Name of programme and delivery organisation

We offer 4 distinct services at The Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships

• Relationship Counselling
• Couple Psychotherapy
• Parenting Together therapy
• Psychosexual Therapy
• Divorce and Separation Consultation

Objective

To support couples and parents to find new and constructive ways to manage relationship problems and conflict, improving their family life and the lives of their children.

Description of service

Face to face therapeutic services, delivered from our central London centres. We offer services for couples and parents experiencing difficulties in their relationships. People can come alone or with their partner or ex partner, whether they are gay or heterosexual, married or single offering offer a safe and confidential setting in which to explore challenges and difficulties

Opening hours, web address

www.tccr.org.uk
appointments@tccr.org.uk
parentingtogether@tccr.org.uk
020 73801950
Open Monday to Friday 8.30am – 9.30pm at 70, Warren St W1 and 7, Artillery Lane, E1

Target audience

All adults over the age of 18 who want help with a current or recently ended relationship, with parenting issues or with sexual problems
Our clients are a diverse group of people. Last year, of the 1982 people seen in the clinical service -

• 55% described themselves as white British (compared to a London-wide figure of 58%)
• The remainder of our clients were from diverse ethnic backgrounds which represented the range of ethnicities in London.
• The majority of our clients classed themselves as „heterosexual‟ (90%) and 4% as gay, lesbian or bisexual.
• 48% of our clients were male and 51% female, with 0.1% classifying themselves as „transgender‟.
• 28% of our clients were co-habiting, 10% were non-cohabiting partners, 46% were married, 1.5%
• in a civil partnership and 10.5% were separated or divorced.
• Just over half of all clients were in full-time work with 12% currently unemployed.
• Most of our clients are between 26 and 55 as the chart below illustrates. We have more work to do in reaching an older population.

Scale: current number of users

2,000 per year

Cost to customer

Couples are charged according to their income on a sliding scale. Our service is unique as there is no minimum fee and we aim to see everyone whatever their financial circumstance. Fees will be negotiated at the first appointment.

Evidence of impact and quality

All our therapists are trained for a minimum of 3 years. Our training programmes are validated by the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, The College of Sexual and Relationship Therapy, The British Psychoanalytic Council and they are accredited by the University of East London

Evaluating our Impact – do we really make a difference?

We have routinely measured our outcomes since April 2009. Every client who comes for help is asked to complete a range of psychometric measures at their first appointment, at 3 month intervals, and at the end of therapy. This rich dataset has given us much new information about the impact of our work.

On the CORE measure,(Clinical Outcomes for Routine Evaluation) which aims to measure current psychological distress , 59.4% of clients at Intake are in a „clinical‟ population (with 10.7% having „severe‟ or „moderately severe‟ problems). By end of sessions this has decreased to 42.9%. At intake, 40.7% of our clients were in a „non clinical‟ (or healthy) position, by end of sessions this had increased to 57.1%.

Clients are also asked to complete GRIMS (The Golombok- Rust Inventory of Marital State) which measures marital satisfaction. Our evidence now shows significant results in improving our client‟s relationship after 6 months of therapy.
“It has been an incredible help. I honestly think we would have split up without it. The counselling has been hard work, but the fact that we each stuck with it has helped demonstrate to each other our commitment to our marriage.”