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We provide assessment and therapy to children, young people, and adults, as well as their families, carers and the professionals who support them.
Access the support you need without long wait lists
Face-to-face and online appointments
Compassionate and non-judgemental
Robust vetting of all therapists
Finding you the right support
To ensure you receive the best possible support, our team is dedicated to matching you with the right clinician and the most suitable therapy or assessment.
Our multi-disciplinary team includes psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, nurses and more.
Whether you need a general mental health assessment, CBT, family therapy, EMDR, art therapy or something else, we can match you to an appropriate specialist today.
Connect with our Referrals Co-ordinator today to tell us what you’re looking for. We will respond within 1 working day to discuss your needs and provide information about available clinicians, quotes, and timelines for when you might get started. Call 01722 656620 or email expert.referrals@mcts.org.uk
Who can refer to MCTS?
We accept self-referrals and referrals from individuals, parents, carers, schools, local authorities, care providers, solicitors and in family court and pre-proceedings cases.
We can also offer supervision or consultation to clinicians, or to the professional team around the child, adult, or family in question.
All MCTS clinicians undergo an OFSTED/CQC and DfE compliant Safer Recruitment process, so we can accept referrals from these settings and provide clinical support without delay.
Why Choose Us?
Quick to action
We aim to respond to your enquiry within 1 working day, so you won’t have to wait to access the care and support you need.
We work with many of the country’s leading clinicians to deliver your assessment or start therapy within 6-8 weeks.
Personalised care
We will match you with a clinician who meets your specific needs, personality, and preferences, making therapy more effective.
Our multidisciplinary team offers access to a wide variety of specialisms. This means we can tailor our approach to meet your specific needs.
Our team includes, but is not limited to: psychologists (clinical, counselling and forensic), psychotherapists and creative therapists, psychiatrists, Autism and ADHD diagnosticians, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, sensory processing and integration specialists and nurses.
Compassionate and non-judgmental
Our clinicians create a safe space for you to explore your thoughts, listening and supporting without judgment.
Assessments are conducted in a sensitive and therapeutic way, ensuring that you feel comfortable and supported throughout the process.
Convenience
We offer face-to-face and online therapy, for individuals, couples, families or groups, depending on what suits you best. Our service primarily conducts assessments online; however, we can offer face-to-face assessments if clinically required.
Safe, quality-assured service with robust vetting of therapists
All of our clinicians undertake a robust Safer Recruitment process, to ensure they are accredited with a relevant professional body, have satisfactory professional references and can evidence their training and skills.
Our Safer Recruitment process is compliant with OFSTED, CQC and DfE requirements and we can provide evidence of checks undertaken without delay, as appropriate.
People-driven, not profit driven
We are registered with Social Enterprise UK, meaning we are committed to reinvesting at least 51% of our profits into providing better care for the people we work with.
Types of therapy
Helps individuals identify and change unhelpful thought patterns, teaching you coping skills for dealing with different problems.
Based on cognitive behavioural therapy, DBT helps individuals manage intense emotions and build healthier coping strategies.
Shema Therapy is a form of psychotherapy that focuses on understanding and changing negative thought patterns and creating healthier life perspectives.
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy focuses on the parent-child relationship, addressing emotional trauma and strengthening attachment and trust.
Provides guidance and strategies for caregivers in order to build highly nurturing, highly structured relationships with children. We can help children with complex emotional needs foster feelings of safety and connectedness.
Systemic Psychotherapy helps families and groups improve communication, strengthen relationships, and navigate challenges together.
A structured approach to processing trauma and reducing the intensity of distressing memories and flashbacks associated with traumatic experiences.
A longer term therapy which to gain greater understanding and awareness of difficulties, make links between the past and the present, and find better ways of dealing with things.
Trauma Therapy works in three stages: establishing safety and coping skills, remembering and processing trauma memories, and connecting with life after trauma.
Creative Therapy, such as Art Therapy, Drama Therapy, and Movement Therapy, use creative expression to process emotions in a safe and supportive setting, without the need for words.
Encourages children to express themselves and overcome challenges through play-based activities.
Helps individuals with sensory processing difficulties to regulate their sensory responses to the environment around them.
Helps individuals of all ages with communication challenges and difficulties swallowing.
Helps individuals who struggle with anger, helping them to understand their triggers and regulate their emotions.
Psychological assessment and treatment to address and change harmful sexual behaviours in a safe, structured way.
Types of assessment
We provide bespoke, evidence-based assessments of children, adults, families and carers. Assessments can be used to guide treatment, provide evidence to schools, work or court, or simply to help your own understanding.
The types of assessment we provide are as follows:
- Psychological and psychiatric assessment
- Mental health screening and diagnosis
- Cognitive and executive functioning
- Attachment and Trauma (including Story Stem assessments)
- Holistic assessment of strengths and needs
- Assessment of therapeutic support needed
- Speech and language
- Occupational therapy
- Sensory Integration
- Psychotherapy suitability
- Global family and attachment functioning
- Capacity
- Autism and ADHD diagnosis
- Risk and violence
Connect with our Referrals Co-ordinator today
We will respond within 1 working day to discuss your needs and provide information about available clinicians, quotes, and timelines for when you might get started. Call 01722 656620 or email expert.referrals@mcts.org.uk
Support to the network
We also work alongside professionals to provide consultation and supervision to the network around an individual or family. This could include:
- Integrated care management: clinical assessment, formulation, integrative therapeutic support planning and ongoing case management.
- Risk management: support and guidance to the team around risk assessment, presentation and management.
- Individual or group supervision of clinicians, staff and managers
- Reflective practice
- Consultation and training (one-off consultation or regular)
- Staff wellbeing assessment, intervention and guidance
