SLaM Psychotherapy

This is a website for those who wish to know more about psychotherapy provision in the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust.  It provides details about the different types of psychotherapy and what the experience is like for a patient. It also provides information about the organisation of psychotherapy services within the trust, the different types of professionals who work as psychotherapists.

A definition of Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy can be defined as the alleviation of mental or emotional disorder or maladjustment through verbal means, with the goals of insight, understanding, symptom relief, behavioural change and personal growth.