In this section you will find information and resources for those looking to work in, currently working in, or commissioning and delivering services who wish to know more about child and adolescent psychotherapy and its role in providing safe and effective care for infants, children, young people and families.
Become an ACP Friend
ACP Friends is open to anyone who wants to learn more about child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapy and the work of the ACP.
Resource Pack for NHS Services
Resources to Support Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy within NHS Service and Workforce Developments
Comprehensive CAMHS
Child and adolescent psychotherapy is a core NHS profession, recognised as an important component of comprehensive Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
National Priorities
National health service priority areas to which CAPTs are making significant contributions: looked-after children, schools, perinatal, eating disorders and adolescents in crisis
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy & i-THRIVE
The ‘i-THRIVE’ framework is an integrated approach to mental health services with Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists contributing in all 'quadrants'
Short-Term Psychotherapy
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists are able to provide a range of brief interventions and short-term psychotherapy
Working with Complexity
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists work with some of the most vulnerable and deeply troubled children and young people in society
NICE Guidelines
Child and adolescent psychoanalytic and psychodynamic psychotherapy is recommended in key NICE and SCIE guidelines
Leadership & Supervision
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists play a crucial role in providing training, case consultation, support, supervision and specialist clinical leadership
Working as a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists are one of the 12 Psychological Professions in the NHS. Find out more about the career path here
Guidance on COVID-19
Guidance provided to ACP members on working during the pandemic which may be of interest to other professionals
Evidence Base
The evidence-base for psychoanalytic and psychodynamic psychotherapy with children and adolescents
Resource List about Race & Diversity
The Scientific Development Committee have collated a collection of literature relevant for psychoanalytic thinking about race and diversity.