Funding:
- No requirements, other than individula is in prison and is willing to enter therapy
Clientele:
- Male offenders (at least 21 years of age) who have more than two years left to serve
Features:
- Five communities within the prison, each community having approximately 40 members. Therapy is based on principles of democracy, permissiveness, communitarianism and reality confrontation
Referral:
- Personal Officers
- Sentence planning
- Prisoners
HAVEN PROJECT
Address: 1 Glen Avenue, Lexden, Colchester, Essex, CO7 6JU
Telephone: 01206 281316
Email: [email protected]
Contact person:
- H Garland
Website: The Haven Project
Number of clients:
- 30+
HM PRISON DOVEGATE
Address: Moreton Lane, Utoxeter, Staffs, England, ST14 8XR
Telephone: 01283 829597
Email: [email protected]
Contact person:
- David Lynes
Clientele:
- Adult males, fully residential
Number of clients:
- 30+
HM PRISON SEND
Address: Ripley Road, Send, Woking, Surrey, GU23 7LJ
Telephone: 01483 471263
Email: [email protected]
Contact person:
- Rachel Graham
Referring need:
- Personality disorders
- Other
Description:
We are a women's only community, part of an offending behaviour programme. We accept women with more than a year left to serve in their sentence, borderline personalities, traumatised women, excluding major mental illness at present, such as schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder. Women need to be free from self-harm, drug-taking and any adjudications for at least 2 months.
HOLY ROOD HOUSE - CENTRE FOR HEALTH AND PASTORAL CARE
Address: Holy Rood House, 10 Sowerby Road, Sowerby, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, YO7 1HX
Telephone: 01845 522580
Email: [email protected]
Website: Holy Rood House
Referring need:
- Self
- GPs
- Hospitals and other agencies
Clientele:
- M/F, age 1-100 with mental health problems. Although Christian environment, are open to those with other or no beliefs
Features:
- Psychotherapy
- Occupational therapy
- Drama & art therapy
- Work within Christian beliefs
LEXHAM HOUSE
Address: 28 St Charles Square, Ladbroke Grove, London, W10 6EE
Telephone: 020 8969 8745
Funding:
- DSS, topped up by Health Authority
Clientele:
- Mental health problems
Features:
- Regular meetings with psychiatrists, social workers and other professionals
LYTTON HOUSE
Address: 27 Lytton Grove, London, SW15 2EZ
Telephone: 020 8788 1944
Email: [email protected]
Website: Community Housing & Therapy
Funding:
- DSS, topped up by Health Authority
Clientele:
- M/F, aged 18 - 65 with emotional difficulties
Features:
- Group & individual therapies
- Works towards concept of 'active citizenship'
Referral:
- Consultant psychiatrist
- Social worker
PELE TOWER, RICHMOND FELLOWSHIP
Address: 48 Alma Place, North Shields, North Tyneside, NE29 0LY
Telephone: 0191 2964710
Email: [email protected]
Website: Pele Tower
Funding:
- Service run by Richmond Fellowship. Spot contracts provide funding for clients
Clientele:
- M/F, aged 18+ with Borederline Personality Disorder and associated mental health issues, including those with forensic histories
Services:
- Residential and day services, 24-hour staffing, 24-hour on-call service
- Other services such as floating support can be provided using direct payments and personalisation
Referral:
- CMHTs
- CPNs
- Psychiatrists
- Probation teams
- Psychiatric services
- Prison resettlement teams etc
Timetable:
Twice-weekly psychotherapy group, regular one-to-one support sessions, daily community meetings, independent living skills group, psycho-educational group, creative group, cooking group. Other groups and services can be arranged as needed.
PHILADELPHIA ASSOCIATION
Address: 4 Marty's Yard, 17 Hampstead High Street, London, NW3 1QW
Telephone: 020 7794 2652 (afternoons)
Email: [email protected]
Website: Philadelphia Association
Funding:
- Housing benefit & DSS
Clientele:
- M/F, aged 20-50
- Mental health distress
Features:
- 3 Residential Communities
- Registered Charity. Offers Psychotherapy Training
- Individual Psychoanalytic Therapy
Referral:
- Family
- Self
- Social worker
- GP
- Psychiatrists
ST ANDREW’S COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY UNIT
Address: 59 Huntington Road, York, YO31 8RL
Telephone: 01904 724470
Contact: Christopher Davies
Referring need:
- Personality disorders
Funding:
- Housing benefit & DSS
Features:
- Three and a half (non-residential) day therapeutic community for working-age adults, including but not exclusively those with a personality disorder
THE RETREAT, ACORN PROGRAMME
Address: The Retreat, 107 Heslington Road, York, YO10 5BN
Telephone: 01904 412551
Email: [email protected]
Website: The Retreat
Clientele:
- M/F aged 18+
- Eating disorders
- Personality disorders
- Self-harm
Funding:
- NHS
- Private
- Health Authority
Features:
- In-patient - group and individual therapy
- Out-patient - family therapy
Referral:
- GP
- Psychiatrist or medical consultants
THE THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY, ROYAL CORNHILL HOSPITAL
Address: Psychotherapy Department, Upper Garden Villa, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Cornhill Road, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZH
Telephone: 01224 557397
Email: [email protected]
Website: The Retreat
Clientele:
- M/F aged 18 - 50 with various types of Personality disorder
Funding:
- NHS
Features:
- 5-day outpatient programme
- Group psychotherapy 3 times a week
- Psychodrama & art therapy once a week supported by total community meetings and community social times
Referral:
- GP
- Psychiatrist or medical consultants
THRESHOLD
Address: McBrien House, 432 Antrim Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT15 5GB
Telephone: 02890 871313
Email: i[email protected]
Contact: Dr Ramun Kapur
Clientele:
- M/F adults
- Personality disorders
- Other
Funding:
- NHS
- Social services
Features:
- Fully residential
Description:
Seven therapeutic communities in Belfast and Northern Trust areas. As well as those listed below, we take clients suffering from Complex Post Trauma Syndrome, Long term neurotic difficulties, and severe neuroses and psychoses.
WINTERBOURNE THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY
Address: Winterbourne House, 53-55 Argyle Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 7YL
Telephone: 01189 180820
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Claire King
Clientele:
- M/F adults
- Personality disorders
- Other
Funding:
- NHS
Features:
- Day treatment
- Members are psychotropic medication free by three months
Description:
Day therapeutic community, 5 days a week, serving clients with complex needs. The community has a 24-hour client ran telephone support network.
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