At Cygnet Hospital Clifton we specialise in working with a highly complex patient profile, who may present with a diverse range of diagnoses and risk profiles. The psychology department provides an integrated, eclectic approach to treatment, supporting a collaborative, individualised and tailored approach that is formulation driven and responsive.
The team offers robust:
- Psychological assessment; using psychometric assessments, clinical interviews and collateral information
- Formulation; shared and collaborative
- Intervention; formulation driven and evidence based
- Evaluation
There is an essential focus on the development and maintenance of a validating and empathic positive therapeutic alliance / relationship throughout. Interventions are offered in in both individual and group formats and comprise a range of evidence based therapies, including but not limited to:
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
- Schema Focused Therapy
- Mentalisation Based Therapy
- Cognitive Analytic Therapy
Additional interventions include:
- Psychoeducation relating to diagnoses
- Treatment of the underlying causes of and the symptoms and behaviours associated with personality pathology
- Substance misuse treatment
- Offence specific interventions such as violent offending, sexual offending or arson
