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.
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 including 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
Leadership & Supervision
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists play a crucial role in providing training, case consultation, support, supervision and specialist clinical leadership
Evidence & NICE
There is a growing evidence base for child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapy and it is recommended in key NICE guidelines
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